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The table below looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries 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
Rank174151
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching permanent IT job ads733
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.014 %
As % of the category below0.946 %3.499 %
Salaries quoted627
Average minimum salary£35,167£33,704
Average salary£38,083£36,389
% change on same period last year+4.65 %
Average maximum salary£41,000£39,074
UK excluding London average salary£43,028£43,875
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
East Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
East Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads740943
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.409 %0.395 %
Salaries quoted669763
Average minimum salary£30,085£30,233
Average salary£32,007£32,254
% change on same period last year-0.76 %
Average maximum salary£33,929£34,274
UK excluding London average salary£37,602£39,396
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
BGP EnglandBGP
England

BGP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing BGP across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East Midlands BGP Demand Trend

BGP
Salary Trend

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

East Midlands BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BGP across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

East Midlands 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 East 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NottinghamshireNew entry-4£41,875-
LeicestershireNew entry-2£30,500-
BGP EnglandBGP
England

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the East 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 IT job ads sampled that cited BGP.

115 (93.75 %)Cisco
210 (62.50 %)OSPF
37 (43.75 %)Cisco Certification
37 (43.75 %)VPN
37 (43.75 %)WAN
46 (37.50 %)LAN
46 (37.50 %)Windows
46 (37.50 %)EIGRP
46 (37.50 %)Firewall
55 (31.25 %)C
55 (31.25 %)VoIP
55 (31.25 %)RIP
55 (31.25 %)Microsoft
64 (25.00 %)CCNA
64 (25.00 %)MPLS
64 (25.00 %)Active Directory
64 (25.00 %)Avaya
64 (25.00 %)Windows XP
64 (25.00 %)MS Project
64 (25.00 %)MS Office
64 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
64 (25.00 %)Automotive
64 (25.00 %)CMS
64 (25.00 %)McAfee Security
64 (25.00 %)Blackberry
73 (18.75 %)Finance
73 (18.75 %)CCNP
82 (12.50 %)Juniper
82 (12.50 %)Cisco PIX
82 (12.50 %)Redback

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the East 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 IT job ads sampled that cited BGP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (25.00 %)CMS
21 (6.250 %)IIS
21 (6.250 %)Apache
21 (6.250 %)MS Exchange
East Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (25.00 %)MS Project
14 (25.00 %)MS Office
21 (6.250 %)MS Excel
East Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (62.50 %)OSPF
27 (43.75 %)WAN
27 (43.75 %)VPN
36 (37.50 %)LAN
36 (37.50 %)EIGRP
36 (37.50 %)Firewall
45 (31.25 %)VoIP
45 (31.25 %)RIP
54 (25.00 %)MPLS
62 (12.50 %)Cisco PIX
71 (6.250 %)Wireless
71 (6.250 %)Frame Relay
71 (6.250 %)SNMP
71 (6.250 %)TCP/IP
71 (6.250 %)DHCP
71 (6.250 %)Ethernet
East Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.250 %)MySQL
East Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (25.00 %)Automotive
23 (18.75 %)Finance
31 (6.250 %)Pensions
East Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (43.75 %)Network Engineer
26 (37.50 %)Cisco Engineer
34 (25.00 %)IT Support Technician
34 (25.00 %)Desktop Support Technician
34 (25.00 %)Support Technician
34 (25.00 %)Desktop Support
43 (18.75 %)Cisco Network Engineer
52 (12.50 %)Network Support
61 (6.250 %)Technical Architect
61 (6.250 %)Senior Network Engineer
61 (6.250 %)Network Architect
61 (6.250 %)Cisco Support
61 (6.250 %)Linux Specialist
61 (6.250 %)Architect
East Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (25.00 %)Blackberry
East Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (37.50 %)Windows
24 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
24 (25.00 %)Windows XP
31 (6.250 %)Debian
31 (6.250 %)Gentoo
31 (6.250 %)CentOS
31 (6.250 %)Red Hat Linux
31 (6.250 %)Linux
31 (6.250 %)UNIX
East Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (6.250 %)Network Design
11 (6.250 %)Technical Architecture
11 (6.250 %)Load Balancing
East Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (31.25 %)C
East Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (43.75 %)Cisco Certification
24 (25.00 %)CCNA
33 (18.75 %)CCNP
41 (6.250 %)CCIP
41 (6.250 %)CCIE
41 (6.250 %)CCSP
41 (6.250 %)CCDP
41 (6.250 %)CCSE
East Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (25.00 %)Active Directory
21 (6.250 %)Squid
East Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (93.75 %)Cisco
25 (31.25 %)Microsoft
34 (25.00 %)McAfee Security
34 (25.00 %)Avaya
42 (12.50 %)Juniper
42 (12.50 %)Redback
51 (6.250 %)Nokia
51 (6.250 %)Red Hat
51 (6.250 %)CheckPoint
51 (6.250 %)VMware
51 (6.250 %)Nortel