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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 366 377
Rank change year-on-year -16 +11 -44
Permanent jobs citing BGP 74 58 119
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.32% 0.35% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.13% 3.00% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 51 39 82
10th Percentile £57,500 £47,695 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £54,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% +20.54% +1.82%
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,375 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% +9.09% -

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 2,366 1,935 3,812
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.28% 11.68% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,335 1,163 1,952
10th Percentile £29,026 £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 £83,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,620 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.15% -18.00% -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 22 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 21 (28.38%) Azure
2 13 (17.57%) AWS
3 6 (8.11%) OpenShift
4 5 (6.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 5 (6.76%) GCP
5 3 (4.05%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.70%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (2.70%) GitHub
6 2 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.35%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.35%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 53 (71.62%) OSPF
2 49 (66.22%) Firewall
3 48 (64.86%) WAN
4 39 (52.70%) VPN
5 34 (45.95%) Network Security
6 33 (44.59%) DNS
6 33 (44.59%) LAN
6 33 (44.59%) MPLS
7 27 (36.49%) SD-WAN
8 25 (33.78%) VXLAN
9 24 (32.43%) VLAN
10 20 (27.03%) DHCP
11 19 (25.68%) Cisco Nexus
12 17 (22.97%) TCP/IP
13 15 (20.27%) HTTP
14 14 (18.92%) Ethernet VPN
14 14 (18.92%) SSL
15 13 (17.57%) Wireless
16 12 (16.22%) Cisco ISE
16 12 (16.22%) IPsec
Development Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (4.05%) Git
3 2 (2.70%) GitLab
General
1 21 (28.38%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.22%) Public Sector
3 10 (13.51%) Finance
4 9 (12.16%) Telecoms
5 8 (10.81%) Banking
5 8 (10.81%) Marketing
5 8 (10.81%) Retail
6 3 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (60.81%) Network Engineer
2 28 (37.84%) Senior
3 14 (18.92%) Architect
3 14 (18.92%) Network Architect
4 12 (16.22%) Senior Network Engineer
5 10 (13.51%) Network Security Architect
5 10 (13.51%) Security Architect
6 8 (10.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (10.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (9.46%) Network Specialist
7 7 (9.46%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 7 (9.46%) Senior Network Specialist
8 6 (8.11%) Network Security Specialist
8 6 (8.11%) Security Specialist
8 6 (8.11%) Senior Network Security Specialist
8 6 (8.11%) Senior Security Specialist
9 4 (5.41%) Cisco Engineer
9 4 (5.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 4 (5.41%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
10 3 (4.05%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.86%) SAML
2 10 (13.51%) OAuth
3 8 (10.81%) 802.1X
4 7 (9.46%) Terraform
5 3 (4.05%) ARM Templates
6 1 (1.35%) Jinja
6 1 (1.35%) LDAP
6 1 (1.35%) REST
6 1 (1.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (31.08%) Data Centre
2 10 (13.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 8 (10.81%) PKI
4 6 (8.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (6.76%) Security Posture
6 3 (4.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.35%) ASIC
8 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.51%) Linux
2 5 (6.76%) Windows
2 5 (6.76%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (32.43%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (27.03%) Infrastructure as Code
3 17 (22.97%) Network Segmentation
4 14 (18.92%) Load Balancing
5 13 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (13.51%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 10 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (13.51%) Zero Trust
7 9 (12.16%) CI/CD
7 9 (12.16%) Project Delivery
8 8 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (10.81%) Change Management
8 8 (10.81%) Data Management
8 8 (10.81%) Migration
8 8 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (9.46%) Collaborative Culture
9 7 (9.46%) DevOps
9 7 (9.46%) High Availability
9 7 (9.46%) ITIL
9 7 (9.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (18.92%) Python
2 4 (5.41%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.05%) Bicep
4 1 (1.35%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 13 (17.57%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (16.22%) CCNP
4 8 (10.81%) DV Cleared
4 8 (10.81%) SC Cleared
5 5 (6.76%) Azure Certification
6 4 (5.41%) CCIE
6 4 (5.41%) CCNA
6 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (5.41%) Degree
7 3 (4.05%) CCDP
8 2 (2.70%) CCIE Data Center
9 1 (1.35%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 1 (1.35%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (13.51%) NIST
2 3 (4.05%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (14.86%) VMware NSX
2 8 (10.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.41%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.41%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (5.41%) vSphere
4 1 (1.35%) Firmware
4 1 (1.35%) iptables
4 1 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (35.14%) FortiGate
2 14 (18.92%) Ansible
3 11 (14.86%) CASB
4 8 (10.81%) Kubernetes
5 4 (5.41%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.35%) Check_MK
6 1 (1.35%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.35%) Packer
6 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (72.97%) Cisco
2 42 (56.76%) Palo Alto
3 16 (21.62%) Microsoft
4 14 (18.92%) Fortinet
5 13 (17.57%) F5
6 12 (16.22%) Arista
7 11 (14.86%) VMware
8 9 (12.16%) Juniper
9 7 (9.46%) Aruba
9 7 (9.46%) CheckPoint
9 7 (9.46%) Meraki
10 6 (8.11%) SolarWinds
10 6 (8.11%) Zscaler
11 4 (5.41%) SonicWALL
11 4 (5.41%) Splunk
12 3 (4.05%) Citrix
12 3 (4.05%) Forcepoint
13 1 (1.35%) Google