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The table below looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the Buckinghamshire 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank7784
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.837 %1.119 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£372£350
% change on same period last year+6.35 %
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£38.43£33.90
% change on same period last year+13.37 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads239268
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.376 %0.287 %
Daily rates quoted8656
Average minimum daily rate£328£319
Average daily rate£338£340
% change on same period last year-0.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£349£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted2775
Average minimum hourly rate£22.44£23.41
Average hourly rate£23.15£24.74
% change on same period last year-6.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.86£26.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
BGP South EastBGP
South East

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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesDown-12--
BGP South EastBGP
South East

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

112 (100.00 %)Cisco
211 (91.67 %)MPLS
310 (83.33 %)OSPF
49 (75.00 %)VPN
57 (58.33 %)DSLAM
57 (58.33 %)Huawei
66 (50.00 %)ATM
66 (50.00 %)RIP
66 (50.00 %)L2TP
75 (41.67 %)Firewall
84 (33.33 %)NetScreen
84 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
93 (25.00 %)Internet
93 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
93 (25.00 %)Telecoms
93 (25.00 %)WAN
93 (25.00 %)LLU
102 (16.67 %)VoIP
102 (16.67 %)CCNP
102 (16.67 %)CCNA
111 (8.333 %)PPTP
111 (8.333 %)DNS
111 (8.333 %)DSL
111 (8.333 %)Linux
111 (8.333 %)ISDN
111 (8.333 %)LAN
111 (8.333 %)FTP
111 (8.333 %)HTTP
111 (8.333 %)SNMP
111 (8.333 %)IPstream

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (91.67 %)MPLS
210 (83.33 %)OSPF
39 (75.00 %)VPN
47 (58.33 %)DSLAM
56 (50.00 %)L2TP
56 (50.00 %)ATM
56 (50.00 %)RIP
65 (41.67 %)Firewall
74 (33.33 %)NetScreen
83 (25.00 %)Internet
83 (25.00 %)LLU
83 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
83 (25.00 %)WAN
92 (16.67 %)VoIP
101 (8.333 %)SNMP
101 (8.333 %)FTP
101 (8.333 %)HTTP
101 (8.333 %)ISDN
101 (8.333 %)LAN
101 (8.333 %)PPTP
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (25.00 %)Telecoms
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (91.67 %)Network Engineer
22 (16.67 %)Network Support
22 (16.67 %)IP Network Engineer
31 (8.333 %)Network Support Specialist
31 (8.333 %)Cisco Specialist
31 (8.333 %)Network Specialist
31 (8.333 %)NOC Engineer
31 (8.333 %)Cisco Support
31 (8.333 %)Support Engineer
31 (8.333 %)Support Specialist
31 (8.333 %)3rd Line Support
31 (8.333 %)Network Support Engineer
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (8.333 %)Linux
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
22 (16.67 %)CCNP
22 (16.67 %)CCNA
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (100.00 %)Cisco
27 (58.33 %)Huawei