BGP Contracts in Berkshire

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for BGP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited BGP over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 70 99
Rank change year-on-year -19 +29 -12
Contract jobs citing BGP 31 37 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.62% 2.13% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.92% 11.08% 6.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 8
10th Percentile £263 £421 £356
25th Percentile £335 £479 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +7.69% +21.26%
75th Percentile £400 £575 £531
90th Percentile £500 £583 £681
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +5.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £35.98 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £62.19 £25.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £78.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -75.80% +201.92% +22.35%
75th Percentile £19.50 £80.44 £26.50
90th Percentile - £80.78 -
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -69.35% +138.46% +22.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

BGP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 448 334 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 23.46% 19.24% 18.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 184 231
10th Percentile £205 £301 £262
25th Percentile £311 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £466
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% +5.97% +20.38%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £560
90th Percentile - £688 £638
South East median daily rate £488 £485 £450
% change year-on-year +0.52% +7.78% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 7
10th Percentile £67.02 £19.60 -
25th Percentile £77.85 £24.50 -
Median hourly rate £83.77 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% +288.24% -38.18%
75th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £47.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £81.30 £73.60
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -0.26% +167.44% -34.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing BGP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for BGP in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BGP in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for BGP in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP in Berkshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BGP in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for BGP in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -14 17 £373 -26.96%
Bracknell - 9 £438 -
Slough +9 3 - - 1
Newbury +1 1 - - 1
Maidenhead - 1 £345 -
BGP
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (29.03%) Apache
1 9 (29.03%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 30 (96.77%) MPLS
2 16 (51.61%) VPN
3 12 (38.71%) Firewall
4 9 (29.03%) Ethernet VPN
4 9 (29.03%) Radio Access Network
5 8 (25.81%) IPsec
5 8 (25.81%) WAN
6 7 (22.58%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (19.35%) EIGRP
7 6 (19.35%) OSPF
8 5 (16.13%) SSL
9 4 (12.90%) HSRP
9 4 (12.90%) Internet
9 4 (12.90%) SD-WAN
9 4 (12.90%) SNMP
10 3 (9.68%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (9.68%) GLBP
10 3 (9.68%) Junos
10 3 (9.68%) VLAN
10 3 (9.68%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (29.03%) MongoDB
1 9 (29.03%) NoSQL
1 9 (29.03%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (45.16%) JIRA
2 9 (29.03%) GitLab
2 9 (29.03%) Robot Framework
2 9 (29.03%) TestRail
General
1 5 (16.13%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.45%) Finance
3 1 (3.23%) Advertising
3 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (64.52%) Network Engineer
2 13 (41.94%) Test Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) IP Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Senior
3 5 (16.13%) Senior IP Engineer
3 5 (16.13%) Senior Test Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Architect
4 4 (12.90%) Network Architect
5 3 (9.68%) Network Operations Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Cisco Field Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Lead
6 1 (3.23%) Network Field Engineer
6 1 (3.23%) Network Technical Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Telecoms Tester
6 1 (3.23%) Tester
6 1 (3.23%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (29.03%) NETCONF
1 9 (29.03%) REST
1 9 (29.03%) RESTCONF
1 9 (29.03%) SOAP
1 9 (29.03%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Data Centre
2 3 (9.68%) PKI
3 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.23%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Agile
1 9 (29.03%) CI/CD
1 9 (29.03%) Containerisation
1 9 (29.03%) Integration Testing
1 9 (29.03%) Performance Testing
1 9 (29.03%) Regression Testing
1 9 (29.03%) Scrum
1 9 (29.03%) Security Testing
1 9 (29.03%) Test Automation
1 9 (29.03%) Unit Testing
1 9 (29.03%) Workflow
2 7 (22.58%) Migration
3 5 (16.13%) MoSCoW
3 5 (16.13%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (9.68%) High Availability
4 3 (9.68%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (6.45%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (6.45%) Network Design
5 2 (6.45%) Network Management
5 2 (6.45%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (29.03%) Python
1 9 (29.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) Security Cleared
2 7 (22.58%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (19.35%) CCNP
3 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared
4 5 (16.13%) CCNA
5 4 (12.90%) JNCIS
6 3 (9.68%) DV Cleared
6 3 (9.68%) JNCIA
7 2 (6.45%) CCDP
8 1 (3.23%) BC Cleared
8 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (3.23%) CCIE
8 1 (3.23%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 9 (29.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Endace
Vendors
1 18 (58.06%) Juniper
2 14 (45.16%) Cisco
3 2 (6.45%) F5
4 1 (3.23%) ADVA
4 1 (3.23%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (3.23%) Aruba
4 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.23%) Palo Alto