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This section looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the Reading region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited BGP over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7262
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.006 %
As % of the category below1.042 %3.774 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£325-
Average daily rate£363-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£368
% change on same period last year-10.59 %
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£32.00£32.72
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Communications & Networking ReadingCommunications & Networking
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads192159
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.253 %0.169 %
Daily rates quoted3650
Average minimum daily rate£359£303
Average daily rate£389£323
% change on same period last year+20.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£420£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£344
% change on same period last year-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted2128
Average minimum hourly rate£21.55£27.30
Average hourly rate£23.29£29.45
% change on same period last year-20.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.02£31.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.53
% change on same period last year-10.35 %
BGP BerkshireBGP
Berkshire

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading BGP Hourly Rate Trend

BGP
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

12 (100.00 %)VPN
12 (100.00 %)Cisco
12 (100.00 %)MPLS
21 (50.00 %)OSPF
21 (50.00 %)EIGRP
21 (50.00 %)Frame Relay
21 (50.00 %)Telecoms
21 (50.00 %)Publishing
21 (50.00 %)Network Design
21 (50.00 %)BIG-IP
21 (50.00 %)Degree
21 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
21 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
21 (50.00 %)Juniper
21 (50.00 %)Internet
21 (50.00 %)ATM
21 (50.00 %)ISDN
21 (50.00 %)LAN
21 (50.00 %)SDH
21 (50.00 %)VoIP
21 (50.00 %)WAN
21 (50.00 %)TCP/IP

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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
12 (100.00 %)MPLS
12 (100.00 %)VPN
21 (50.00 %)Internet
21 (50.00 %)OSPF
21 (50.00 %)EIGRP
21 (50.00 %)Frame Relay
21 (50.00 %)BIG-IP
21 (50.00 %)ATM
21 (50.00 %)ISDN
21 (50.00 %)LAN
21 (50.00 %)SDH
21 (50.00 %)VoIP
21 (50.00 %)WAN
21 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
General
11 (50.00 %)Telecoms
11 (50.00 %)Publishing
Job Titles
12 (100.00 %)Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Network Design
11 (50.00 %)Load Balancing
Qualifications
11 (50.00 %)Cisco Certification
11 (50.00 %)Degree
Vendors
12 (100.00 %)Cisco
21 (50.00 %)Juniper
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