The first table below looks at the demand for BGP-4 skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BGP-4 over the 3 months to 21 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol-4 (BGP4)
Rank - 323 325
Permanent jobs citing BGP-4 0 1 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London - 0.008% 0.059%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.046% 0.491%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 7
Average salary - £37,500 £67,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -44.44%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 - £35,000
All Communications & Networking
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2139 2164 1834
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 18.18% 16.47% 12.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1905 1945 1670
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
90% offered a salary of more than £32,521 £33,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BGP-4
London

BGP-4
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing BGP-4 across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

City of London BGP-4 Jobs Demand Trend

BGP-4
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BGP-4 across the City of London region.

City of London BGP-4 Salary Trend

BGP-4
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing BGP-4 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-4.

1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 5 (100.00%) MPLS
1 5 (100.00%) OSPF
2 4 (80.00%) CCDE
2 4 (80.00%) Internet
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (80.00%) RIP
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 4 (80.00%) CCIE
2 4 (80.00%) CCNP
2 4 (80.00%) CCNA
2 4 (80.00%) CCDA
2 4 (80.00%) CCDP
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Junos
3 1 (20.00%) VRRP
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Fast Ethernet
3 1 (20.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) JNCIE

BGP-4
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing BGP-4 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-4. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 5 (100.00%) MPLS
1 5 (100.00%) OSPF
2 4 (80.00%) Internet
2 4 (80.00%) RIP
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Junos
3 1 (20.00%) VRRP
3 1 (20.00%) Fast Ethernet
3 1 (20.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Design Authority
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CCDE
1 4 (80.00%) CCIE
1 4 (80.00%) CCNP
1 4 (80.00%) CCNA
1 4 (80.00%) CCDA
1 4 (80.00%) CCDP
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (20.00%) JNCIE
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper