The first table below looks at the demand for BGP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BGP over the 3 months to 20 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 Peterborough 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing BGP 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 3.419% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Peterborough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
24 19 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 20.51% 20.43% 7.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 3
Average daily rate £223 £325 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.53% -27.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £95 £205 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £350 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
Average hourly rate - £14.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -24.32%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -5.66%
BGP
Cambridgeshire

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough BGP Daily Rate Trend

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 5 (100.00%) OSPF
2 4 (80.00%) CheckPoint
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (60.00%) CCNA
3 3 (60.00%) Internet
3 3 (60.00%) MPLS
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 3 (60.00%) CCNP
3 3 (60.00%) Wireless
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (40.00%) HSRP
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco PIX
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (40.00%) Network Management
4 2 (40.00%) FWSM
4 2 (40.00%) IPsec
4 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (40.00%) Device Driver
4 2 (40.00%) VRRP
4 2 (40.00%) NetScreen
4 2 (40.00%) Firewall
4 2 (40.00%) Banking
4 2 (40.00%) Investment Banking
4 2 (40.00%) VLAN
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (40.00%) RIP
4 2 (40.00%) SNMP
4 2 (40.00%) CSS
4 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (40.00%) Nokia

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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.

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) OSPF
2 3 (60.00%) Internet
2 3 (60.00%) MPLS
2 3 (60.00%) Wireless
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (40.00%) HSRP
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (40.00%) FWSM
3 2 (40.00%) IPsec
3 2 (40.00%) VRRP
3 2 (40.00%) NetScreen
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) VLAN
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (40.00%) RIP
3 2 (40.00%) SNMP
4 1 (20.00%) DSL
4 1 (20.00%) Broadband
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) Support Specialist
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Network Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Network Management
1 2 (40.00%) E-Commerce
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CCNA
2 3 (60.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) CCIP
3 1 (20.00%) CCSA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) Nokia
4 1 (20.00%) Juniper
4 1 (20.00%) F5