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This section looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BGP over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2717
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.011 %
As % of the category below8.108 %17.74 %
Daily rates quoted05
Average minimum daily rate-£450
Average daily rate-£455
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£460
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£353
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.00£32.10
% change on same period last year+12.14 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads3762
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.049 %0.062 %
Daily rates quoted89
Average minimum daily rate£224£462
Average daily rate£237£466
% change on same period last year-49.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£251£471
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted67
Average minimum hourly rate£28.07£13.50
Average hourly rate£30.00£14.58
% change on same period last year+105.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.93£15.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
BGP ScotlandBGP
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

BGP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BGP across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Aberdeen BGP Demand Trend

BGP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BGP across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen BGP Daily Rate Trend

BGP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BGP across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen BGP Hourly Rate Trend

BGP
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing BGP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited BGP.

16 (100.00 %)Windows
16 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
16 (100.00 %)Windows NT
16 (100.00 %)ATM
16 (100.00 %)DHCP
16 (100.00 %)Ethernet
16 (100.00 %)RIP
16 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
16 (100.00 %)DNS
16 (100.00 %)Cisco
16 (100.00 %)EIGRP
16 (100.00 %)FDDI
16 (100.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
16 (100.00 %)VLAN
16 (100.00 %)Cisco PIX
22 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
22 (33.33 %)CCNP
31 (16.67 %)CCNA
31 (16.67 %)CCDA
31 (16.67 %)SLA
31 (16.67 %)LAN
31 (16.67 %)WAN

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing BGP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited BGP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (100.00 %)ATM
16 (100.00 %)DHCP
16 (100.00 %)Ethernet
16 (100.00 %)RIP
16 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
16 (100.00 %)DNS
16 (100.00 %)EIGRP
16 (100.00 %)FDDI
16 (100.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
16 (100.00 %)VLAN
16 (100.00 %)Cisco PIX
21 (16.67 %)LAN
21 (16.67 %)WAN
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Cisco Engineer
22 (33.33 %)Network Analyst
22 (33.33 %)Analyst
31 (16.67 %)Network Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Administrator
31 (16.67 %)Field Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Network Administrator
31 (16.67 %)Cisco Network Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Technical Administrator
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)Windows
16 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
16 (100.00 %)Windows NT
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
12 (33.33 %)CCNP
21 (16.67 %)CCNA
21 (16.67 %)CCDA
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (16.67 %)SLA
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (100.00 %)Cisco