Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 321 433
Rank change year-on-year +66 +112 +53
Contract jobs citing BGP 385 437 501
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.91% 0.76% 0.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.12% 6.13% 5.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 249 307
10th Percentile £314 £363 £313
25th Percentile £400 £444 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £559
90th Percentile £613 £675 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £467 £477 £450
% change year-on-year -2.20% +6.00% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 16 7
10th Percentile £19.45 £60.50 £21.00
25th Percentile £20.88 £61.00 £23.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 £73.75 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -68.14% +183.65% +14.29%
75th Percentile £39.38 £80.44 £28.38
90th Percentile £48.75 £83.03 £38.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.00 £62.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -69.35% +158.33% +6.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,406 7,129 9,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.45% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,227 4,606 6,336
10th Percentile £205 £235 £233
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +3.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £690 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 416 460 376
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -30.84% +7.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.09 £50.83
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.55 £65.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.22 £21.50
% change year-on-year +151.88% -15.28% -5.49%

BGP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for BGP in the UK

BGP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for BGP in the UK

BGP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in the UK

BGP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for BGP in the UK

BGP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BGP over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for BGP in the UK

BGP
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England +121 368 £475 -5.00% 114
UK excluding London +58 234 £467 -2.20% 88
London +97 128 £520 -9.96% 42
Work from Home +24 98 £488 - 52
South East +48 92 £450 -10.00% 25
Midlands +63 76 £375 -25.00% 20
West Midlands +67 73 £375 -14.29% 15
South West +18 39 £490 +0.51% 5
North of England -1 24 £500 +11.11% 21
North West -14 20 £508 +12.94% 12
North East - 4 £385 - 1
East Midlands +19 3 £575 +21.05% 5
Scotland +14 2 £500 +1.01% 10
East of England +6 2 - - 4

BGP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 37 (9.61%) Confluence
2 35 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 35 (9.09%) SharePoint Server
3 11 (2.86%) Apache
3 11 (2.86%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.52%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (1.30%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 72 (18.70%) Azure
2 36 (9.35%) AWS
3 34 (8.83%) Azure Stack
4 13 (3.38%) GCP
5 5 (1.30%) OCI
6 4 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.78%) GitHub
7 3 (0.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (0.52%) Akamai
8 2 (0.52%) IaaS
8 2 (0.52%) PaaS
8 2 (0.52%) SaaS
9 1 (0.26%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.26%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.26%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 211 (54.81%) MPLS
2 179 (46.49%) OSPF
3 176 (45.71%) WAN
4 175 (45.45%) Firewall
5 143 (37.14%) IPsec
6 132 (34.29%) VPN
7 88 (22.86%) EIGRP
8 79 (20.52%) LAN
9 68 (17.66%) Cisco ASA
10 54 (14.03%) Cisco Firepower
11 53 (13.77%) Junos
12 52 (13.51%) HSRP
13 47 (12.21%) Network Security
14 46 (11.95%) DNS
15 45 (11.69%) Cisco Nexus
15 45 (11.69%) Wireless
16 41 (10.65%) SNMP
16 41 (10.65%) SSL
17 39 (10.13%) SD-WAN
17 39 (10.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.60%) MongoDB
1 10 (2.60%) NoSQL
1 10 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (0.78%) Relational Database
2 3 (0.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 55 (14.29%) JIRA
2 16 (4.16%) Git
3 11 (2.86%) GitLab
3 11 (2.86%) Robot Framework
3 11 (2.86%) TestRail
4 8 (2.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 80 (20.78%) Social Skills
2 67 (17.40%) Finance
3 33 (8.57%) Public Sector
4 29 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
6 19 (4.94%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.08%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.04%) Banking
9 3 (0.78%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (0.52%) Advertising
10 2 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.26%) German Language
11 1 (0.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 182 (47.27%) Network Engineer
2 43 (11.17%) Architect
3 41 (10.65%) Network Architect
3 41 (10.65%) Senior
4 38 (9.87%) Network Support
5 35 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 32 (8.31%) Network Specialist
7 31 (8.05%) WAN Engineer
8 28 (7.27%) 3rd Line Support
9 24 (6.23%) Senior Network Engineer
10 19 (4.94%) Support Engineer
11 17 (4.42%) Microsoft Engineer
12 16 (4.16%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
12 16 (4.16%) Test Engineer
13 14 (3.64%) 2nd Line Support
14 13 (3.38%) Cisco Engineer
14 13 (3.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 13 (3.38%) Design Engineer
15 12 (3.12%) IP Expert
15 12 (3.12%) Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (9.61%) YANG
2 35 (9.09%) NETCONF
3 28 (7.27%) JSON
4 27 (7.01%) Jinja
5 24 (6.23%) XML
6 14 (3.64%) REST
7 11 (2.86%) 802.1X
7 11 (2.86%) RESTCONF
7 11 (2.86%) SOAP
8 6 (1.56%) RESTful
9 3 (0.78%) Django
10 2 (0.52%) LDAP
11 1 (0.26%) .NET
11 1 (0.26%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 72 (18.70%) PKI
2 42 (10.91%) Data Centre
3 36 (9.35%) Private Cloud
4 18 (4.68%) Distributed Architecture
5 8 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.30%) Clustering
6 5 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.30%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.04%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.78%) CCTV
8 3 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (0.78%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.52%) Replication
10 1 (0.26%) CMDB
10 1 (0.26%) IoT
10 1 (0.26%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 40 (10.39%) Windows
2 10 (2.60%) Linux
3 5 (1.30%) Unix
4 4 (1.04%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.26%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (25.71%) Network Design
2 91 (23.64%) Network Management
3 66 (17.14%) Load Balancing
4 57 (14.81%) ITIL
5 53 (13.77%) ITSM
6 41 (10.65%) Change Management
7 40 (10.39%) Capacity Management
8 36 (9.35%) Service Management
9 35 (9.09%) DevOps
10 34 (8.83%) Security Monitoring
11 32 (8.31%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (8.31%) Technical Leadership
12 25 (6.49%) Customer Requirements
12 25 (6.49%) Migration
13 21 (5.45%) Agile
13 21 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (5.45%) Network Monitoring
14 19 (4.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 16 (4.16%) CI/CD
16 15 (3.90%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 54 (14.03%) Python
2 16 (4.16%) SQL
3 15 (3.90%) Perl
4 12 (3.12%) Tcl
5 5 (1.30%) Bash
6 4 (1.04%) Java
7 3 (0.78%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.78%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.52%) Go
8 2 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 185 (48.05%) Security Cleared
2 109 (28.31%) Cisco Certification
3 93 (24.16%) CCNP
4 62 (16.10%) SC Cleared
5 61 (15.84%) DV Cleared
6 46 (11.95%) CCNA
7 28 (7.27%) CCIE
8 18 (4.68%) Degree
9 16 (4.16%) JNCIS
10 12 (3.12%) JNCIA
11 8 (2.08%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.08%) CCDP
12 6 (1.56%) CCIE Service Provider
13 5 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (1.30%) Azure Certification
13 5 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.04%) VCAP
15 3 (0.78%) JNCIP
16 2 (0.52%) BC Cleared
16 2 (0.52%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (9.09%) Government Security Classifications
2 9 (2.34%) SLA
3 3 (0.78%) HIPAA
3 3 (0.78%) NCSC
3 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.52%) QA
5 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (4.94%) Firmware
2 10 (2.60%) Docker
3 5 (1.30%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.04%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.52%) PowerDNS
6 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 41 (10.65%) FortiGate
2 29 (7.53%) Ansible
3 26 (6.75%) Endace
4 24 (6.23%) SCOM
5 11 (2.86%) Terraform
6 7 (1.82%) SolarWinds Orion
7 3 (0.78%) Kibana
8 2 (0.52%) Kubernetes
9 1 (0.26%) CASB
9 1 (0.26%) Cisco Prime
9 1 (0.26%) Icinga
9 1 (0.26%) Nagios
9 1 (0.26%) Observium
9 1 (0.26%) Puppet
9 1 (0.26%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 223 (57.92%) Cisco
2 176 (45.71%) Juniper
3 84 (21.82%) F5
4 80 (20.78%) Palo Alto
5 63 (16.36%) Fortinet
6 42 (10.91%) Microsoft
7 38 (9.87%) SolarWinds
8 35 (9.09%) Atlassian
9 31 (8.05%) Nokia
10 20 (5.19%) Citrix
11 17 (4.42%) CheckPoint
12 15 (3.90%) Aruba
12 15 (3.90%) Infoblox
13 11 (2.86%) Zscaler
14 9 (2.34%) Meraki
15 8 (2.08%) Arista
16 7 (1.82%) Extreme Networks
16 7 (1.82%) VMware
17 6 (1.56%) Google
17 6 (1.56%) Huawei