The first table below looks at the demand for BGP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales 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 Wales 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 42 49 56
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +7
Contract jobs citing BGP 1 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.248% 0.901% 0.463%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.754% 5.376% 2.857%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £358 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £22.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -29.68%
All Communications & Networking
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
57 93 105
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 14.11% 16.76% 16.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 46 49
Average daily rate £275 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £123 £199 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £450 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 13
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.50 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.22% +24.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.20 £14.30 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.60 £23.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
BGP
UK

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales BGP Daily 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 Wales 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
South Wales -2 1 - -
BGP
UK

BGP
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCIP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) NetScreen
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) HSRP

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) NetScreen
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) HSRP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
BGP, MPLS, HSRP, CCNP, Juniper, Cisco, Checkpoint, Network support 3 Network Engineers are required by my client to provide 2nd/3rd line support on a contract basis. The...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
BGP, MPLS, HSRP, CCIP, Juniper, Network design, Network Implementation 3 Network Engineers (design and implementation) are required by my client on a contract basis. The role is based...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The ideal candidate should have experience delivering support to large scale network security solutions and performing end-to-end implementation of these solutions including core and customer side...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
CCIP or CCIE certification it essential... Routing and Switching - Candidates should have an in depth, detailed knowledge of BGP, MPLS and HSRP... Cisco ASA, Juniper Netscreen and Checkpoint...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 15 May 2013