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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 365 396
Rank change year-on-year -14 +31 -66
Permanent jobs citing BGP 70 63 113
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.31% 0.38% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.93% 3.19% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 52 45 83
10th Percentile £61,761 £45,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +14.04% -5.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £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 2,386 1,977 3,814
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.55% 11.99% 15.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,318 1,207 2,045
10th Percentile £29,713 £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 £86,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -4.76%

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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 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 22 (31.43%) Azure
2 13 (18.57%) AWS
3 6 (8.57%) OpenShift
4 4 (5.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (5.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (4.29%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (4.29%) GCP
6 2 (2.86%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (2.86%) SaaS
7 1 (1.43%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.43%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.43%) Cloudflare
7 1 (1.43%) GitHub
7 1 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 49 (70.00%) Firewall
2 48 (68.57%) OSPF
3 46 (65.71%) WAN
4 41 (58.57%) VPN
5 33 (47.14%) MPLS
6 32 (45.71%) DNS
6 32 (45.71%) Network Security
7 30 (42.86%) LAN
7 30 (42.86%) SD-WAN
8 22 (31.43%) VXLAN
9 20 (28.57%) VLAN
10 19 (27.14%) DHCP
11 17 (24.29%) HTTP
11 17 (24.29%) TCP/IP
12 14 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
12 14 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
12 14 (20.00%) IPsec
12 14 (20.00%) SSL
13 12 (17.14%) SNMP
13 12 (17.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Git
1 1 (1.43%) GitLab
1 1 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (27.14%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.14%) Finance
3 8 (11.43%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 4 (5.71%) Banking
5 4 (5.71%) Marketing
5 4 (5.71%) Retail
6 2 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 40 (57.14%) Network Engineer
2 26 (37.14%) Senior
3 15 (21.43%) Architect
4 13 (18.57%) Network Architect
5 11 (15.71%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (14.29%) Network Security Architect
6 10 (14.29%) Security Architect
7 8 (11.43%) Network Specialist
7 8 (11.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (10.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 7 (10.00%) Senior Network Specialist
9 6 (8.57%) Network Security Specialist
9 6 (8.57%) Security Specialist
9 6 (8.57%) Senior Network Security Specialist
9 6 (8.57%) Senior Security Specialist
10 5 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
10 5 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 4 (5.71%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
12 3 (4.29%) Network Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.71%) SAML
2 10 (14.29%) OAuth
3 7 (10.00%) 802.1X
4 3 (4.29%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.43%) Jinja
5 1 (1.43%) LDAP
5 1 (1.43%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (25.71%) Data Centre
2 10 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 10 (14.29%) PKI
3 6 (8.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (7.14%) Security Posture
5 3 (4.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (2.86%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.86%) Linux
2 5 (7.14%) Windows
2 5 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.14%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (25.71%) Infrastructure as Code
2 18 (25.71%) Network Segmentation
3 15 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 14 (20.00%) Load Balancing
5 12 (17.14%) Zero Trust
6 11 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 9 (12.86%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (11.43%) Project Delivery
10 7 (10.00%) CI/CD
11 6 (8.57%) Analytics
11 6 (8.57%) Collaborative Culture
11 6 (8.57%) Containerisation
11 6 (8.57%) DevOps
11 6 (8.57%) High Availability
11 6 (8.57%) Information Security
11 6 (8.57%) ITIL
11 6 (8.57%) Network Design
11 6 (8.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.43%) Python
2 4 (5.71%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.29%) Bicep
4 1 (1.43%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (14.29%) CCNP
2 10 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (12.86%) DV Cleared
3 9 (12.86%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.14%) Azure Certification
5 4 (5.71%) CCNA
5 4 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.71%) Degree
6 2 (2.86%) CCDP
6 2 (2.86%) CCIE
7 1 (1.43%) CCIE Data Center
7 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (14.29%) NIST
2 2 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (14.29%) VMware NSX
2 7 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.71%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.71%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (5.71%) vSphere
4 1 (1.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (37.14%) FortiGate
2 11 (15.71%) Ansible
2 11 (15.71%) CASB
3 7 (10.00%) Kubernetes
4 4 (5.71%) Terraform
4 4 (5.71%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.86%) Endace
6 1 (1.43%) Check_MK
6 1 (1.43%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (74.29%) Cisco
2 41 (58.57%) Palo Alto
3 17 (24.29%) Fortinet
4 16 (22.86%) Microsoft
5 15 (21.43%) F5
6 11 (15.71%) Arista
7 10 (14.29%) Juniper
7 10 (14.29%) VMware
8 9 (12.86%) CheckPoint
8 9 (12.86%) Meraki
9 8 (11.43%) SolarWinds
10 6 (8.57%) Zscaler
11 5 (7.14%) Aruba
12 4 (5.71%) Splunk
13 3 (4.29%) Citrix
13 3 (4.29%) SonicWALL
14 2 (2.86%) Dynatrace
14 2 (2.86%) Forcepoint
14 2 (2.86%) ServiceNow