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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank - 63 -
Permanent jobs citing BGP 0 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire - 0.356% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 3.077% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £35,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
91 65 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 18.57% 11.57% 15.28%
Number of salaries quoted 76 57 54
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,350 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BGP
North West

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) SSL
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) OSPF
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) IPsec
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) F5
3 1 (25.00%) Blue Coat
3 1 (25.00%) ProxySG
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) SSL
1 4 (100.00%) OSPF
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) IPsec
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Network Architect
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) F5
2 1 (25.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint