Hybrid/Remote BGP Job Trends

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring BGP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 373 409
Rank change year-on-year +32 +36 -26
Permanent jobs citing BGP 88 62 164
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.41% 0.38% 0.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.71% 3.16% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 54 44 130
10th Percentile £61,761 £43,799 £40,675
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,188 £46,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 - £85,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.83% +14.29% -11.02%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

BGP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,371 1,961 4,837
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.17% 11.91% 14.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,279 1,199 3,051
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,498 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.73% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.41%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing BGP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

BGP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BGP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BGP

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BGP over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

BGP salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 25 (28.41%) Azure
2 21 (23.86%) AWS
3 10 (11.36%) AWS Direct Connect
3 10 (11.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 8 (9.09%) SaaS
5 6 (6.82%) OpenShift
6 4 (4.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (3.41%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (3.41%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (3.41%) Amazon S3
7 3 (3.41%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (3.41%) GCP
7 3 (3.41%) Route 53
8 1 (1.14%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.14%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.14%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.14%) GitHub
8 1 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 53 (60.23%) Firewall
2 51 (57.95%) MPLS
3 50 (56.82%) VPN
3 50 (56.82%) WAN
4 49 (55.68%) OSPF
5 35 (39.77%) SD-WAN
6 34 (38.64%) Network Security
7 32 (36.36%) DNS
8 29 (32.95%) LAN
9 25 (28.41%) VLAN
9 25 (28.41%) VXLAN
10 20 (22.73%) Cisco ISE
10 20 (22.73%) HTTP
10 20 (22.73%) TCP/IP
11 19 (21.59%) DHCP
11 19 (21.59%) IPsec
12 17 (19.32%) Ethernet VPN
13 15 (17.05%) Cisco ASA
13 15 (17.05%) SNMP
13 15 (17.05%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.41%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 9 (10.23%) Git
2 1 (1.14%) GitLab
General
1 31 (35.23%) Social Skills
2 21 (23.86%) Finance
3 17 (19.32%) Telecoms
4 13 (14.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 10 (11.36%) Banking
6 10 (11.36%) Retail
7 7 (7.95%) Marketing
8 3 (3.41%) Back Office
8 3 (3.41%) Financial Institution
8 3 (3.41%) Law
9 1 (1.14%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (59.09%) Network Engineer
2 27 (30.68%) Senior
3 18 (20.45%) Architect
3 18 (20.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (14.77%) Network Architect
5 12 (13.64%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (11.36%) Network Security Architect
6 10 (11.36%) Security Architect
7 8 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (9.09%) Network Specialist
7 8 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (7.95%) Cisco Engineer
8 7 (7.95%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 7 (7.95%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 7 (7.95%) Senior Network Specialist
9 6 (6.82%) Firewall Engineer
9 6 (6.82%) Network Security Specialist
9 6 (6.82%) Security Specialist
9 6 (6.82%) Senior Network Security Specialist
9 6 (6.82%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.50%) SAML
2 10 (11.36%) OAuth
3 9 (10.23%) Jinja
3 9 (10.23%) NETCONF
3 9 (10.23%) YANG
4 7 (7.95%) 802.1X
5 3 (3.41%) ARM Templates
5 3 (3.41%) RESTful
6 1 (1.14%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 13 (14.77%) PKI
3 10 (11.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 9 (10.23%) Social Media
5 7 (7.95%) Security Posture
6 6 (6.82%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (5.68%) Cloud Native
7 5 (5.68%) Management Information System
8 3 (3.41%) Blog
8 3 (3.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (2.27%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.09%) Linux
2 5 (5.68%) Windows
2 5 (5.68%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (28.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (26.14%) Network Segmentation
3 21 (23.86%) Infrastructure as Code
4 20 (22.73%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (20.45%) Load Balancing
6 17 (19.32%) Network Design
6 17 (19.32%) Zero Trust
7 15 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
9 10 (11.36%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 10 (11.36%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 9 (10.23%) Agile
10 9 (10.23%) CI/CD
10 9 (10.23%) Data Science
11 8 (9.09%) Project Delivery
12 7 (7.95%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (7.95%) Cloud Security
12 7 (7.95%) Data Management
12 7 (7.95%) High Availability
12 7 (7.95%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 19 (21.59%) Python
2 4 (4.55%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.41%) Bicep
3 3 (3.41%) Go
3 3 (3.41%) Java
4 1 (1.14%) Bash
Qualifications
1 17 (19.32%) Security Cleared
2 14 (15.91%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.36%) DV Cleared
4 8 (9.09%) CCNP
4 8 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (6.82%) CCNA
5 6 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (6.82%) Degree
6 5 (5.68%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.27%) CCIE
7 2 (2.27%) CCSA
7 2 (2.27%) CCSE
8 1 (1.14%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (11.36%) NIST
2 3 (3.41%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (11.36%) VMware NSX
2 7 (7.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (4.55%) vSphere
4 1 (1.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (27.27%) FortiGate
2 11 (12.50%) CASB
3 9 (10.23%) Ansible
4 7 (7.95%) Kubernetes
4 7 (7.95%) Terraform
5 5 (5.68%) Endace
6 4 (4.55%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.14%) Check_MK
7 1 (1.14%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (76.14%) Cisco
2 40 (45.45%) Palo Alto
3 22 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 20 (22.73%) F5
5 17 (19.32%) CheckPoint
6 16 (18.18%) Microsoft
7 15 (17.05%) Meraki
8 13 (14.77%) SolarWinds
9 11 (12.50%) Juniper
10 10 (11.36%) VMware
11 9 (10.23%) Arista
12 7 (7.95%) Dynatrace
13 6 (6.82%) Zscaler
14 5 (5.68%) ServiceNow
15 4 (4.55%) Splunk
16 3 (3.41%) Aruba
16 3 (3.41%) Citrix
17 1 (1.14%) SonicWALL