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This section looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the South West 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank133158
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads911
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.011 %
As % of the category below1.240 %1.207 %
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£358£353
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£32.50-
Average hourly rate£37.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£42.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.00£32.10
% change on same period last year+12.14 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching contract IT job ads726911
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.958 %0.907 %
Daily rates quoted203214
Average minimum daily rate£309£327
Average daily rate£335£343
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted111147
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£24.87
Average hourly rate£26.91£26.69
% change on same period last year+0.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.83£28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
BGP EnglandBGP
England

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region.

South West BGP Hourly Rate Trend

BGP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BristolNew entry-1--
WiltshireDown-71--
BGP EnglandBGP
England

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

115 (78.95 %)OSPF
210 (52.63 %)MPLS
38 (42.11 %)Cisco Certification
47 (36.84 %)ADSL
47 (36.84 %)Cisco
47 (36.84 %)TCP/IP
47 (36.84 %)CCNP
56 (31.58 %)Network Design
65 (26.32 %)CCDP
74 (21.05 %)CheckPoint
74 (21.05 %)EIGRP
74 (21.05 %)Firewall
74 (21.05 %)CCIE
74 (21.05 %)Cisco PIX
83 (15.79 %)SC Cleared
83 (15.79 %)DV Cleared
83 (15.79 %)Security Cleared
83 (15.79 %)Cisco ASA
83 (15.79 %)Government
83 (15.79 %)VPN
92 (10.53 %)VoIP
92 (10.53 %)Juniper
92 (10.53 %)CCIP
101 (5.263 %)VRRP
101 (5.263 %)DSL
101 (5.263 %)Wireless
101 (5.263 %)Frame Relay
101 (5.263 %)Telecoms
101 (5.263 %)Service Management
101 (5.263 %)Lucent

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (78.95 %)OSPF
210 (52.63 %)MPLS
37 (36.84 %)ADSL
37 (36.84 %)TCP/IP
44 (21.05 %)EIGRP
44 (21.05 %)Firewall
44 (21.05 %)Cisco PIX
53 (15.79 %)Cisco ASA
53 (15.79 %)VPN
62 (10.53 %)VoIP
71 (5.263 %)VRRP
71 (5.263 %)DSL
71 (5.263 %)Wireless
71 (5.263 %)Frame Relay
71 (5.263 %)Broadband
71 (5.263 %)WAN
71 (5.263 %)SMTP
71 (5.263 %)DHCP
71 (5.263 %)FTP
71 (5.263 %)HTTP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (15.79 %)Government
21 (5.263 %)Telecoms
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (42.11 %)Network Engineer
27 (36.84 %)NOC Engineer
34 (21.05 %)Design Engineer
43 (15.79 %)Network Design Engineer
43 (15.79 %)Cisco Engineer
43 (15.79 %)Cisco Network Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Network Security Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Support Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Security Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Network Support
51 (5.263 %)Network Support Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Senior Network Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Senior Cisco Network Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Implementation Engineer
51 (5.263 %)Senior Cisco Engineer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)IPTV
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (31.58 %)Network Design
23 (15.79 %)SC Cleared
23 (15.79 %)DV Cleared
23 (15.79 %)Security Cleared
31 (5.263 %)Service Management
31 (5.263 %)Migration
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (42.11 %)Cisco Certification
27 (36.84 %)CCNP
35 (26.32 %)CCDP
44 (21.05 %)CCIE
52 (10.53 %)CCIP
61 (5.263 %)CCSP
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (36.84 %)Cisco
24 (21.05 %)CheckPoint
32 (10.53 %)Juniper
41 (5.263 %)Lucent
41 (5.263 %)Alcatel