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 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 369 389
Rank change year-on-year -12 +20 -53
Permanent jobs citing BGP 76 59 115
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.33% 0.36% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.18% 3.01% 3.05%
Number of salaries quoted 53 41 82
10th Percentile £58,352 £47,813 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% +20.54% -6.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +26.09% +4.55% -4.35%

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 2,393 1,961 3,775
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.48% 11.82% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,325 1,193 1,967
10th Percentile £29,250 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%

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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 16 August 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 23 (30.26%) Azure
2 14 (18.42%) AWS
3 6 (7.89%) OpenShift
4 5 (6.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 5 (6.58%) GCP
5 3 (3.95%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (3.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (2.63%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (2.63%) GitHub
6 2 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.32%) AWS Direct Connect
7 1 (1.32%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.32%) Cloudflare
7 1 (1.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (71.05%) OSPF
2 51 (67.11%) Firewall
2 51 (67.11%) WAN
3 42 (55.26%) VPN
4 36 (47.37%) Network Security
5 35 (46.05%) LAN
5 35 (46.05%) MPLS
6 32 (42.11%) DNS
7 30 (39.47%) SD-WAN
8 24 (31.58%) VLAN
8 24 (31.58%) VXLAN
9 19 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
9 19 (25.00%) DHCP
10 17 (22.37%) TCP/IP
11 16 (21.05%) HTTP
12 14 (18.42%) Cisco ISE
12 14 (18.42%) SSL
12 14 (18.42%) Wireless
13 13 (17.11%) IPsec
14 12 (15.79%) Ethernet VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.95%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (2.63%) Git
2 2 (2.63%) GitLab
General
1 21 (27.63%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.47%) Finance
2 11 (14.47%) Public Sector
3 8 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 7 (9.21%) Banking
4 7 (9.21%) Marketing
4 7 (9.21%) Retail
5 3 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 46 (60.53%) Network Engineer
2 28 (36.84%) Senior
3 14 (18.42%) Architect
4 13 (17.11%) Network Architect
5 12 (15.79%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (13.16%) Network Security Architect
6 10 (13.16%) Security Architect
7 9 (11.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (10.53%) Network Specialist
8 8 (10.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (9.21%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 7 (9.21%) Senior Network Specialist
10 6 (7.89%) Network Security Specialist
10 6 (7.89%) Security Specialist
10 6 (7.89%) Senior Network Security Specialist
10 6 (7.89%) Senior Security Specialist
11 5 (6.58%) Cisco Engineer
11 5 (6.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 4 (5.26%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
13 3 (3.95%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.47%) SAML
2 10 (13.16%) OAuth
3 8 (10.53%) 802.1X
4 3 (3.95%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.32%) Jinja
5 1 (1.32%) LDAP
5 1 (1.32%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 22 (28.95%) Data Centre
2 10 (13.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 9 (11.84%) PKI
4 6 (7.89%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (6.58%) Security Posture
6 3 (3.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.32%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.32%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.84%) Linux
2 5 (6.58%) Windows
2 5 (6.58%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (30.26%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (26.32%) Infrastructure as Code
3 18 (23.68%) Network Segmentation
4 14 (18.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 14 (18.42%) Load Balancing
5 11 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (14.47%) Zero Trust
6 10 (13.16%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 9 (11.84%) Project Delivery
7 9 (11.84%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (10.53%) CI/CD
9 7 (9.21%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (9.21%) Change Management
9 7 (9.21%) Collaborative Culture
9 7 (9.21%) Data Management
9 7 (9.21%) DevOps
9 7 (9.21%) High Availability
9 7 (9.21%) ITIL
9 7 (9.21%) Migration
10 6 (7.89%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.11%) Python
2 4 (5.26%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.95%) Bicep
4 1 (1.32%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (19.74%) Security Cleared
2 12 (15.79%) CCNP
2 12 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (11.84%) DV Cleared
3 9 (11.84%) SC Cleared
4 6 (7.89%) Azure Certification
5 4 (5.26%) CCNA
5 4 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.26%) Degree
6 3 (3.95%) CCDP
6 3 (3.95%) CCIE
7 2 (2.63%) CCIE Data Center
8 1 (1.32%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (13.16%) NIST
2 3 (3.95%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (14.47%) VMware NSX
2 8 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (5.26%) vSphere
4 1 (1.32%) Firmware
4 1 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (35.53%) FortiGate
2 13 (17.11%) Ansible
3 11 (14.47%) CASB
4 8 (10.53%) Kubernetes
5 6 (7.89%) Terraform
6 4 (5.26%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.32%) Check_MK
7 1 (1.32%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (1.32%) Endace
7 1 (1.32%) Packer
7 1 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (75.00%) Cisco
2 43 (56.58%) Palo Alto
3 16 (21.05%) Fortinet
3 16 (21.05%) Microsoft
4 14 (18.42%) F5
5 12 (15.79%) Arista
6 11 (14.47%) VMware
7 10 (13.16%) Juniper
8 8 (10.53%) CheckPoint
8 8 (10.53%) Meraki
9 7 (9.21%) Aruba
9 7 (9.21%) SolarWinds
10 6 (7.89%) Zscaler
11 4 (5.26%) SonicWALL
11 4 (5.26%) Splunk
12 3 (3.95%) Citrix
12 3 (3.95%) Forcepoint
13 1 (1.32%) Dynatrace
13 1 (1.32%) Google
13 1 (1.32%) ServiceNow