The first table below looks at the demand for BGP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank 89 75 76
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +1
Permanent jobs citing BGP 6 9 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.554% 0.912% 0.236%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.247% 3.704% 1.852%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 2
Average salary £60,000 £49,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.44% +15.29%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
267 243 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 24.63% 24.62% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 241 196 100
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £31,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
BGP
East of England

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire BGP Jobs Demand Trend

BGP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BGP across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BGP across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire BGP Salary Histogram

BGP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BGP within the Bedfordshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Dunstable -18 2 £60,000 +22.44%
BGP
East of England

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited BGP.

1 14 (100.00%) Cisco
1 14 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (92.86%) CCNP
3 11 (78.57%) OSPF
4 10 (71.43%) EIGRP
4 10 (71.43%) Juniper
4 10 (71.43%) CheckPoint
4 10 (71.43%) WAN
5 8 (57.14%) LAN
6 7 (50.00%) Firewall
6 7 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (50.00%) FWSM
7 6 (42.86%) CCSP
7 6 (42.86%) CCIP
8 5 (35.71%) MPLS
8 5 (35.71%) Wireless
9 4 (28.57%) Banking
9 4 (28.57%) Network Design
9 4 (28.57%) CCNA
10 3 (21.43%) CCDP
10 3 (21.43%) HP
10 3 (21.43%) CiscoWorks
10 3 (21.43%) CCIE
10 3 (21.43%) SLA
10 3 (21.43%) RIP
10 3 (21.43%) VPN
10 3 (21.43%) Wireless Security
10 3 (21.43%) SolarWinds
10 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
11 2 (14.29%) Finance

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited BGP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 11 (78.57%) OSPF
2 10 (71.43%) EIGRP
2 10 (71.43%) WAN
3 8 (57.14%) LAN
4 7 (50.00%) Firewall
4 7 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (50.00%) FWSM
5 5 (35.71%) Wireless
5 5 (35.71%) MPLS
6 3 (21.43%) RIP
6 3 (21.43%) VPN
6 3 (21.43%) Wireless Security
7 2 (14.29%) Frame Relay
7 2 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (14.29%) SNMP
7 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
7 2 (14.29%) SSL
7 2 (14.29%) ADSL
7 2 (14.29%) ATM
7 2 (14.29%) GPRS
General
1 4 (28.57%) Banking
2 3 (21.43%) Telecoms
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Project Engineer
3 3 (21.43%) Network Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Network Support Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Network Support
4 2 (14.29%) Network Specialist
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Network Specialist
5 1 (7.143%) Data Network Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Network Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Cisco Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Network Design
2 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (14.29%) Network Management
3 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.143%) Data Security
3 1 (7.143%) Security Management
3 1 (7.143%) Network Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (92.86%) CCNP
3 6 (42.86%) CCIP
3 6 (42.86%) CCSP
4 4 (28.57%) CCNA
5 3 (21.43%) CCDP
5 3 (21.43%) CCIE
6 1 (7.143%) CCSA
6 1 (7.143%) CCVP
6 1 (7.143%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) CiscoWorks
2 2 (14.29%) OpenView
3 1 (7.143%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Cisco
2 10 (71.43%) Juniper
2 10 (71.43%) CheckPoint
3 3 (21.43%) HP
3 3 (21.43%) SolarWinds
4 1 (7.143%) F5
4 1 (7.143%) Twitter
4 1 (7.143%) VMware