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This section looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol-4 (BGP4) skills within the 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-4 over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBorder Gateway Protocol-4 (BGP4)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank-637
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.008 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£413
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£425
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
England
Matching contract IT job ads965712893
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.87 %12.86 %
Daily rates quoted28693431
Average minimum daily rate£341£352
Average daily rate£362£369
% change on same period last year-2.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£387
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted11811700
Average minimum hourly rate£23.97£26.44
Average hourly rate£25.54£28.42
% change on same period last year-10.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.10£30.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
BGP-4 UKBGP-4
UK

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-4
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BGP-4 across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

England BGP-4 Demand Trend

BGP-4
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BGP-4 across the England region.

England BGP-4 Daily Rate Trend

BGP-4
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BGP-4 across the England region.

England BGP-4 Hourly Rate Trend

BGP-4
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing BGP-4 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-4.

15 (100.00 %)ISDN
15 (100.00 %)LAN
15 (100.00 %)Ethernet
15 (100.00 %)OSPF
15 (100.00 %)BGP
15 (100.00 %)Frame Relay
24 (80.00 %)Internet
24 (80.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
24 (80.00 %)VLAN
33 (60.00 %)Network Security
33 (60.00 %)Telecoms
33 (60.00 %)MPLS
33 (60.00 %)VPN
33 (60.00 %)DNS
33 (60.00 %)UNIX
33 (60.00 %)SMTP
33 (60.00 %)TACACS
33 (60.00 %)Firewall
42 (40.00 %)NNTP
42 (40.00 %)VoIP
42 (40.00 %)Intrusion Detection
51 (20.00 %)Automotive
51 (20.00 %)IPsec

BGP-4
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing BGP-4 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-4. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (100.00 %)ISDN
15 (100.00 %)LAN
15 (100.00 %)Ethernet
15 (100.00 %)OSPF
15 (100.00 %)BGP
15 (100.00 %)Frame Relay
24 (80.00 %)Gigabit Ethernet
24 (80.00 %)VLAN
24 (80.00 %)Internet
33 (60.00 %)MPLS
33 (60.00 %)VPN
33 (60.00 %)DNS
33 (60.00 %)Network Security
33 (60.00 %)TACACS
33 (60.00 %)Firewall
33 (60.00 %)SMTP
42 (40.00 %)Intrusion Detection
42 (40.00 %)VoIP
42 (40.00 %)NNTP
51 (20.00 %)IPsec
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Telecoms
21 (20.00 %)Automotive
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Architect
23 (60.00 %)Network Architect
32 (40.00 %)Infrastructure Architect
41 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Designer
41 (20.00 %)Technical Architect
41 (20.00 %)Network Designer
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (60.00 %)UNIX