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This section looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the Ipswich 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
Rank16-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below15.15 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£294-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£338-
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 %
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Ipswich
Matching contract IT job ads3331
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.031 %
Daily rates quoted76
Average minimum daily rate£254£315
Average daily rate£297£344
% change on same period last year-13.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted1711
Average minimum hourly rate£27.31£14.47
Average hourly rate£27.74£15.64
% change on same period last year+77.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.18£16.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
BGP SuffolkBGP
Suffolk

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich BGP Daily Rate Trend

BGP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BGP across the Ipswich region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Ipswich BGP Daily Rate Histogram

BGP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Ipswich BGP Hourly Rate Trend

BGP
Top 20 Related IT Skills

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

15 (100.00 %)Broadband
15 (100.00 %)LAN
15 (100.00 %)SDH
15 (100.00 %)WAN
15 (100.00 %)Ethernet
15 (100.00 %)FTP
15 (100.00 %)SNMP
15 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
15 (100.00 %)VPN
15 (100.00 %)OpenView
15 (100.00 %)HP
15 (100.00 %)MPLS
15 (100.00 %)SS7
15 (100.00 %)TACACS
15 (100.00 %)TELNET
15 (100.00 %)Megaco
15 (100.00 %)MetaSolv
15 (100.00 %)Telecoms
15 (100.00 %)Cramer
15 (100.00 %)Problem Management

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (100.00 %)Broadband
15 (100.00 %)LAN
15 (100.00 %)SDH
15 (100.00 %)WAN
15 (100.00 %)Ethernet
15 (100.00 %)FTP
15 (100.00 %)SNMP
15 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
15 (100.00 %)VPN
15 (100.00 %)MPLS
15 (100.00 %)SS7
15 (100.00 %)TACACS
15 (100.00 %)TELNET
15 (100.00 %)Megaco
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (100.00 %)Problem Management
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (100.00 %)OpenView
Ipswich IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (100.00 %)HP
15 (100.00 %)MetaSolv
15 (100.00 %)Cramer