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The table below looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the Kent 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£368£380
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
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£39.88£34.37
% change on same period last year+16.05 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads8279
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.132 %0.085 %
Daily rates quoted167
Average minimum daily rate£247£199
Average daily rate£261£210
% change on same period last year+24.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£275£221
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£337
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Hourly rates quoted2119
Average minimum hourly rate£21.99£18.73
Average hourly rate£24.25£19.78
% change on same period last year+22.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.50£20.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.82£28.43
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
BGP South EastBGP
South East

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent BGP Hourly Rate Trend

BGP
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 (100.00 %)Cisco
22 (66.67 %)WAN
22 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
22 (66.67 %)OSPF
22 (66.67 %)EIGRP
22 (66.67 %)Firewall
22 (66.67 %)VLAN
31 (33.33 %)ATM
31 (33.33 %)SMDS
31 (33.33 %)Network Design
31 (33.33 %)VPN
31 (33.33 %)DNS
31 (33.33 %)IPX
31 (33.33 %)CCIE
31 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
31 (33.33 %)MPLS

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
12 (66.67 %)OSPF
12 (66.67 %)EIGRP
12 (66.67 %)Firewall
12 (66.67 %)WAN
12 (66.67 %)VLAN
21 (33.33 %)ATM
21 (33.33 %)IPX
21 (33.33 %)SMDS
21 (33.33 %)VPN
21 (33.33 %)DNS
21 (33.33 %)MPLS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Analyst
12 (66.67 %)Senior Analyst
12 (66.67 %)Network Analyst
12 (66.67 %)Senior Network Analyst
21 (33.33 %)Consultant
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Network Design
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)CCIE
11 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Cisco