BGP Contracts in the West Midlands

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 108 161
Rank change year-on-year +67 +53 -36
Contract jobs citing BGP 73 21 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.86% 0.93% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.17% 5.92% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 6 8
10th Percentile £263 £338 £190
25th Percentile £306 £375 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £438 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +2.94% +21.43%
75th Percentile £388 £583 £441
90th Percentile £395 £622 £450
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +14.68%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 362 355 398
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 19.15% 15.73% 11.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 214 275
10th Percentile £200 £263 £163
25th Percentile £302 £363 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £498 £400
Median % change year-on-year -19.60% +24.38% -5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £616 £525
90th Percentile £696 £700 £625
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 16
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £11.82
25th Percentile £13.50 £14.38 £13.22
Median hourly rate £19.95 £19.60 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +15.31% +13.33%
75th Percentile £23.75 £23.68 £20.00
90th Percentile £28.75 £28.25 £20.51
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +0.41%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing BGP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for BGP in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for BGP in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BGP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BGP in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for BGP in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
Solihull +6 52 £375 - 9
Birmingham +18 19 £275 -35.29% 2
Staffordshire - 1 - - 1
Warwickshire - 1 - - 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 70 (95.89%) MPLS
1 70 (95.89%) WAN
2 69 (94.52%) IPsec
3 49 (67.12%) Junos
4 44 (60.27%) VPN
5 8 (10.96%) LAN
6 5 (6.85%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (4.11%) OSPF
7 3 (4.11%) SD-WAN
8 2 (2.74%) DNS
8 2 (2.74%) Firewall
8 2 (2.74%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.37%) CATAPAN
9 1 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (1.37%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (1.37%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (1.37%) HSRP
9 1 (1.37%) Network Security
9 1 (1.37%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (1.37%) VLAN
General
1 8 (10.96%) Public Sector
2 5 (6.85%) Finance
Job Titles
1 32 (43.84%) Network Support
2 27 (36.99%) WAN Engineer
3 25 (34.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 25 (34.25%) 3rd Line Support
4 18 (24.66%) Network Engineer
5 13 (17.81%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (15.07%) Support Engineer
7 8 (10.96%) Architect
7 8 (10.96%) Network Architect
8 7 (9.59%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 7 (9.59%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (6.85%) Network Support Engineer
10 4 (5.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 4 (5.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 3 (4.11%) Lead
12 2 (2.74%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
12 2 (2.74%) Lead Architect
12 2 (2.74%) Project Engineer
13 1 (1.37%) Cisco Architect
13 1 (1.37%) Cisco Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 55 (75.34%) PKI
2 7 (9.59%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (58.90%) Load Balancing
2 24 (32.88%) Network Design
3 9 (12.33%) Incident Management
4 4 (5.48%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (4.11%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (1.37%) Mentoring
6 1 (1.37%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 64 (87.67%) Security Cleared
2 19 (26.03%) SC Cleared
3 8 (10.96%) CCNP
3 8 (10.96%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (8.22%) CCNA
5 5 (6.85%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 70 (95.89%) Juniper
2 7 (9.59%) Cisco
3 2 (2.74%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.37%) F5
4 1 (1.37%) Fortinet