Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 479 548 627
Rank change year-on-year +69 +79 -98
Permanent jobs citing BGP 496 443 804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.47% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.65% 2.87% 3.56%
Number of salaries quoted 347 360 563
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £40,521
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,375 £82,500 £82,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £104,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% -4.76% -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,603 15,428 22,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.92% 16.28% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,727 11,819
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for BGP in the UK

BGP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing BGP over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for BGP in the UK

BGP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
England +127 456 £51,000 -9.73% 107
UK excluding London +62 345 £49,000 -2.00% 80
Work from Home +29 203 £50,000 -23.08% 60
South East +43 138 £51,000 +2.51% 37
London +68 132 £70,000 - 52
North of England +71 95 £42,500 -5.56% 14
North West +45 71 £40,000 -42.86% 9
Midlands +23 69 £48,500 -19.17% 10
West Midlands +25 60 £48,500 -19.17% 9
Yorkshire +56 30 £62,500 +38.89% 5
South West -25 25 £52,500 +5.00% 2
Scotland -60 17 £75,000 +25.00% 12
East of England -10 15 £62,500 -3.85% 3
East Midlands -16 9 £50,000 -21.57% 1
Wales +10 6 £41,067 - 1
Northern Ireland +19 4 - - 2
North East -21 3 £62,500 +66.67% 1

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 46 (9.27%) WebLogic
2 9 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.61%) Skype for Business
4 4 (0.81%) IIS
5 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 46 (9.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 138 (27.82%) Azure
2 103 (20.77%) AWS
3 46 (9.27%) Amazon EKS
3 46 (9.27%) Amazon SQS
4 21 (4.23%) IaaS
5 19 (3.83%) PaaS
5 19 (3.83%) SaaS
6 16 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (2.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 14 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
7 14 (2.82%) Entra ID
8 13 (2.62%) GCP
9 12 (2.42%) AWS Direct Connect
10 4 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.40%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 1 (0.20%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.20%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.20%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 289 (58.27%) OSPF
2 249 (50.20%) MPLS
3 228 (45.97%) WAN
4 198 (39.92%) Firewall
5 162 (32.66%) LAN
6 147 (29.64%) TCP/IP
7 132 (26.61%) SD-WAN
8 129 (26.01%) VPN
9 100 (20.16%) Wireless
10 98 (19.76%) DNS
11 87 (17.54%) SSL
12 77 (15.52%) VLAN
13 74 (14.92%) EIGRP
14 71 (14.31%) IPsec
15 66 (13.31%) Wi-Fi
16 63 (12.70%) Network Security
17 56 (11.29%) DHCP
18 54 (10.89%) Internet
19 52 (10.48%) Ethernet
20 48 (9.68%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.27%) Amazon RDS
1 46 (9.27%) Oracle Database
1 46 (9.27%) RDBMS
1 46 (9.27%) Relational Database
2 16 (3.23%) NoSQL
3 11 (2.22%) MongoDB
4 8 (1.61%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.81%) Redis
7 1 (0.20%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.20%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (2.62%) GitLab
2 12 (2.42%) JIRA
3 5 (1.01%) Git
4 2 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 114 (22.98%) Social Skills
2 37 (7.46%) Finance
3 32 (6.45%) Telecoms
4 25 (5.04%) Law
5 23 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.22%) Retail
7 6 (1.21%) Legal
7 6 (1.21%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.01%) Mandarin Language
8 5 (1.01%) Military
8 5 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (0.81%) Billing
9 4 (0.81%) Financial Institution
9 4 (0.81%) Publishing
10 3 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.60%) Games
11 2 (0.40%) Banking
11 2 (0.40%) Front Office
11 2 (0.40%) Police
11 2 (0.40%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 249 (50.20%) Network Engineer
2 94 (18.95%) Senior
3 71 (14.31%) Architect
4 66 (13.31%) Senior Network Engineer
5 53 (10.69%) Lead
6 47 (9.48%) Lead Architect
7 46 (9.27%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 46 (9.27%) Solutions Architect
8 43 (8.67%) Analyst
8 43 (8.67%) Network Analyst
9 42 (8.47%) IP Engineer
10 37 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 32 (6.45%) IP Network Engineer
11 32 (6.45%) Network Operations Analyst
11 32 (6.45%) Operations Analyst
12 27 (5.44%) Juniper Engineer
13 26 (5.24%) Network Support
14 24 (4.84%) Cisco Engineer
15 23 (4.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
15 23 (4.64%) Core Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (9.27%) 802.1X
1 46 (9.27%) RabbitMQ
1 46 (9.27%) Spring Boot
2 18 (3.63%) XML
3 12 (2.42%) NETCONF
3 12 (2.42%) RESTCONF
4 11 (2.22%) JSON
4 11 (2.22%) REST
4 11 (2.22%) SOAP
4 11 (2.22%) YAML
4 11 (2.22%) YANG
5 8 (1.61%) SAML
6 7 (1.41%) HTML
7 5 (1.01%) XMPP
8 4 (0.81%) .NET
8 4 (0.81%) .NET Core
8 4 (0.81%) ADO
9 3 (0.60%) CSS
10 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.20%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 88 (17.74%) Data Centre
2 61 (12.30%) Public Cloud
3 52 (10.48%) Enterprise Software
4 25 (5.04%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (3.02%) Management Information System
5 15 (3.02%) PKI
6 13 (2.62%) Clustering
7 12 (2.42%) Virtual Team
8 10 (2.02%) Client/Server
8 10 (2.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 10 (2.02%) Driving Licence
8 10 (2.02%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (1.41%) FMCG
10 5 (1.01%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.01%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.81%) Fat Client
11 4 (0.81%) Thin Client
12 3 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.60%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 94 (18.95%) Linux
2 46 (9.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 27 (5.44%) Windows
4 19 (3.83%) Unix
5 18 (3.63%) VyOS
6 15 (3.02%) Windows Server
7 12 (2.42%) CentOS
8 7 (1.41%) Android
8 7 (1.41%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.60%) Debian
11 2 (0.40%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.20%) VMS
12 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (16.33%) Load Balancing
2 69 (13.91%) Agile
3 67 (13.51%) Network Design
4 63 (12.70%) Open Source
5 58 (11.69%) Scrum
6 55 (11.09%) Project Management
7 54 (10.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 54 (10.89%) Migration
8 51 (10.28%) Project Delivery
9 50 (10.08%) Systems Engineering
10 48 (9.68%) Collaborative Working
11 46 (9.27%) Actionable Insight
11 46 (9.27%) ArchiMate
11 46 (9.27%) Cloud Operations
11 46 (9.27%) Data Migration
11 46 (9.27%) Kanban
11 46 (9.27%) Network Management
11 46 (9.27%) Re-Platforming
11 46 (9.27%) SDLC
11 46 (9.27%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 39 (7.86%) Python
2 26 (5.24%) PowerShell
3 15 (3.02%) SQL
4 5 (1.01%) Bash
5 4 (0.81%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.40%) Go
Qualifications
1 204 (41.13%) Cisco Certification
2 154 (31.05%) Security Cleared
3 146 (29.44%) CCNP
4 100 (20.16%) CCNA
5 77 (15.52%) SC Cleared
6 54 (10.89%) CCIE
7 47 (9.48%) AWS Certification
7 47 (9.48%) Azure Certification
8 46 (9.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 39 (7.86%) CCDP
10 37 (7.46%) JNCIA
11 33 (6.65%) JNCIP
12 32 (6.45%) Degree
13 19 (3.83%) JNCIE
14 10 (2.02%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 9 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
15 9 (1.81%) JNCIS
16 4 (0.81%) DV Cleared
17 3 (0.60%) CCSA
17 3 (0.60%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.63%) SLA
2 8 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.21%) NCSC
4 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (0.60%) NIST
4 3 (0.60%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.40%) QA
6 1 (0.20%) GDPR
System Software
1 39 (7.86%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.23%) Hyper-V
3 19 (3.83%) Docker
4 12 (2.42%) Firmware
5 10 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.81%) vCloud
6 4 (0.81%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.40%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.20%) NFS
8 1 (0.20%) pfSense
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 62 (12.50%) FortiGate
2 25 (5.04%) Ansible
3 20 (4.03%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.02%) Puppet
5 9 (1.81%) Failover Clustering
6 8 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (1.61%) Progress Chef
6 8 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.61%) Terraform
7 6 (1.21%) Endace
7 6 (1.21%) WSUS
8 5 (1.01%) Nessus
9 4 (0.81%) BMC PATROL
9 4 (0.81%) Nagios
9 4 (0.81%) SCOM
9 4 (0.81%) SCOrch
9 4 (0.81%) SolarWinds Orion
9 4 (0.81%) vMotion
10 3 (0.60%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.40%) Icinga
Vendors
1 288 (58.06%) Cisco
2 210 (42.34%) Juniper
3 87 (17.54%) Fortinet
4 60 (12.10%) Nokia
5 52 (10.48%) Microsoft
6 46 (9.27%) Oracle
6 46 (9.27%) Sparx
7 40 (8.06%) Palo Alto
8 38 (7.66%) Meraki
9 36 (7.26%) CheckPoint
10 35 (7.06%) F5
10 35 (7.06%) SolarWinds
11 27 (5.44%) Ruckus Wireless
11 27 (5.44%) VMware
12 18 (3.63%) Vyatta
13 17 (3.43%) McAfee
14 15 (3.02%) Aruba
15 13 (2.62%) Draytek
16 11 (2.22%) Arista
16 11 (2.22%) Citrix