The first table below looks at the demand for BGP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BGP over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Hampshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank 97 91 97
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +6
Contract jobs citing BGP 4 7 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.250% 0.450% 0.372%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.238% 2.422% 2.545%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 7
Average daily rate £265 £423 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.27% -6.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £389 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £432 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £310
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +12.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -45.00%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
323 289 275
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.16% 18.59% 14.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 117 88
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £270 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 47 66
Average hourly rate £30.00 £36.50 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.80% +5.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £20.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
BGP
South East

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BGP across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hampshire BGP Jobs Demand Trend

BGP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire BGP Daily Rate Trend

BGP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BGP across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hampshire BGP Daily Rate Histogram

BGP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire BGP Hourly Rate Trend

BGP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Basingstoke - - - -
BGP
South East

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1 20 (83.33%) Cisco Certification
1 20 (83.33%) MPLS
2 18 (75.00%) EIGRP
3 17 (70.83%) TCP/IP
3 17 (70.83%) CCNP
4 16 (66.67%) LAN
4 16 (66.67%) WAN
5 15 (62.50%) Cisco
5 15 (62.50%) CCNA
6 11 (45.83%) Ethernet
7 10 (41.67%) Telecoms
8 9 (37.50%) Migration
8 9 (37.50%) IP Telephony
8 9 (37.50%) WLAN
9 8 (33.33%) Wireless
10 7 (29.17%) Project Management
11 4 (16.67%) OSPF
11 4 (16.67%) IPsec
11 4 (16.67%) Load Balancing
12 3 (12.50%) VLAN
12 3 (12.50%) Firewall
12 3 (12.50%) Juniper
12 3 (12.50%) VPN
12 3 (12.50%) IPv6
13 2 (8.333%) SSL
13 2 (8.333%) IPv4
13 2 (8.333%) SNMP
13 2 (8.333%) C
13 2 (8.333%) Windows
13 2 (8.333%) Linux

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 20 (83.33%) MPLS
2 18 (75.00%) EIGRP
3 17 (70.83%) TCP/IP
4 16 (66.67%) LAN
4 16 (66.67%) WAN
5 11 (45.83%) Ethernet
6 9 (37.50%) IP Telephony
6 9 (37.50%) WLAN
7 8 (33.33%) Wireless
8 4 (16.67%) OSPF
8 4 (16.67%) IPsec
9 3 (12.50%) VLAN
9 3 (12.50%) Firewall
9 3 (12.50%) VPN
9 3 (12.50%) IPv6
10 2 (8.333%) SSL
10 2 (8.333%) IPv4
10 2 (8.333%) SNMP
10 2 (8.333%) Network Security
10 2 (8.333%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 10 (41.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.167%) Banking
2 1 (4.167%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Network Support
2 11 (45.83%) Network Engineer
3 8 (33.33%) Support Analyst
3 8 (33.33%) Network Support Analyst
3 8 (33.33%) Network Analyst
3 8 (33.33%) Analyst
4 7 (29.17%) Network Support Engineer
4 7 (29.17%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Administrator
5 2 (8.333%) Design Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Network Administrator
5 2 (8.333%) IP Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Implementation Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Network Design Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Network Architect
6 1 (4.167%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) Windows
1 2 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Migration
2 7 (29.17%) Project Management
3 4 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 2 (8.333%) Network Management
5 1 (4.167%) Network Architecture
5 1 (4.167%) Time Management
5 1 (4.167%) Network Design
5 1 (4.167%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.333%) C
Qualifications
1 20 (83.33%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (70.83%) CCNP
3 15 (62.50%) CCNA
4 2 (8.333%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.167%) CCDP
5 1 (4.167%) CCIE
5 1 (4.167%) CCIP
Systems Management
1 2 (8.333%) SCOM
Vendors
1 15 (62.50%) Cisco
2 3 (12.50%) Juniper
3 1 (4.167%) Polycom
3 1 (4.167%) Avaya