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This section looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the Glasgow 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5164
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads74
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.004 %
As % of the category below5.738 %4.167 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£350£425
Average daily rate£375£425
% change on same period last year-11.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£374£344
% change on same period last year+8.55 %
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£35.14£32.10
% change on same period last year+9.45 %
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads12296
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.163 %0.096 %
Daily rates quoted4430
Average minimum daily rate£309£301
Average daily rate£339£315
% change on same period last year+7.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£370£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted26
Average minimum hourly rate£31.00£22.86
Average hourly rate£32.88£23.57
% change on same period last year+39.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.75£24.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
BGP ScotlandBGP
Scotland

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow BGP Daily Rate Trend

BGP
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

17 (100.00 %)VoIP
17 (100.00 %)Cisco
17 (100.00 %)MPLS
26 (85.71 %)CiscoWorks
26 (85.71 %)IPCC
35 (71.43 %)Cisco PIX
35 (71.43 %)Firewall
35 (71.43 %)EIGRP
35 (71.43 %)Internet
44 (57.14 %)Cisco Certification
53 (42.86 %)CCNP
53 (42.86 %)CCVP

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (100.00 %)VoIP
17 (100.00 %)MPLS
26 (85.71 %)IPCC
35 (71.43 %)Cisco PIX
35 (71.43 %)EIGRP
35 (71.43 %)Firewall
35 (71.43 %)Internet
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Network Engineer
13 (42.86 %)Cisco Engineer
22 (28.57 %)Cisco Network Engineer
22 (28.57 %)Cisco Specialist
22 (28.57 %)VoIP Engineer
22 (28.57 %)Voice Specialist
31 (14.29 %)Consultant
31 (14.29 %)Cisco Consultant
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (57.14 %)Cisco Certification
23 (42.86 %)CCVP
23 (42.86 %)CCNP
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (85.71 %)CiscoWorks
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (100.00 %)Cisco