The first table below looks at the demand for BGP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BGP over the 3 months to 23 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank 130 149 167
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +18
Permanent jobs citing BGP 46 35 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.343% 0.911% 0.164%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.672% 4.070% 0.852%
Number of salaries quoted 30 25 5
Average salary £38,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,900 £40,000 £50,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,300 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
811 860 704
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 23.69% 22.39% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 649 758 572
Average salary £38,500 £41,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.09% +5.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BGP
South East

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BGP across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Basingstoke +6 21 £36,000 -10.00%
Farnborough +5 2 £40,500 -26.36%
Southampton +3 1 - -
BGP
South East

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 86 (94.51%) Cisco
2 71 (78.02%) MPLS
3 55 (60.44%) Telecoms
4 52 (57.14%) OSPF
5 49 (53.85%) Juniper
6 47 (51.65%) Cisco Certification
6 47 (51.65%) TCP/IP
7 43 (47.25%) CCNP
8 42 (46.15%) Ethernet
9 34 (37.36%) VPN
10 29 (31.87%) Internet
11 28 (30.77%) Cisco ASA
12 27 (29.67%) WAN
13 26 (28.57%) Firewall
13 26 (28.57%) HSRP
14 25 (27.47%) VLAN
15 24 (26.37%) Cisco Nexus
16 23 (25.27%) CheckPoint
16 23 (25.27%) EIGRP
17 21 (23.08%) Network Management
18 19 (20.88%) SONET
18 19 (20.88%) SDH
18 19 (20.88%) IPv6
18 19 (20.88%) VPLS
19 18 (19.78%) IPsec
19 18 (19.78%) CCIE
19 18 (19.78%) F5
20 17 (18.68%) LAN
20 17 (18.68%) Network Security
21 16 (17.58%) Cisco PIX

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 Development
1 1 (1.099%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.099%) IIS
1 1 (1.099%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.099%) MS Office
1 1 (1.099%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 71 (78.02%) MPLS
2 52 (57.14%) OSPF
3 47 (51.65%) TCP/IP
4 42 (46.15%) Ethernet
5 34 (37.36%) VPN
6 29 (31.87%) Internet
7 28 (30.77%) Cisco ASA
8 27 (29.67%) WAN
9 26 (28.57%) Firewall
9 26 (28.57%) HSRP
10 25 (27.47%) VLAN
11 24 (26.37%) Cisco Nexus
12 23 (25.27%) EIGRP
13 19 (20.88%) SONET
13 19 (20.88%) SDH
13 19 (20.88%) IPv6
13 19 (20.88%) VPLS
14 18 (19.78%) IPsec
15 17 (18.68%) LAN
15 17 (18.68%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.099%) SQL Server
General
1 55 (60.44%) Telecoms
2 4 (4.396%) Finance
2 4 (4.396%) Manufacturing
3 3 (3.297%) Retail
4 2 (2.198%) Banking
5 1 (1.099%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 43 (47.25%) Network Engineer
2 18 (19.78%) Consultant
3 17 (18.68%) Support Engineer
4 14 (15.38%) Network Support Engineer
4 14 (15.38%) Network Support
5 10 (10.99%) Network Consultant
5 10 (10.99%) Senior Consultant
5 10 (10.99%) IP Engineer
6 8 (8.791%) Senior Sales Consultant
6 8 (8.791%) Pre Sales Consultant
6 8 (8.791%) Sales Consultant
7 7 (7.692%) Provisioning Engineer
8 5 (5.495%) Network Specialist
9 4 (4.396%) Operations Engineer
9 4 (4.396%) Network Operations Engineer
10 3 (3.297%) Network Implementation Engineer
10 3 (3.297%) Implementation Engineer
10 3 (3.297%) Implementation Specialist
10 3 (3.297%) IP Network Engineer
11 2 (2.198%) Network Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.99%) Digital Media
2 4 (4.396%) Computer Science
2 4 (4.396%) SaaS
3 2 (2.198%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.099%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.099%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.19%) Windows
2 11 (12.09%) Linux
3 7 (7.692%) UNIX
4 1 (1.099%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.099%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.099%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.099%) Solaris
4 1 (1.099%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (23.08%) Network Management
2 11 (12.09%) ITIL
3 9 (9.890%) Network Design
4 8 (8.791%) Load Balancing
4 8 (8.791%) WAN Optimisation
5 7 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (6.593%) Service Delivery
7 4 (4.396%) Change Management
7 4 (4.396%) Migration
7 4 (4.396%) ERP
8 3 (3.297%) Change Control
8 3 (3.297%) Configuration Management
9 2 (2.198%) Incident Management
9 2 (2.198%) Project Management
10 1 (1.099%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (1.099%) PRINCE2
10 1 (1.099%) Programme Management
10 1 (1.099%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 47 (51.65%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (47.25%) CCNP
3 18 (19.78%) CCIE
4 16 (17.58%) CCNA
5 15 (16.48%) Security Cleared
6 13 (14.29%) JNCIA
7 10 (10.99%) JNCIP
8 9 (9.890%) DV Cleared
8 9 (9.890%) JNCIE
9 5 (5.495%) Degree
10 4 (4.396%) CCDP
11 3 (3.297%) CCIP
12 2 (2.198%) CCVP
12 2 (2.198%) CCSP
13 1 (1.099%) HNC
13 1 (1.099%) JNCIS
13 1 (1.099%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (1.099%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.396%) SLA
2 1 (1.099%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (7.692%) ProxySG
2 1 (1.099%) vSphere
2 1 (1.099%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.099%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (8.791%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 86 (94.51%) Cisco
2 49 (53.85%) Juniper
3 23 (25.27%) CheckPoint
4 18 (19.78%) F5
5 13 (14.29%) Blue Coat
5 13 (14.29%) Infoblox
5 13 (14.29%) Imperva
6 8 (8.791%) Mitel
6 8 (8.791%) BT
7 7 (7.692%) McAfee
8 4 (4.396%) VMware
8 4 (4.396%) Foundry
9 3 (3.297%) Riverbed
9 3 (3.297%) Nokia
9 3 (3.297%) Avaya
9 3 (3.297%) Websense
9 3 (3.297%) Huawei
10 1 (1.099%) IBM
10 1 (1.099%) Microsoft
Southampton, South East
Computer Futures are looking for a Network Operations Engineer to be based at one of out largeSouthamptonbased clients. You would be primarily responsible for layers 2 to 4...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Strong grasp of TCP/IP, routing, switching, cabling and internet protocols such as BGP, ISIS, OSPF. In depth knowledge of Linux/Unix and Windows environments. Advanced knowledge of...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Troubleshoot incidents in order to accurately isolate the cause and provide working solutions - Liaise with vendors where necessary in order to resolve vendor related issues - Monitor progress against...
Sanderson
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013