BGP Jobs in England

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for BGP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited BGP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 455 554 598
Rank change year-on-year +99 +44 -84
Permanent jobs citing BGP 456 377 727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.45% 0.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.74% 2.74% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 330 304 523
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,150 £40,100
25th Percentile £45,125 £46,188 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £99,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,178 13,772 18,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.38% 16.37% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,544 6,977 10,429
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,189
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for BGP in England

BGP
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BGP in England.

Salary trend for BGP in England

BGP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing BGP in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for BGP in England

BGP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
South East +47 138 £51,000 +2.51% 28
London +75 132 £70,000 - 42
North of England +71 95 £42,500 -5.56% 14
North West +53 71 £40,000 -42.86% 9
Midlands +21 69 £48,500 -19.17% 9
West Midlands +21 60 £48,500 -19.17% 8
Yorkshire +58 30 £62,500 +38.89% 5
South West -20 25 £52,500 +5.00% 2
East of England -6 15 £62,500 -3.85% 3
East Midlands -19 9 £50,000 -21.57% 1
North East -20 3 £62,500 +66.67% 1
BGP
UK

BGP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 28 (6.14%) WebLogic
2 9 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.75%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.88%) IIS
5 1 (0.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 28 (6.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 111 (24.34%) Azure
2 79 (17.32%) AWS
3 28 (6.14%) Amazon EKS
3 28 (6.14%) Amazon SQS
4 21 (4.61%) IaaS
5 19 (4.17%) PaaS
5 19 (4.17%) SaaS
6 16 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (3.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 14 (3.07%) Entra ID
8 12 (2.63%) AWS Direct Connect
9 11 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (2.19%) GCP
11 2 (0.44%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.22%) Azure App Service
12 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.22%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.22%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 280 (61.40%) OSPF
2 234 (51.32%) MPLS
3 218 (47.81%) WAN
4 187 (41.01%) Firewall
5 153 (33.55%) LAN
6 128 (28.07%) SD-WAN
7 127 (27.85%) TCP/IP
8 120 (26.32%) VPN
9 97 (21.27%) Wireless
10 78 (17.11%) DNS
11 75 (16.45%) VLAN
12 69 (15.13%) EIGRP
13 68 (14.91%) SSL
14 66 (14.47%) IPsec
15 63 (13.82%) Wi-Fi
16 58 (12.72%) Network Security
17 56 (12.28%) DHCP
18 53 (11.62%) Internet
19 52 (11.40%) Ethernet
20 45 (9.87%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.14%) Amazon RDS
1 28 (6.14%) Oracle Database
1 28 (6.14%) RDBMS
1 28 (6.14%) Relational Database
2 16 (3.51%) NoSQL
3 11 (2.41%) MongoDB
4 8 (1.75%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.88%) Redis
7 1 (0.22%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.22%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (2.63%) GitLab
1 12 (2.63%) JIRA
2 1 (0.22%) Git
2 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 91 (19.96%) Social Skills
2 36 (7.89%) Finance
3 31 (6.80%) Telecoms
4 25 (5.48%) Law
5 19 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.41%) Retail
7 6 (1.32%) Legal
7 6 (1.32%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.10%) Mandarin Language
8 5 (1.10%) Military
8 5 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (0.88%) Billing
9 4 (0.88%) Financial Institution
9 4 (0.88%) Publishing
10 3 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.66%) Games
11 2 (0.44%) Banking
11 2 (0.44%) Electronics
11 2 (0.44%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.44%) Police
Job Titles
1 233 (51.10%) Network Engineer
2 82 (17.98%) Senior
3 55 (12.06%) Senior Network Engineer
4 53 (11.62%) Architect
5 42 (9.21%) Analyst
5 42 (9.21%) Network Analyst
6 37 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 36 (7.89%) IP Engineer
8 35 (7.68%) Lead
9 31 (6.80%) Network Operations Analyst
9 31 (6.80%) Operations Analyst
10 29 (6.36%) Lead Architect
11 28 (6.14%) Lead Solutions Architect
11 28 (6.14%) Solutions Architect
12 27 (5.92%) IP Network Engineer
13 26 (5.70%) Juniper Engineer
13 26 (5.70%) Network Support
14 23 (5.04%) Cisco Engineer
14 23 (5.04%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 21 (4.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (10.09%) 802.1X
2 28 (6.14%) RabbitMQ
2 28 (6.14%) Spring Boot
3 18 (3.95%) XML
4 12 (2.63%) NETCONF
4 12 (2.63%) RESTCONF
5 11 (2.41%) JSON
5 11 (2.41%) REST
5 11 (2.41%) SOAP
5 11 (2.41%) YAML
5 11 (2.41%) YANG
6 8 (1.75%) SAML
7 7 (1.54%) HTML
8 5 (1.10%) XMPP
9 4 (0.88%) .NET
9 4 (0.88%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.66%) CSS
11 1 (0.22%) ADO
11 1 (0.22%) EDI
11 1 (0.22%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 82 (17.98%) Data Centre
2 43 (9.43%) Public Cloud
3 34 (7.46%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (4.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (3.29%) PKI
6 14 (3.07%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.85%) Clustering
8 10 (2.19%) Client/Server
8 10 (2.19%) Driving Licence
8 10 (2.19%) Video Conferencing
8 10 (2.19%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 7 (1.54%) FMCG
11 5 (1.10%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.10%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.88%) Fat Client
12 4 (0.88%) Thin Client
13 3 (0.66%) Smart City
14 2 (0.44%) Fibre Optics
14 2 (0.44%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 75 (16.45%) Linux
2 28 (6.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 27 (5.92%) Windows
4 19 (4.17%) Unix
5 18 (3.95%) VyOS
6 15 (3.29%) Windows Server
7 12 (2.63%) CentOS
8 7 (1.54%) Android
8 7 (1.54%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.66%) Debian
11 2 (0.44%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.22%) VMS
12 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (14.25%) Network Design
2 63 (13.82%) Load Balancing
3 54 (11.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 51 (11.18%) Agile
4 51 (11.18%) Project Delivery
5 45 (9.87%) Open Source
6 44 (9.65%) Customer Service
7 40 (8.77%) Network Management
7 40 (8.77%) Scrum
8 37 (8.11%) Project Management
9 36 (7.89%) Mentoring
10 34 (7.46%) ITIL
10 34 (7.46%) Migration
10 34 (7.46%) Technical Leadership
11 32 (7.02%) Systems Engineering
12 30 (6.58%) Collaborative Working
13 28 (6.14%) Actionable Insight
13 28 (6.14%) Cloud Operations
13 28 (6.14%) Re-Platforming
13 28 (6.14%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 35 (7.68%) Python
2 26 (5.70%) PowerShell
3 15 (3.29%) SQL
4 5 (1.10%) Bash
5 1 (0.22%) Go
5 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 193 (42.32%) Cisco Certification
2 136 (29.82%) CCNP
3 130 (28.51%) Security Cleared
4 95 (20.83%) CCNA
5 56 (12.28%) SC Cleared
6 50 (10.96%) CCIE
7 38 (8.33%) CCDP
8 36 (7.89%) JNCIA
9 32 (7.02%) Degree
10 28 (6.14%) AWS Certification
10 28 (6.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 28 (6.14%) Azure Certification
11 25 (5.48%) JNCIP
12 14 (3.07%) JNCIE
13 10 (2.19%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 9 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (1.97%) JNCIS
15 4 (0.88%) DV Cleared
16 3 (0.66%) CCSA
16 3 (0.66%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.73%) SLA
2 6 (1.32%) NCSC
3 5 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.66%) NIST
5 1 (0.22%) GDPR
5 1 (0.22%) QA
System Software
1 39 (8.55%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.61%) Hyper-V
3 19 (4.17%) Docker
4 12 (2.63%) Firmware
5 10 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.88%) vCloud
6 4 (0.88%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.44%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.22%) NFS
8 1 (0.22%) pfSense
8 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 61 (13.38%) FortiGate
2 20 (4.39%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.17%) Ansible
4 9 (1.97%) Failover Clustering
5 8 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.75%) Progress Chef
5 8 (1.75%) Puppet
5 8 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.75%) Terraform
6 6 (1.32%) Endace
6 6 (1.32%) WSUS
7 5 (1.10%) Nessus
8 4 (0.88%) BMC PATROL
8 4 (0.88%) Nagios
8 4 (0.88%) SCOM
8 4 (0.88%) SCOrch
8 4 (0.88%) SolarWinds Orion
8 4 (0.88%) vMotion
9 3 (0.66%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.44%) Icinga
Vendors
1 278 (60.96%) Cisco
2 201 (44.08%) Juniper
3 83 (18.20%) Fortinet
4 55 (12.06%) Nokia
5 52 (11.40%) Microsoft
6 38 (8.33%) Meraki
7 36 (7.89%) CheckPoint
7 36 (7.89%) Palo Alto
8 35 (7.68%) F5
9 31 (6.80%) SolarWinds
10 28 (6.14%) Oracle
10 28 (6.14%) Sparx
11 27 (5.92%) Ruckus Wireless
11 27 (5.92%) VMware
12 18 (3.95%) Vyatta
13 17 (3.73%) McAfee
14 15 (3.29%) Aruba
15 13 (2.85%) Draytek
16 11 (2.41%) Arista
16 11 (2.41%) Citrix