The first table below looks at the demand for BGP-4 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BGP-4 over the 3 months to 22 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol-4 (BGP4)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing BGP-4 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 - £35,000
All Communications & Networking
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
125 175 164
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 11.49% 12.64% 10.73%
Number of salaries quoted 69 108 109
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% -29.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,000 £27,950
10% offered a salary of more than £70,750 £77,500 £42,900
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BGP-4
Scotland

BGP-4
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh BGP-4 Salary Trend

BGP-4
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) IKE
1 5 (100.00%) SNMP
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) IPv4
1 5 (100.00%) IPv6
1 5 (100.00%) Internet
1 5 (100.00%) OSPF
1 5 (100.00%) BCP
1 5 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
1 5 (100.00%) IPsec
1 5 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 5 (100.00%) Network Design
1 5 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) Network Management
1 5 (100.00%) Unified Communications

BGP-4
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) IKE
1 5 (100.00%) SNMP
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) IPv4
1 5 (100.00%) IPv6
1 5 (100.00%) Internet
1 5 (100.00%) OSPF
1 5 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
1 5 (100.00%) IPsec
1 5 (100.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Consultant
1 5 (100.00%) Data Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) BCP
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 5 (100.00%) Network Design
1 5 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) Network Management