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 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 362 409
Rank change year-on-year +9 +47 -26
Permanent jobs citing BGP 87 64 167
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.41% 0.39% 0.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.71% 3.29% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 53 46 132
10th Percentile £61,761 £43,799 £40,800
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £46,625
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 £57,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.54% +10.00% -12.13%

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 2,342 1,943 4,901
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.11% 11.97% 14.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,251 1,187 3,111
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,300 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.32% -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% -6.86%

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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 7 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 24 (27.59%) Azure
2 20 (22.99%) AWS
3 10 (11.49%) AWS Direct Connect
3 10 (11.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 8 (9.20%) SaaS
5 6 (6.90%) OpenShift
6 4 (4.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (3.45%) Amazon S3
7 3 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (3.45%) GCP
7 3 (3.45%) Route 53
8 1 (1.15%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.15%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.15%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.15%) GitHub
8 1 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 52 (59.77%) Firewall
2 51 (58.62%) MPLS
3 49 (56.32%) VPN
3 49 (56.32%) WAN
4 48 (55.17%) OSPF
5 34 (39.08%) Network Security
5 34 (39.08%) SD-WAN
6 31 (35.63%) DNS
7 28 (32.18%) LAN
8 25 (28.74%) VLAN
8 25 (28.74%) VXLAN
9 20 (22.99%) Cisco ISE
10 19 (21.84%) DHCP
10 19 (21.84%) HTTP
10 19 (21.84%) IPsec
11 18 (20.69%) Ethernet VPN
11 18 (20.69%) TCP/IP
12 15 (17.24%) Cisco ASA
12 15 (17.24%) Cisco IOS
12 15 (17.24%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 10 (11.49%) Git
2 1 (1.15%) GitLab
General
1 31 (35.63%) Social Skills
2 20 (22.99%) Finance
3 17 (19.54%) Telecoms
4 14 (16.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (11.49%) Public Sector
6 9 (10.34%) Banking
6 9 (10.34%) Retail
7 6 (6.90%) Marketing
8 3 (3.45%) Back Office
8 3 (3.45%) Financial Institution
8 3 (3.45%) Law
9 1 (1.15%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (58.62%) Network Engineer
2 27 (31.03%) Senior
3 18 (20.69%) Architect
3 18 (20.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (14.94%) Network Architect
5 12 (13.79%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (11.49%) Network Security Architect
6 10 (11.49%) Security Architect
7 8 (9.20%) Cisco Engineer
7 8 (9.20%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 8 (9.20%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (9.20%) Network Specialist
7 8 (9.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (8.05%) Associate Engineer
8 7 (8.05%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 7 (8.05%) Senior Network Specialist
9 6 (6.90%) Firewall Engineer
9 6 (6.90%) Network Security Specialist
9 6 (6.90%) Senior Network Security Specialist
9 6 (6.90%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.64%) SAML
2 10 (11.49%) Jinja
2 10 (11.49%) NETCONF
2 10 (11.49%) OAuth
2 10 (11.49%) YANG
3 7 (8.05%) 802.1X
4 3 (3.45%) ARM Templates
4 3 (3.45%) RESTful
5 1 (1.15%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (26.44%) Data Centre
2 13 (14.94%) PKI
3 10 (11.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 10 (11.49%) Social Media
4 7 (8.05%) Security Posture
5 6 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (5.75%) Cloud Native
6 5 (5.75%) Management Information System
7 3 (3.45%) Blog
7 3 (3.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.05%) Linux
2 5 (5.75%) Windows
2 5 (5.75%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.60%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (28.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (26.44%) Network Segmentation
3 21 (24.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 19 (21.84%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (19.54%) Load Balancing
5 17 (19.54%) Network Design
5 17 (19.54%) Zero Trust
6 15 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (12.64%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 11 (12.64%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (11.49%) Agile
8 10 (11.49%) Data Science
8 10 (11.49%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 9 (10.34%) CI/CD
10 7 (8.05%) Cloud Security
10 7 (8.05%) High Availability
10 7 (8.05%) Network Architecture
10 7 (8.05%) Project Delivery
11 6 (6.90%) DevOps
11 6 (6.90%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.69%) Python
2 4 (4.60%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.45%) Bicep
3 3 (3.45%) Go
3 3 (3.45%) Java
4 1 (1.15%) Bash
Qualifications
1 17 (19.54%) Security Cleared
2 14 (16.09%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.49%) DV Cleared
4 7 (8.05%) CCNP
4 7 (8.05%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (6.90%) Degree
6 5 (5.75%) Azure Certification
6 5 (5.75%) CCNA
7 2 (2.30%) CCIE
7 2 (2.30%) CCSA
7 2 (2.30%) CCSE
8 1 (1.15%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (11.49%) NIST
2 3 (3.45%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (10.34%) VMware NSX
2 7 (8.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.60%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.60%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (4.60%) vSphere
4 1 (1.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (27.59%) FortiGate
2 11 (12.64%) CASB
3 7 (8.05%) Ansible
3 7 (8.05%) Kubernetes
3 7 (8.05%) Terraform
4 5 (5.75%) Endace
5 4 (4.60%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.15%) Check_MK
6 1 (1.15%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 66 (75.86%) Cisco
2 39 (44.83%) Palo Alto
3 21 (24.14%) Fortinet
4 18 (20.69%) F5
5 16 (18.39%) CheckPoint
5 16 (18.39%) Microsoft
6 15 (17.24%) Meraki
7 13 (14.94%) SolarWinds
8 11 (12.64%) Juniper
9 9 (10.34%) VMware
10 8 (9.20%) Arista
11 7 (8.05%) Dynatrace
12 6 (6.90%) Zscaler
13 5 (5.75%) ServiceNow
14 4 (4.60%) Splunk
15 3 (3.45%) Aruba
16 2 (2.30%) Citrix
17 1 (1.15%) SonicWALL