East of England BGP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the East of England 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Chelmsford City of London Docklands, London Dunstable East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow London Luton Manchester Middlesex North West Portsmouth Reading Redditch Scotland South Coast South East South West Surrey Thames Valley UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Winchester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	141	135
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	16	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.021 %	0.016 %
As % of the category below	2.057 %	1.825 %
Daily rates quoted	5	7
Average minimum daily rate	£343	£310
Average daily rate	£379	£336
% change on same period last year	+12.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£414	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£364	£334
% change on same period last year	+8.95 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£37.80	£21.00
Average hourly rate	£41.80	£21.00
% change on same period last year	+99.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£45.80	£21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.61	£25.74
% change on same period last year	+26.68 %
Communications & Networking East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	778	767
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.998 %	0.862 %
Daily rates quoted	264	187
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£311
Average daily rate	£349	£332
% change on same period last year	+4.99 %
Average maximum daily rate	£377	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£343	£334
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	166	128
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.13	£27.89
Average hourly rate	£26.70	£30.21
% change on same period last year	-11.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.26	£32.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.63	£27.52
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
BGP England

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing BGP across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BGP across the East of England region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing BGP across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BGP across the East of England region over the past 3 months.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the East of England region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank 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
1	Essex	-6	7	-	-
1	Hertfordshire	-8	7	£379	+12.62 %
2	Bedfordshire	-	2	-	-

BGP England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing BGP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing BGP.

1 29 (87.88 %) OSPF 2 21 (63.64 %) LAN 3 20 (60.61 %) Cisco 4 19 (57.58 %) Firewall 5 18 (54.55 %) TCP/IP 6 17 (51.52 %) MPLS 7 15 (45.45 %) VPN 7 15 (45.45 %) ISDN 8 14 (42.42 %) Cisco Certification 8 14 (42.42 %) Telecoms 9 12 (36.36 %) WAN 10 11 (33.33 %) Ethernet 11 10 (30.30 %) ATM 11 10 (30.30 %) VLAN 12 9 (27.27 %) Internet

12 9 (27.27 %) VoIP 13 8 (24.24 %) DNS 13 8 (24.24 %) RIP 13 8 (24.24 %) NetScreen 14 7 (21.21 %) BGP-4 14 7 (21.21 %) CCNP 14 7 (21.21 %) CheckPoint 15 6 (18.18 %) Wireless 15 6 (18.18 %) Frame Relay 15 6 (18.18 %) Gigabit Ethernet 15 6 (18.18 %) EIGRP 15 6 (18.18 %) Unix 16 5 (15.15 %) Solaris 16 5 (15.15 %) Windows NT 16 5 (15.15 %) SMTP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East of England region citing BGP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing BGP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 4 (12.12 %) MS Office 1 4 (12.12 %) MS Visio 2 1 (3.030 %) S-PLUS 2 1 (3.030 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 29 (87.88 %) OSPF 2 21 (63.64 %) LAN 3 19 (57.58 %) Firewall 4 18 (54.55 %) TCP/IP 5 17 (51.52 %) MPLS 6 15 (45.45 %) VPN 6 15 (45.45 %) ISDN 7 12 (36.36 %) WAN 8 11 (33.33 %) Ethernet 9 10 (30.30 %) ATM 9 10 (30.30 %) VLAN 10 9 (27.27 %) VoIP 10 9 (27.27 %) Internet 11 8 (24.24 %) RIP 11 8 (24.24 %) DNS 11 8 (24.24 %) NetScreen 12 7 (21.21 %) BGP-4 13 6 (18.18 %) EIGRP 13 6 (18.18 %) Wireless 13 6 (18.18 %) Frame Relay
General 1 14 (42.42 %) Telecoms 2 5 (15.15 %) Finance 3 1 (3.030 %) Automotive 3 1 (3.030 %) Education	Job Titles 1 10 (30.30 %) Analyst 2 7 (21.21 %) Network Analyst 3 6 (18.18 %) Architect 4 5 (15.15 %) Support Engineer 4 5 (15.15 %) Network Architect 5 4 (12.12 %) Infrastructure Architect 6 3 (9.091 %) Cisco Engineer 6 3 (9.091 %) Network Support 6 3 (9.091 %) Design Engineer 6 3 (9.091 %) Security Analyst 6 3 (9.091 %) Network Engineer 6 3 (9.091 %) Cisco Support 6 3 (9.091 %) Firewall Analyst 6 3 (9.091 %) Cisco IPT Engineer 7 2 (6.061 %) Infrastructure Designer 7 2 (6.061 %) Network Planner 7 2 (6.061 %) Network Specialist 7 2 (6.061 %) Cisco Specialist 7 2 (6.061 %) Technical Architect 7 2 (6.061 %) Network Designer
Miscellaneous 1 2 (6.061 %) Client/Server 2 1 (3.030 %) IPTV 2 1 (3.030 %) German Language	Operating Systems 1 6 (18.18 %) Unix 2 5 (15.15 %) Solaris 2 5 (15.15 %) Windows NT 3 3 (9.091 %) Linux 4 2 (6.061 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (12.12 %) Network Design 2 3 (9.091 %) Configuration Management 3 2 (6.061 %) Load Balancing 4 1 (3.030 %) PRINCE2 4 1 (3.030 %) Project Management 4 1 (3.030 %) Change Management 4 1 (3.030 %) Network Planning	Qualifications 1 14 (42.42 %) Cisco Certification 2 7 (21.21 %) CCNP 3 4 (12.12 %) CCVP 4 3 (9.091 %) CCSE 4 3 (9.091 %) CCIE 4 3 (9.091 %) CCIP 4 3 (9.091 %) CCNA 5 1 (3.030 %) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (9.091 %) SLA	Vendors 1 20 (60.61 %) Cisco 2 7 (21.21 %) CheckPoint 3 5 (15.15 %) Nokia 4 3 (9.091 %) Crossbeam 5 2 (6.061 %) Sun 5 2 (6.061 %) HP 5 2 (6.061 %) Nortel 5 2 (6.061 %) Citrix 5 2 (6.061 %) Avaya 6 1 (3.030 %) Microsoft