BGP Contracts in the South East

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring BGP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BGP over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 118 191
Rank change year-on-year +18 +73 +26
Contract jobs citing BGP 80 103 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.92% 1.89% 1.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.68% 8.72% 5.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 35 47
10th Percentile £413 £353 £400
25th Percentile £475 £411 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £546
Median % change year-on-year - -3.76% +14.84%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £606
90th Percentile £672 £630 £643
England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £19.70 £21.30
25th Percentile - £21.50 £21.75
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% -46.75%
75th Percentile - £25.25 £24.25
90th Percentile - £25.40 £24.70
England median hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% - -45.52%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

BGP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 749 1,181 1,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.94% 21.62% 19.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 650 867
10th Percentile £237 £205 £218
25th Percentile £400 £300 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £460
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -2.17% +2.22%
75th Percentile £608 £580 £575
90th Percentile £651 £651 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 77 88
10th Percentile £26.93 £15.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £24.00 £18.44
Median hourly rate £70.00 £57.99 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.71% +28.87% +30.43%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.67 £53.38
90th Percentile - £78.00 £73.75
England median hourly rate £57.38 £56.49 £41.50
% change year-on-year +1.57% +36.12% +102.34%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing BGP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for BGP in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BGP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for BGP in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP in the South East over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BGP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for BGP in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Thames Valley +15 58 £525 +3.45% 1
Berkshire +10 48 £500 +2.04%
Hampshire -18 12 £600 - 7
Buckinghamshire +11 10 £525 -15.32% 1
Surrey +30 8 £538 - 1
East Sussex - 1 £625 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (23.75%) AWS
2 17 (21.25%) Azure
3 16 (20.00%) GCP
4 1 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 44 (55.00%) MPLS
2 42 (52.50%) OSPF
3 37 (46.25%) VPN
4 27 (33.75%) Firewall
5 21 (26.25%) EIGRP
5 21 (26.25%) WAN
6 19 (23.75%) Network Security
6 19 (23.75%) TCP/IP
7 18 (22.50%) Ethernet VPN
8 17 (21.25%) LAN
9 16 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
10 15 (18.75%) DMVPN
11 14 (17.50%) Cisco ASA
12 13 (16.25%) IPsec
13 12 (15.00%) Sourcefire
14 11 (13.75%) VLAN
15 8 (10.00%) DNS
16 7 (8.75%) SD-WAN
17 6 (7.50%) Cisco ISE
17 6 (7.50%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (20.00%) MongoDB
1 16 (20.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (30.00%) JIRA
2 10 (12.50%) GitLab
3 4 (5.00%) Robot Framework
General
1 21 (26.25%) Social Skills
2 19 (23.75%) Telecoms
3 14 (17.50%) Finance
4 13 (16.25%) Public Sector
5 10 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (8.75%) Marketing
7 6 (7.50%) Electronics
7 6 (7.50%) Manufacturing
8 5 (6.25%) Spanish Language
9 3 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.50%) Legal
11 1 (1.25%) Billing
11 1 (1.25%) Military
Job Titles
1 29 (36.25%) Network Engineer
2 19 (23.75%) Senior
3 11 (13.75%) Automation Tester
3 11 (13.75%) Tester
4 10 (12.50%) Security Engineer
5 9 (11.25%) Automation Developer
5 9 (11.25%) Cisco Engineer
5 9 (11.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 9 (11.25%) Developer
6 8 (10.00%) Architect
6 8 (10.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 8 (10.00%) Senior Developer
7 7 (8.75%) Consultant
7 7 (8.75%) Juniper Engineer
7 7 (8.75%) Network Architect
7 7 (8.75%) Network Consultant
8 6 (7.50%) Test Engineer
9 5 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 5 (6.25%) Network Security Consultant
9 5 (6.25%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (20.00%) NETCONF
1 16 (20.00%) REST
1 16 (20.00%) RESTCONF
1 16 (20.00%) SOAP
1 16 (20.00%) YANG
2 7 (8.75%) Gherkin
2 7 (8.75%) Kafka
3 2 (2.50%) 802.1X
3 2 (2.50%) JSON
3 2 (2.50%) XML
3 2 (2.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.25%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.75%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.25%) Cloud Native
4 4 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.50%) PKI
6 1 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.25%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (23.75%) Linux
2 18 (22.50%) Unix
3 16 (20.00%) CentOS
4 7 (8.75%) Check Point GAiA
5 1 (1.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (20.00%) CI/CD
1 16 (20.00%) Network Design
1 16 (20.00%) Workflow
2 14 (17.50%) Containerisation
3 13 (16.25%) Agile
3 13 (16.25%) Test Strategy
4 12 (15.00%) Migration
4 12 (15.00%) Project Delivery
4 12 (15.00%) Scrum
4 12 (15.00%) Test Automation
5 10 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
5 10 (12.50%) Network Virtualisation
6 9 (11.25%) ITIL
7 8 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (10.00%) Fault Management
7 8 (10.00%) Incident Management
7 8 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
7 8 (10.00%) Mentoring
7 8 (10.00%) OO
8 7 (8.75%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 25 (31.25%) Python
2 16 (20.00%) SQL
3 2 (2.50%) Perl
4 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (27.50%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (21.25%) Security Cleared
3 13 (16.25%) CCNP
4 12 (15.00%) DV Cleared
5 9 (11.25%) CCNA
6 7 (8.75%) CCSE
7 5 (6.25%) CCIE
7 5 (6.25%) CISSP
8 4 (5.00%) Degree
8 4 (5.00%) JNCIP
8 4 (5.00%) SC Cleared
9 2 (2.50%) CCIE Service Provider
9 2 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.25%) CCDP
10 1 (1.25%) CCSA
10 1 (1.25%) JNCIA
10 1 (1.25%) JNCIE
10 1 (1.25%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.75%) QA
System Software
1 14 (17.50%) Docker
2 2 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (15.00%) FortiGate
2 8 (10.00%) Ansible
3 7 (8.75%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.50%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (2.50%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (1.25%) Endace
5 1 (1.25%) Nagios
Vendors
1 48 (60.00%) Cisco
2 36 (45.00%) Juniper
3 18 (22.50%) McAfee
4 17 (21.25%) Palo Alto
5 15 (18.75%) Fortinet
6 12 (15.00%) CheckPoint
6 12 (15.00%) F5
7 8 (10.00%) Aruba
8 6 (7.50%) SAP
9 5 (6.25%) Blue Coat
9 5 (6.25%) Nokia
9 5 (6.25%) Zscaler
10 4 (5.00%) SolarWinds
11 3 (3.75%) Arista
12 2 (2.50%) Barracuda Networks
12 2 (2.50%) Forcepoint
12 2 (2.50%) Meraki
12 2 (2.50%) VMware
13 1 (1.25%) Microsoft
13 1 (1.25%) Nokia Networks