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The table below looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the West Midlands 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank101116
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads2224
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.024 %
As % of the category below4.297 %5.085 %
Daily rates quoted81
Average minimum daily rate£279£400
Average daily rate£296£400
% change on same period last year-26.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£313£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£340
% change on same period last year+12.89 %
Hourly rates quoted610
Average minimum hourly rate£35.67£31.50
Average hourly rate£37.92£35.50
% change on same period last year+6.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.17£39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.83£31.47
% change on same period last year+10.69 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads512472
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.692 %0.465 %
Daily rates quoted11471
Average minimum daily rate£303£283
Average daily rate£327£304
% change on same period last year+7.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£341
% change on same period last year+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted82120
Average minimum hourly rate£28.28£29.23
Average hourly rate£29.96£32.75
% change on same period last year-8.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.65£36.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.54
% change on same period last year-9.93 %
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands BGP Hourly Rate Trend

BGP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BGP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Midlands BGP Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
WarwickshireUp+78£350-
BirminghamUp+134£298-25.62 %
StaffordshireNew entry-3£275-
ShropshireNew entry-2--
BGP EnglandBGP
England

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

129 (100.00 %)Cisco
227 (93.10 %)WAN
326 (89.66 %)LAN
422 (75.86 %)Cisco Certification
521 (72.41 %)OSPF
619 (65.52 %)CCNA
718 (62.07 %)EIGRP
816 (55.17 %)Firewall
816 (55.17 %)TCP/IP
816 (55.17 %)Cisco PIX
915 (51.72 %)CheckPoint
1014 (48.28 %)VPN
1113 (44.83 %)Network Design
1211 (37.93 %)MPLS
1310 (34.48 %)ISDN
149 (31.03 %)RIP
158 (27.59 %)Ethernet
158 (27.59 %)SMDS
158 (27.59 %)Nortel
167 (24.14 %)Nokia
167 (24.14 %)SSL
167 (24.14 %)E-Commerce
167 (24.14 %)Load Balancing
176 (20.69 %)Blue Coat
176 (20.69 %)Cisco ASA
176 (20.69 %)CCNP
185 (17.24 %)CiscoWorks
185 (17.24 %)SAN
185 (17.24 %)DHCP
185 (17.24 %)DNS

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
127 (93.10 %)WAN
226 (89.66 %)LAN
321 (72.41 %)OSPF
418 (62.07 %)EIGRP
516 (55.17 %)Firewall
516 (55.17 %)TCP/IP
516 (55.17 %)Cisco PIX
614 (48.28 %)VPN
711 (37.93 %)MPLS
810 (34.48 %)ISDN
99 (31.03 %)RIP
108 (27.59 %)Ethernet
108 (27.59 %)SMDS
117 (24.14 %)SSL
126 (20.69 %)Cisco ASA
135 (17.24 %)SAN
135 (17.24 %)DNS
135 (17.24 %)DHCP
144 (13.79 %)SNMP
144 (13.79 %)TELNET
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (62.07 %)Network Engineer
26 (20.69 %)Senior Network Engineer
26 (20.69 %)Cisco Engineer
26 (20.69 %)Analyst
34 (13.79 %)Cisco Network Engineer
34 (13.79 %)Communications Engineer
43 (10.34 %)Network Analyst
52 (6.897 %)Network Support
61 (3.448 %)Design Engineer
61 (3.448 %)Network Support Engineer
61 (3.448 %)Support Engineer
61 (3.448 %)NOC Engineer
61 (3.448 %)Network Design Engineer
61 (3.448 %)Senior Network Support
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (44.83 %)Network Design
27 (24.14 %)Load Balancing
27 (24.14 %)E-Commerce
31 (3.448 %)SC Cleared
31 (3.448 %)Security Cleared
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (3.448 %)C
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
122 (75.86 %)Cisco Certification
219 (65.52 %)CCNA
36 (20.69 %)CCNP
44 (13.79 %)CCIE
53 (10.34 %)CCDA
53 (10.34 %)CCDP
61 (3.448 %)CCSA
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (17.24 %)CiscoWorks
24 (13.79 %)OpenView
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
129 (100.00 %)Cisco
215 (51.72 %)CheckPoint
38 (27.59 %)Nortel
47 (24.14 %)Nokia
56 (20.69 %)Blue Coat
64 (13.79 %)HP
71 (3.448 %)Concord