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The table below looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the Essex 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5857
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.787 %5.036 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£135£300
Average daily rate£143£300
% change on same period last year-52.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£150£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£409£335
% change on same period last year+22.00 %
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£37.29£28.03
% change on same period last year+33.01 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads127139
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.177 %0.140 %
Daily rates quoted4346
Average minimum daily rate£281£273
Average daily rate£290£288
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£299£303
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.14 %
Hourly rates quoted1331
Average minimum hourly rate£24.84£27.64
Average hourly rate£25.13£28.52
% change on same period last year-11.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.42£29.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£28.52
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
BGP East of EnglandBGP
East of 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.

BGP
Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex BGP Hourly Rate Trend

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

13 (75.00 %)WAN
13 (75.00 %)Cisco
13 (75.00 %)OSPF
13 (75.00 %)Internet
22 (50.00 %)Extranet
22 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
22 (50.00 %)Intranet
22 (50.00 %)EIGRP
22 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
22 (50.00 %)DNS
22 (50.00 %)DHCP
22 (50.00 %)Client/Server
22 (50.00 %)LAN
22 (50.00 %)VoIP
31 (25.00 %)ATM
31 (25.00 %)ISDN
31 (25.00 %)IPX
31 (25.00 %)SNMP
31 (25.00 %)IBM
31 (25.00 %)CCNP
31 (25.00 %)CCNA
31 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
31 (25.00 %)Avaya
31 (25.00 %)CheckPoint
31 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)Firewall
31 (25.00 %)Wireless
31 (25.00 %)Frame Relay
31 (25.00 %)Telecoms
31 (25.00 %)Education

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (75.00 %)WAN
13 (75.00 %)OSPF
13 (75.00 %)Internet
22 (50.00 %)Extranet
22 (50.00 %)Cisco PIX
22 (50.00 %)EIGRP
22 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
22 (50.00 %)DNS
22 (50.00 %)Intranet
22 (50.00 %)DHCP
22 (50.00 %)LAN
22 (50.00 %)VoIP
31 (25.00 %)ATM
31 (25.00 %)ISDN
31 (25.00 %)IPX
31 (25.00 %)SNMP
31 (25.00 %)VPN
31 (25.00 %)SNA
31 (25.00 %)X.25
31 (25.00 %)X.21
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Telecoms
11 (25.00 %)Education
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Network Engineer
12 (50.00 %)Network Planner
21 (25.00 %)Network Support Technician
21 (25.00 %)Support Technician
21 (25.00 %)Network Technician
21 (25.00 %)Network Support
21 (25.00 %)Telecoms Engineer
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (50.00 %)Client/Server
21 (25.00 %)Video Conferencing
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)Windows
11 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
11 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)CCNP
11 (25.00 %)CCNA
11 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Cisco
21 (25.00 %)IBM
21 (25.00 %)Avaya
21 (25.00 %)CheckPoint