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The table below looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the Cheshire 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 19 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Location
3 months to
19 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank6160
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.000 %2.400 %
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£379£350
% change on same period last year+8.27 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.38£33.90
% change on same period last year+13.20 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads100125
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.156 %0.136 %
Daily rates quoted2729
Average minimum daily rate£323£292
Average daily rate£330£304
% change on same period last year+8.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£315
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£332
% change on same period last year+5.01 %
Hourly rates quoted2110
Average minimum hourly rate£27.81£24.40
Average hourly rate£31.24£24.88
% change on same period last year+25.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.67£25.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.95£29.13
% change on same period last year-4.03 %
BGP North WestBGP
North West

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire BGP Hourly Rate Trend

BGP
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

14 (100.00 %)Cisco
23 (75.00 %)EIGRP
23 (75.00 %)LAN
23 (75.00 %)WAN
23 (75.00 %)TCP/IP
23 (75.00 %)CCNP
23 (75.00 %)CCNA
23 (75.00 %)OpenView
23 (75.00 %)HP
23 (75.00 %)CiscoWorks
23 (75.00 %)Cisco Certification
23 (75.00 %)SAN
31 (25.00 %)MPLS
31 (25.00 %)VPN
31 (25.00 %)DNS
31 (25.00 %)WLAN
31 (25.00 %)Microsoft
31 (25.00 %)Firewall
31 (25.00 %)Frame Relay
31 (25.00 %)IPsec

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (75.00 %)WAN
13 (75.00 %)TCP/IP
13 (75.00 %)LAN
13 (75.00 %)SAN
13 (75.00 %)EIGRP
21 (25.00 %)Firewall
21 (25.00 %)Frame Relay
21 (25.00 %)IPsec
21 (25.00 %)MPLS
21 (25.00 %)WLAN
21 (25.00 %)VPN
21 (25.00 %)DNS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Network Engineer
23 (75.00 %)Cisco Engineer
23 (75.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
31 (25.00 %)Network Support
31 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
31 (25.00 %)Network Support Engineer
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (75.00 %)CCNP
13 (75.00 %)CCNA
13 (75.00 %)Cisco Certification
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (75.00 %)OpenView
13 (75.00 %)CiscoWorks
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Cisco
23 (75.00 %)HP
31 (25.00 %)Microsoft