The first table below looks at the demand for BGP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BGP over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank 111 72 57
Rank change year-on-year
-39 -15
Contract jobs citing BGP 12 69 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.496% 2.263% 2.355%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.948% 6.559% 10.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 17
Average daily rate £313 £456 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.50% +52.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £365 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £521 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £22.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -29.68%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
616 1052 676
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.45% 34.50% 22.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 204 193
Average daily rate £285 £285 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 45 54
Average hourly rate £17.00 £30.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.33% -17.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
BGP
South East

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BGP across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire BGP Jobs Demand Trend

BGP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire BGP Daily Rate Trend

BGP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire BGP Hourly Rate Trend

BGP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -21 5 £313 -39.02%
Bracknell -7 3 - -
BGP
South East

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 38 (95.00%) OSPF
2 31 (77.50%) MPLS
3 29 (72.50%) Cisco
4 28 (70.00%) VPN
5 26 (65.00%) Telecoms
6 22 (55.00%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (50.00%) Ethernet
8 17 (42.50%) CCNP
9 16 (40.00%) Network Design
10 15 (37.50%) HSRP
11 14 (35.00%) VRRP
11 14 (35.00%) CCNA
12 12 (30.00%) Radio Access Network
13 11 (27.50%) Capacity Planning
13 11 (27.50%) WAN
13 11 (27.50%) LAN
13 11 (27.50%) RSVP
14 10 (25.00%) Migration
15 9 (22.50%) Cisco IOS
15 9 (22.50%) MS Office
16 8 (20.00%) ADSL
16 8 (20.00%) ATM
16 8 (20.00%) RIP
16 8 (20.00%) Firewall
16 8 (20.00%) Juniper
16 8 (20.00%) SC Cleared
16 8 (20.00%) Security Cleared
17 7 (17.50%) TCP/IP
17 7 (17.50%) Internet
17 7 (17.50%) EIGRP

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 3 (7.500%) CSS
Applications
1 9 (22.50%) MS Office
2 2 (5.000%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.000%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 38 (95.00%) OSPF
2 31 (77.50%) MPLS
3 28 (70.00%) VPN
4 20 (50.00%) Ethernet
5 15 (37.50%) HSRP
6 14 (35.00%) VRRP
7 12 (30.00%) Radio Access Network
8 11 (27.50%) RSVP
8 11 (27.50%) WAN
8 11 (27.50%) LAN
9 9 (22.50%) Cisco IOS
10 8 (20.00%) Firewall
10 8 (20.00%) ADSL
10 8 (20.00%) ATM
10 8 (20.00%) RIP
11 7 (17.50%) TCP/IP
11 7 (17.50%) SDH
11 7 (17.50%) Frame Relay
11 7 (17.50%) EIGRP
11 7 (17.50%) Internet
General
1 26 (65.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.500%) Finance
3 1 (2.500%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 27 (67.50%) Network Engineer
2 17 (42.50%) Design Engineer
3 13 (32.50%) Network Design Engineer
4 9 (22.50%) IP Engineer
5 6 (15.00%) Support Engineer
6 4 (10.00%) IP Network Engineer
7 3 (7.500%) Cisco Support
7 3 (7.500%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (7.500%) Cisco Support Engineer
8 2 (5.000%) Network Support
8 2 (5.000%) Network Architect
8 2 (5.000%) Network Design Architect
8 2 (5.000%) Network Team Leader
8 2 (5.000%) Architect
8 2 (5.000%) Network Support Engineer
8 2 (5.000%) Senior Network Engineer
8 2 (5.000%) Team Leader
9 1 (2.500%) Network Manager
9 1 (2.500%) Network Consultant
9 1 (2.500%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.500%) SecurID
2 1 (2.500%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.500%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Network Design
2 11 (27.50%) Capacity Planning
3 10 (25.00%) Migration
4 5 (12.50%) Project Planning
5 4 (10.00%) Project Management
5 4 (10.00%) Network Management
6 3 (7.500%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (5.000%) Load Balancing
8 1 (2.500%) Performance Management
8 1 (2.500%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (2.500%) PRINCE
8 1 (2.500%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.500%) C
Qualifications
1 22 (55.00%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (42.50%) CCNP
3 14 (35.00%) CCNA
4 8 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 8 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 7 (17.50%) CCIE
6 4 (10.00%) JNCIP
6 4 (10.00%) JNCIE
7 3 (7.500%) BC Cleared
8 2 (5.000%) Degree
9 1 (2.500%) CCSP
9 1 (2.500%) CCDP
9 1 (2.500%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (2.500%) Check Point Certification
9 1 (2.500%) PMP
9 1 (2.500%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.500%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.500%) OpenView
1 1 (2.500%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (2.500%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 29 (72.50%) Cisco
2 8 (20.00%) Juniper
3 5 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 3 (7.500%) Blue Coat
4 3 (7.500%) NetScout
4 3 (7.500%) TippingPoint
4 3 (7.500%) Nokia
5 2 (5.000%) Microsoft
5 2 (5.000%) Redback
6 1 (2.500%) HP