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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 369 375
Rank change year-on-year -12 +6 -58
Permanent jobs citing BGP 72 55 133
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.31% 0.34% 0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.13% 2.92% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 49 36 83
10th Percentile £55,500 £46,111 £45,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,938 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +26.09% +4.55% -

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 2,304 1,884 3,760
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.86% 11.53% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,335 1,119 1,807
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -11.11% -6.09%
75th Percentile £73,125 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.91%

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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 3 September 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 20 (27.78%) Azure
2 13 (18.06%) AWS
3 6 (8.33%) OpenShift
4 5 (6.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 5 (6.94%) GCP
5 3 (4.17%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.78%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (2.78%) GitHub
6 2 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (2.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.39%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.39%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 51 (70.83%) OSPF
2 48 (66.67%) WAN
3 46 (63.89%) Firewall
4 40 (55.56%) VPN
5 34 (47.22%) DNS
6 33 (45.83%) LAN
7 32 (44.44%) MPLS
7 32 (44.44%) Network Security
8 26 (36.11%) SD-WAN
8 26 (36.11%) VXLAN
9 24 (33.33%) VLAN
10 21 (29.17%) DHCP
11 18 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
11 18 (25.00%) TCP/IP
12 16 (22.22%) Ethernet VPN
13 15 (20.83%) HTTP
14 14 (19.44%) SSL
15 12 (16.67%) IPsec
15 12 (16.67%) Wireless
16 10 (13.89%) ICMP
Development Applications
1 5 (6.94%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (5.56%) Git
3 2 (2.78%) GitLab
General
1 20 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 9 (12.50%) Finance
3 9 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 8 (11.11%) Banking
4 8 (11.11%) Marketing
4 8 (11.11%) Retail
5 3 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (59.72%) Network Engineer
2 27 (37.50%) Senior
3 14 (19.44%) Architect
3 14 (19.44%) Network Architect
4 11 (15.28%) Senior Network Engineer
5 10 (13.89%) Network Security Architect
5 10 (13.89%) Security Architect
6 8 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (9.72%) Network Specialist
7 7 (9.72%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 7 (9.72%) Senior Network Specialist
8 6 (8.33%) Network Security Specialist
8 6 (8.33%) Security Specialist
8 6 (8.33%) Senior Network Security Specialist
8 6 (8.33%) Senior Security Specialist
9 4 (5.56%) Data Centre Engineer
9 4 (5.56%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
10 3 (4.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 3 (4.17%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.28%) SAML
2 10 (13.89%) OAuth
3 8 (11.11%) 802.1X
3 8 (11.11%) Terraform
4 3 (4.17%) ARM Templates
5 2 (2.78%) YAML
6 1 (1.39%) Jinja
6 1 (1.39%) LDAP
6 1 (1.39%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 10 (13.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 8 (11.11%) PKI
4 6 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (5.56%) Security Posture
6 3 (4.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (2.78%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.39%) ASIC
8 1 (1.39%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.28%) Linux
2 5 (6.94%) Windows
2 5 (6.94%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (26.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 17 (23.61%) Network Segmentation
4 14 (19.44%) Load Balancing
5 13 (18.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (13.89%) CI/CD
7 10 (13.89%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 9 (12.50%) Change Management
8 9 (12.50%) Migration
8 9 (12.50%) Zero Trust
9 8 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (11.11%) Data Management
9 8 (11.11%) Project Delivery
9 8 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (11.11%) Validation
10 7 (9.72%) Collaborative Culture
10 7 (9.72%) DevOps
10 7 (9.72%) ITIL
10 7 (9.72%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.83%) Python
2 4 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.17%) Bicep
4 1 (1.39%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (18.06%) Cisco Certification
1 13 (18.06%) Security Cleared
2 12 (16.67%) CCNP
3 8 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 7 (9.72%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.56%) Azure Certification
5 4 (5.56%) CCIE
5 4 (5.56%) CCNA
5 4 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.56%) Degree
6 3 (4.17%) CCDP
7 2 (2.78%) CCIE Data Center
8 1 (1.39%) CCIE Routing and Switching
8 1 (1.39%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (13.89%) NIST
2 3 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (13.89%) VMware NSX
2 7 (9.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.56%) Active Directory
3 4 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (5.56%) vSphere
4 1 (1.39%) Firmware
4 1 (1.39%) iptables
4 1 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (34.72%) FortiGate
2 15 (20.83%) Ansible
3 11 (15.28%) CASB
4 8 (11.11%) Kubernetes
5 4 (5.56%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.39%) Check_MK
6 1 (1.39%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.39%) Packer
6 1 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (70.83%) Cisco
2 40 (55.56%) Palo Alto
3 16 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 14 (19.44%) Fortinet
5 12 (16.67%) Arista
5 12 (16.67%) F5
6 10 (13.89%) VMware
7 9 (12.50%) Juniper
8 7 (9.72%) Aruba
9 6 (8.33%) Meraki
9 6 (8.33%) SolarWinds
9 6 (8.33%) Zscaler
10 5 (6.94%) CheckPoint
11 4 (5.56%) SonicWALL
11 4 (5.56%) Splunk
12 3 (4.17%) Citrix
12 3 (4.17%) Forcepoint
13 1 (1.39%) Dell
13 1 (1.39%) Google