BGP Jobs in the Thames Valley

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring BGP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries 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 178 152 196
Rank change year-on-year -26 +44 +8
Permanent jobs citing BGP 16 42 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.36% 1.15% 1.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.91% 7.13% 7.28%
Number of salaries quoted 11 41 60
10th Percentile £51,250 - £38,875
25th Percentile £54,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile - £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile - £85,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% +4.76% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 549 589 1,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.52% 16.09% 16.99%
Number of salaries quoted 259 436 684
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,290 £26,784
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +4.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £54,500 £50,000 £49,150
% change year-on-year +9.00% +1.73% +9.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing BGP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for BGP in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BGP in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for BGP in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing BGP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for BGP in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the Thames Valley 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +4 16 £80,000 +33.33%
BGP
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) MPLS
1 7 (43.75%) OSPF
2 6 (37.50%) TCP/IP
3 5 (31.25%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (25.00%) 4G
4 4 (25.00%) 5G
4 4 (25.00%) DNS
4 4 (25.00%) Firewall
4 4 (25.00%) HTTP
4 4 (25.00%) IPv6
4 4 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (25.00%) VPN
5 3 (18.75%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (18.75%) Cisco Firepower
5 3 (18.75%) EIGRP
5 3 (18.75%) IPsec
5 3 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (12.50%) Ethernet VPN
6 2 (12.50%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Billing
3 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Automation Engineer
1 6 (37.50%) Design Engineer
1 6 (37.50%) IP Design Engineer
1 6 (37.50%) IP Engineer
1 6 (37.50%) Juniper Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Presales Solution Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Network Support
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Support
4 1 (6.25%) Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Network Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Network Security Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 2 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Network Design
2 4 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 4 (25.00%) Presales
2 4 (25.00%) Use Case
3 3 (18.75%) ITIL
4 1 (6.25%) Agile
4 1 (6.25%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (6.25%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (6.25%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (6.25%) Migration
4 1 (6.25%) OOD
4 1 (6.25%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (6.25%) Scrum
4 1 (6.25%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) JNCIE
1 6 (37.50%) JNCIP
2 4 (25.00%) CCNP
2 4 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (18.75%) CCNA
4 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) JNCIA
4 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 1 (6.25%) CCSA
5 1 (6.25%) CCSE
5 1 (6.25%) CISSP
5 1 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Juniper
2 6 (37.50%) Cisco
2 6 (37.50%) Nokia
3 4 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (12.50%) SolarWinds
5 1 (6.25%) Aruba
5 1 (6.25%) Blue Coat
5 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
5 1 (6.25%) F5
5 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
5 1 (6.25%) McAfee
5 1 (6.25%) Zscaler