BGP Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for BGP skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BGP over the 3 months to 17 May 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 South East 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank 187 147 166
Rank change year-on-year
-40 +19
Contract jobs citing BGP 36 102 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.461% 1.004% 0.833%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.464% 4.746% 4.613%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 25 31
Average daily rate £258 £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.62% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £279 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £474 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £22.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -29.68%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 1461 2149 1886
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.70% 21.16% 18.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 627 653
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £190 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 188 223
Average hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.61% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.08 £13.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
BGP
England

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Berkshire -39 12 £313 -31.50%
Kent +5 10 £240 -21.95%
Hampshire -7 8 £243 -42.94%
West Sussex +21 5 £300 -
Middlesex 0 1 - -
BGP
England

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 69 (71.88%) OSPF
2 68 (70.83%) MPLS
3 67 (69.79%) Cisco
4 63 (65.63%) Cisco Certification
5 53 (55.21%) CCNP
6 42 (43.75%) VPN
7 40 (41.67%) Telecoms
8 33 (34.38%) EIGRP
9 32 (33.33%) CCNA
9 32 (33.33%) Ethernet
10 31 (32.29%) LAN
11 30 (31.25%) WAN
12 29 (30.21%) Internet
13 28 (29.17%) TCP/IP
14 27 (28.13%) Juniper
15 26 (27.08%) Migration
15 26 (27.08%) Firewall
16 22 (22.92%) Wireless
17 21 (21.88%) Network Design
18 19 (19.79%) DNS
18 19 (19.79%) HSRP
19 18 (18.75%) Cisco ASA
19 18 (18.75%) DHCP
19 18 (18.75%) IPv6
20 16 (16.67%) JNCIP
21 15 (15.63%) VoIP
22 14 (14.58%) CheckPoint
22 14 (14.58%) VRRP
22 14 (14.58%) Cisco IOS
22 14 (14.58%) Cisco Nexus

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 3 (3.125%) CSS
2 1 (1.042%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.083%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (9.375%) MS Office
2 2 (2.083%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.083%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 69 (71.88%) OSPF
2 68 (70.83%) MPLS
3 42 (43.75%) VPN
4 33 (34.38%) EIGRP
5 32 (33.33%) Ethernet
6 31 (32.29%) LAN
7 30 (31.25%) WAN
8 29 (30.21%) Internet
9 28 (29.17%) TCP/IP
10 26 (27.08%) Firewall
11 22 (22.92%) Wireless
12 19 (19.79%) HSRP
12 19 (19.79%) DNS
13 18 (18.75%) DHCP
13 18 (18.75%) IPv6
13 18 (18.75%) Cisco ASA
14 15 (15.63%) VoIP
15 14 (14.58%) Cisco IOS
15 14 (14.58%) VRRP
15 14 (14.58%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.083%) SQL Server
General
1 40 (41.67%) Telecoms
2 12 (12.50%) Legal
3 5 (5.208%) Finance
4 2 (2.083%) Banking
5 1 (1.042%) Avionics
5 1 (1.042%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.042%) Publishing
5 1 (1.042%) Military
5 1 (1.042%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 47 (48.96%) Network Engineer
2 21 (21.88%) Analyst
2 21 (21.88%) Network Analyst
3 20 (20.83%) Design Engineer
4 18 (18.75%) Network Support
5 15 (15.63%) Network Design Engineer
6 14 (14.58%) Support Engineer
7 11 (11.46%) IP Engineer
8 10 (10.42%) Network Support Engineer
9 9 (9.375%) Cisco Engineer
10 8 (8.333%) Support Analyst
10 8 (8.333%) Network Support Analyst
11 6 (6.250%) Firewall Engineer
12 5 (5.208%) Security Engineer
12 5 (5.208%) Cisco Security Engineer
13 4 (4.167%) IP Network Engineer
14 3 (3.125%) Cisco Support Engineer
14 3 (3.125%) Administrator
14 3 (3.125%) Cisco Support
14 3 (3.125%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.167%) SecurID
2 3 (3.125%) IVR
3 1 (1.042%) IPTV
3 1 (1.042%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.042%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.42%) Linux
2 8 (8.333%) Windows
3 5 (5.208%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (3.125%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (3.125%) VMS
5 2 (2.083%) Debian
5 2 (2.083%) Ubuntu
5 2 (2.083%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.08%) Migration
2 21 (21.88%) Network Design
3 13 (13.54%) Project Management
3 13 (13.54%) Capacity Planning
4 11 (11.46%) Network Management
5 10 (10.42%) Change Management
6 8 (8.333%) Load Balancing
7 6 (6.250%) Service Delivery
8 5 (5.208%) Project Planning
9 3 (3.125%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (2.083%) Analytics
10 2 (2.083%) Performance Management
10 2 (2.083%) Network Architecture
11 1 (1.042%) Time Management
11 1 (1.042%) Software Engineering
11 1 (1.042%) Disaster Recovery
11 1 (1.042%) Network Security Management
11 1 (1.042%) Security Management
11 1 (1.042%) ITIL
11 1 (1.042%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.125%) C
Qualifications
1 63 (65.63%) Cisco Certification
2 53 (55.21%) CCNP
3 32 (33.33%) CCNA
4 16 (16.67%) JNCIP
5 13 (13.54%) Degree
6 11 (11.46%) CCIE
7 10 (10.42%) MCSE
7 10 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (10.42%) RHCE
8 9 (9.375%) SC Cleared
8 9 (9.375%) Security Cleared
9 4 (4.167%) JNCIE
10 3 (3.125%) CCSP
10 3 (3.125%) CCDP
10 3 (3.125%) BC Cleared
11 2 (2.083%) CCIP
12 1 (1.042%) HND
12 1 (1.042%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (1.042%) Check Point Certification
12 1 (1.042%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.042%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.042%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.042%) ISA Server
1 1 (1.042%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.042%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (3.125%) SCOM
2 2 (2.083%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (1.042%) Cisco IPCC
3 1 (1.042%) HP NNM
3 1 (1.042%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (1.042%) Puppet
3 1 (1.042%) OpenView
Vendors
1 67 (69.79%) Cisco
2 27 (28.13%) Juniper
3 14 (14.58%) CheckPoint
4 12 (12.50%) HP
5 10 (10.42%) Aruba
6 9 (9.375%) F5
7 4 (4.167%) Microsoft
7 4 (4.167%) Nokia
8 3 (3.125%) Red Hat
8 3 (3.125%) VMware
8 3 (3.125%) Blue Coat
8 3 (3.125%) NetScout
8 3 (3.125%) TippingPoint
9 2 (2.083%) Riverbed
9 2 (2.083%) Redback
9 2 (2.083%) Avaya
10 1 (1.042%) Oracle
10 1 (1.042%) CA
10 1 (1.042%) Nortel
10 1 (1.042%) Polycom
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