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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 361 408
Rank change year-on-year +24 +47 -16
Permanent jobs citing BGP 86 66 173
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.42% 0.42% 0.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.81% 3.46% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 51 48 136
10th Percentile £57,124 £43,799 £40,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,188 £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 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.46% +6.67% -12.50%

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 2,256 1,910 5,104
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.12% 12.28% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,161 1,149 3,286
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,355 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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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 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 26 (30.23%) Azure
2 21 (24.42%) AWS
3 12 (13.95%) AWS Direct Connect
3 12 (13.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 10 (11.63%) SaaS
5 6 (6.98%) OpenShift
6 4 (4.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (3.49%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (3.49%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (3.49%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (3.49%) Amazon S3
7 3 (3.49%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (3.49%) GCP
7 3 (3.49%) Route 53
8 1 (1.16%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.16%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.16%) GitHub
8 1 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 54 (62.79%) Firewall
2 50 (58.14%) MPLS
2 50 (58.14%) OSPF
3 49 (56.98%) WAN
4 48 (55.81%) VPN
5 33 (38.37%) Network Security
5 33 (38.37%) SD-WAN
6 29 (33.72%) LAN
7 28 (32.56%) DNS
8 27 (31.40%) VXLAN
9 23 (26.74%) VLAN
10 22 (25.58%) Cisco ISE
11 19 (22.09%) IPsec
12 18 (20.93%) Ethernet VPN
13 17 (19.77%) Cisco ASA
13 17 (19.77%) DHCP
13 17 (19.77%) WLAN
14 16 (18.60%) HTTP
14 16 (18.60%) TCP/IP
14 16 (18.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.49%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 10 (11.63%) Git
2 1 (1.16%) GitLab
General
1 30 (34.88%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.09%) Finance
3 16 (18.60%) Telecoms
4 14 (16.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (10.47%) Public Sector
6 8 (9.30%) Banking
6 8 (9.30%) Retail
7 5 (5.81%) Marketing
8 3 (3.49%) Back Office
8 3 (3.49%) Financial Institution
8 3 (3.49%) Law
9 1 (1.16%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Police
Job Titles
1 52 (60.47%) Network Engineer
2 28 (32.56%) Senior
3 20 (23.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 16 (18.60%) Architect
5 13 (15.12%) Senior Network Engineer
6 11 (12.79%) Network Architect
7 10 (11.63%) Cisco Engineer
7 10 (11.63%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 10 (11.63%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (9.30%) Firewall Engineer
8 8 (9.30%) Network Security Architect
8 8 (9.30%) Network Specialist
8 8 (9.30%) Security Architect
8 8 (9.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (8.14%) Associate Engineer
9 7 (8.14%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
9 7 (8.14%) Network Operations Engineer
9 7 (8.14%) Operations Engineer
9 7 (8.14%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 7 (8.14%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.63%) Jinja
1 10 (11.63%) NETCONF
1 10 (11.63%) YANG
2 9 (10.47%) SAML
3 8 (9.30%) OAuth
4 7 (8.14%) 802.1X
5 3 (3.49%) ARM Templates
5 3 (3.49%) RESTful
6 1 (1.16%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (27.91%) Data Centre
2 13 (15.12%) PKI
3 10 (11.63%) Social Media
4 8 (9.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 7 (8.14%) Management Information System
5 7 (8.14%) Security Posture
6 6 (6.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (5.81%) Cloud Native
8 3 (3.49%) Blog
8 3 (3.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.16%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.98%) Linux
2 5 (5.81%) Windows
2 5 (5.81%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (31.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (26.74%) Network Segmentation
3 21 (24.42%) Infrastructure as Code
4 19 (22.09%) Zero Trust
5 17 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (18.60%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (18.60%) Load Balancing
6 16 (18.60%) Network Design
7 11 (12.79%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 11 (12.79%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (11.63%) Agile
8 10 (11.63%) Data Science
9 9 (10.47%) CI/CD
9 9 (10.47%) Cloud Security
10 8 (9.30%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 7 (8.14%) High Availability
11 7 (8.14%) Kalman Filter
11 7 (8.14%) Network Architecture
11 7 (8.14%) Runbook
12 6 (6.98%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.60%) Python
2 4 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.49%) Bicep
3 3 (3.49%) Go
3 3 (3.49%) Java
4 1 (1.16%) Bash
Qualifications
1 17 (19.77%) Security Cleared
2 14 (16.28%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.63%) DV Cleared
4 6 (6.98%) CCNP
4 6 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (6.98%) Degree
5 5 (5.81%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.65%) CCNA
7 2 (2.33%) CCIE
7 2 (2.33%) CCSA
7 2 (2.33%) CCSE
8 1 (1.16%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (9.30%) NIST
2 3 (3.49%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (9.30%) VMware NSX
2 7 (8.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.65%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.65%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (4.65%) vSphere
4 1 (1.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (25.58%) FortiGate
2 9 (10.47%) CASB
3 7 (8.14%) Kubernetes
3 7 (8.14%) Terraform
4 5 (5.81%) Ansible
4 5 (5.81%) Endace
5 4 (4.65%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.16%) Check_MK
6 1 (1.16%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (75.58%) Cisco
2 36 (41.86%) Palo Alto
3 22 (25.58%) Fortinet
4 18 (20.93%) CheckPoint
5 17 (19.77%) Meraki
6 16 (18.60%) F5
6 16 (18.60%) SolarWinds
7 14 (16.28%) Microsoft
8 11 (12.79%) Juniper
9 9 (10.47%) Dynatrace
10 8 (9.30%) VMware
11 7 (8.14%) Arista
11 7 (8.14%) ServiceNow
12 6 (6.98%) Zscaler
13 4 (4.65%) Splunk
14 3 (3.49%) Aruba
15 1 (1.16%) Citrix
15 1 (1.16%) SonicWALL