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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 370 406
Rank change year-on-year -5 +36 -29
Permanent jobs citing BGP 76 61 150
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.35% 0.37% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.21% 3.12% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 53 43 117
10th Percentile £61,761 £44,039 £41,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,250 £46,750
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 £84,375 £68,750
90th Percentile £93,250 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £58,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +23.40% +11.90% -11.76%

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 2,365 1,955 4,619
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.04% 11.86% 15.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,280 1,193 2,847
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
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 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.77%

BGP
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 17 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 (31.58%) Azure
2 20 (26.32%) AWS
3 9 (11.84%) AWS Direct Connect
3 9 (11.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 7 (9.21%) SaaS
5 6 (7.89%) OpenShift
6 4 (5.26%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (3.95%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (3.95%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (3.95%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (3.95%) Amazon S3
7 3 (3.95%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (3.95%) GCP
7 3 (3.95%) Route 53
8 1 (1.32%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.32%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.32%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.32%) GitHub
8 1 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 49 (64.47%) Firewall
1 49 (64.47%) VPN
1 49 (64.47%) WAN
2 47 (61.84%) OSPF
3 41 (53.95%) MPLS
4 34 (44.74%) SD-WAN
5 33 (43.42%) Network Security
6 32 (42.11%) DNS
7 28 (36.84%) LAN
8 24 (31.58%) VLAN
8 24 (31.58%) VXLAN
9 20 (26.32%) HTTP
9 20 (26.32%) TCP/IP
10 19 (25.00%) DHCP
11 18 (23.68%) Cisco ISE
11 18 (23.68%) IPsec
12 15 (19.74%) SNMP
13 14 (18.42%) SSL
13 14 (18.42%) WLAN
14 13 (17.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Git
1 1 (1.32%) GitLab
General
1 21 (27.63%) Social Skills
2 20 (26.32%) Finance
3 9 (11.84%) Public Sector
4 8 (10.53%) Banking
4 8 (10.53%) Retail
5 7 (9.21%) Telecoms
6 5 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (6.58%) Marketing
7 3 (3.95%) Back Office
7 3 (3.95%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.95%) Law
8 1 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (52.63%) Network Engineer
2 26 (34.21%) Senior
3 18 (23.68%) Architect
4 15 (19.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (17.11%) Network Architect
6 11 (14.47%) Senior Network Engineer
7 10 (13.16%) Network Security Architect
7 10 (13.16%) Security Architect
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%) Cisco Engineer
10 6 (7.89%) Cisco Network Engineer
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%) Firewall Engineer
11 5 (6.58%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.47%) SAML
2 10 (13.16%) OAuth
3 7 (9.21%) 802.1X
4 3 (3.95%) ARM Templates
4 3 (3.95%) RESTful
5 1 (1.32%) Jinja
5 1 (1.32%) LDAP
5 1 (1.32%) NETCONF
5 1 (1.32%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 21 (27.63%) Data Centre
2 13 (17.11%) PKI
3 10 (13.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 6 (7.89%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (6.58%) Cloud Native
5 5 (6.58%) Security Posture
6 4 (5.26%) Management Information System
7 3 (3.95%) Blog
7 3 (3.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.32%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.53%) Linux
2 5 (6.58%) Windows
2 5 (6.58%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 22 (28.95%) Network Segmentation
2 19 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 18 (23.68%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (23.68%) Load Balancing
4 14 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (18.42%) Zero Trust
5 11 (14.47%) Technical Leadership
6 10 (13.16%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 9 (11.84%) CI/CD
7 9 (11.84%) Network Design
8 7 (9.21%) Project Delivery
9 6 (7.89%) Analytics
9 6 (7.89%) Cloud Security
9 6 (7.89%) Computer Science
9 6 (7.89%) Containerisation
9 6 (7.89%) DevOps
9 6 (7.89%) High Availability
9 6 (7.89%) Observability
9 6 (7.89%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.47%) Python
2 4 (5.26%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.95%) Bicep
3 3 (3.95%) Go
3 3 (3.95%) Java
4 1 (1.32%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (19.74%) Security Cleared
2 12 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 10 (13.16%) DV Cleared
4 8 (10.53%) CCNP
4 8 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (7.89%) CCNA
5 6 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (7.89%) Degree
6 5 (6.58%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.63%) CCIE
7 2 (2.63%) CCSA
7 2 (2.63%) CCSE
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%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.95%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (10.53%) VMware NSX
2 5 (6.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.26%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (5.26%) vSphere
4 1 (1.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (31.58%) FortiGate
2 11 (14.47%) CASB
3 9 (11.84%) Ansible
4 7 (9.21%) Kubernetes
4 7 (9.21%) Terraform
5 5 (6.58%) Endace
6 4 (5.26%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.32%) Check_MK
7 1 (1.32%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (72.37%) Cisco
2 39 (51.32%) Palo Alto
3 21 (27.63%) Fortinet
4 19 (25.00%) F5
5 16 (21.05%) Microsoft
6 13 (17.11%) CheckPoint
6 13 (17.11%) Meraki
7 12 (15.79%) SolarWinds
8 11 (14.47%) Juniper
9 9 (11.84%) Arista
10 8 (10.53%) VMware
11 6 (7.89%) Dynatrace
11 6 (7.89%) Zscaler
12 4 (5.26%) ServiceNow
12 4 (5.26%) Splunk
13 3 (3.95%) Aruba
13 3 (3.95%) Citrix
14 1 (1.32%) SonicWALL