The first table below looks at the demand for BGP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BGP over the 3 months to 20 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 Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank - 32 -
Permanent jobs citing BGP 0 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast - 3.865% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 17.39% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
65 46 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 26.00% 22.22% 23.16%
Number of salaries quoted 25 21 7
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
BGP
County Antrim

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification