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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 359 418
Rank change year-on-year +22 +59 -18
Permanent jobs citing BGP 82 65 171
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.41% 0.42% 0.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.69% 3.39% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 47 47 135
10th Percentile £59,906 £43,799 £40,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £51,875 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +23.81% -19.23%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £95,000 - £85,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +31.82% +4.76% -11.39%

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 2,225 1,915 5,134
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.07% 12.41% 14.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,135 1,151 3,315
10th Percentile £29,675 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -7.62% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £86,776 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -7.50%

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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 19 June 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 (29.27%) Azure
2 20 (24.39%) AWS
3 12 (14.63%) AWS Direct Connect
3 12 (14.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 10 (12.20%) SaaS
5 5 (6.10%) OpenShift
6 4 (4.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (3.66%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (3.66%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (3.66%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (3.66%) Amazon S3
7 3 (3.66%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (3.66%) GCP
7 3 (3.66%) Route 53
8 1 (1.22%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.22%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.22%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.22%) GitHub
8 1 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 51 (62.20%) Firewall
2 48 (58.54%) MPLS
3 47 (57.32%) OSPF
4 46 (56.10%) WAN
5 44 (53.66%) VPN
6 32 (39.02%) SD-WAN
7 30 (36.59%) Network Security
8 27 (32.93%) LAN
9 26 (31.71%) VXLAN
10 24 (29.27%) DNS
11 22 (26.83%) Cisco ISE
12 21 (25.61%) VLAN
13 18 (21.95%) Ethernet VPN
13 18 (21.95%) IPsec
14 17 (20.73%) Cisco ASA
14 17 (20.73%) WLAN
15 16 (19.51%) Wi-Fi
16 15 (18.29%) Cisco Firepower
16 15 (18.29%) Cisco IOS
16 15 (18.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 10 (12.20%) Git
2 1 (1.22%) GitLab
General
1 29 (35.37%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.17%) Finance
3 16 (19.51%) Telecoms
4 14 (17.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (10.98%) Public Sector
6 8 (9.76%) Banking
6 8 (9.76%) Retail
7 5 (6.10%) Marketing
8 3 (3.66%) Back Office
8 3 (3.66%) Financial Institution
8 3 (3.66%) Law
9 1 (1.22%) Police
Job Titles
1 50 (60.98%) Network Engineer
2 26 (31.71%) Senior
3 20 (24.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 15 (18.29%) Architect
5 13 (15.85%) Senior Network Engineer
6 10 (12.20%) Cisco Engineer
6 10 (12.20%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 10 (12.20%) Network Architect
6 10 (12.20%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (9.76%) Firewall Engineer
7 8 (9.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (8.54%) Associate Engineer
8 7 (8.54%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 7 (8.54%) Network Operations Engineer
8 7 (8.54%) Network Security Architect
8 7 (8.54%) Operations Engineer
8 7 (8.54%) Security Architect
9 6 (7.32%) AWS Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.20%) Jinja
1 10 (12.20%) NETCONF
1 10 (12.20%) YANG
2 8 (9.76%) SAML
3 7 (8.54%) 802.1X
3 7 (8.54%) OAuth
4 3 (3.66%) ARM Templates
4 3 (3.66%) RESTful
5 1 (1.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (29.27%) Data Centre
2 12 (14.63%) PKI
3 10 (12.20%) Social Media
4 7 (8.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 7 (8.54%) Management Information System
4 7 (8.54%) Security Posture
5 6 (7.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (6.10%) Cloud Native
7 3 (3.66%) Blog
7 3 (3.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.22%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.32%) Linux
2 4 (4.88%) Unix
2 4 (4.88%) Windows
2 4 (4.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (32.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (25.61%) Network Segmentation
3 20 (24.39%) Infrastructure as Code
4 17 (20.73%) Zero Trust
5 16 (19.51%) Network Design
5 16 (19.51%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (18.29%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (18.29%) Load Balancing
7 11 (13.41%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 11 (13.41%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (12.20%) Agile
8 10 (12.20%) Data Science
9 9 (10.98%) CI/CD
9 9 (10.98%) Cloud Security
10 7 (8.54%) High Availability
10 7 (8.54%) Kalman Filter
10 7 (8.54%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 7 (8.54%) Network Architecture
10 7 (8.54%) Runbook
11 6 (7.32%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.51%) Python
2 4 (4.88%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.66%) Bicep
3 3 (3.66%) Go
3 3 (3.66%) Java
4 1 (1.22%) Bash
Qualifications
1 17 (20.73%) Security Cleared
2 14 (17.07%) SC Cleared
3 10 (12.20%) DV Cleared
4 6 (7.32%) CCNP
4 6 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (7.32%) Degree
5 5 (6.10%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.88%) CCNA
7 2 (2.44%) CCIE
7 2 (2.44%) CCSA
7 2 (2.44%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (8.54%) NIST
2 3 (3.66%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.66%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (9.76%) VMware NSX
2 7 (8.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (4.88%) vSphere
4 1 (1.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (24.39%) FortiGate
2 8 (9.76%) CASB
3 7 (8.54%) Terraform
4 6 (7.32%) Kubernetes
5 5 (6.10%) Ansible
5 5 (6.10%) Endace
6 4 (4.88%) vCenter Server
7 1 (1.22%) Check_MK
7 1 (1.22%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (76.83%) Cisco
2 34 (41.46%) Palo Alto
3 19 (23.17%) Fortinet
4 18 (21.95%) CheckPoint
5 16 (19.51%) F5
6 15 (18.29%) Meraki
6 15 (18.29%) SolarWinds
7 12 (14.63%) Microsoft
8 11 (13.41%) Juniper
9 9 (10.98%) Dynatrace
10 8 (9.76%) VMware
11 7 (8.54%) Arista
11 7 (8.54%) ServiceNow
12 5 (6.10%) Zscaler
13 4 (4.88%) Splunk
14 3 (3.66%) Aruba
15 1 (1.22%) Citrix