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The table below looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the London 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank274176
Rank change on same period last yearDown-98
Matching permanent IT job ads269922
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.232 %0.471 %
As % of the category below3.852 %6.722 %
Salaries quoted239807
Average minimum salary£46,644£47,963
Average salary£51,276£51,004
% change on same period last year+0.53 %
Average maximum salary£55,908£54,045
UK excluding London average salary£42,594£43,309
% change on same period last year-1.65 %
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
London
Matching permanent IT job ads698313716
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.012 %7.004 %
Salaries quoted612211203
Average minimum salary£41,108£42,190
Average salary£44,345£44,920
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Average maximum salary£47,582£47,651
UK excluding London average salary£37,534£37,929
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

London 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 London region.

London BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BGP across the London region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-8146£48,882-7.88 %
Docklands, LondonUp+282£30,000-11.76 %
BGP EnglandBGP
England

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the London 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.

1662 (85.86 %)OSPF
2624 (80.93 %)Cisco
3590 (76.52 %)Cisco Certification
4508 (65.89 %)MPLS
5442 (57.33 %)CCNP
6378 (49.03 %)VPN
7359 (46.56 %)CCIE
8289 (37.48 %)Finance
9265 (34.37 %)VoIP
10257 (33.33 %)Firewall
11256 (33.20 %)CCIP
12255 (33.07 %)WAN
13220 (28.53 %)EIGRP
14187 (24.25 %)LAN
15171 (22.18 %)Network Design
16165 (21.40 %)Frame Relay
17161 (20.88 %)Juniper
18159 (20.62 %)CheckPoint
19157 (20.36 %)TCP/IP
20129 (16.73 %)ATM
21127 (16.47 %)RIP
22126 (16.34 %)IPsec
23116 (15.05 %)CCDP
24112 (14.53 %)CCNA
24112 (14.53 %)Cisco PIX
25108 (14.01 %)Telecoms
2699 (12.84 %)Ethernet
2793 (12.06 %)IP Telephony
2884 (10.89 %)ISDN
2975 (9.728 %)SSL

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (1.297 %)CSS
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (0.778 %)MS Exchange
24 (0.519 %)Exchange Server 2007
33 (0.389 %)SharePoint Server 2007
33 (0.389 %)Apache
42 (0.259 %)Office Communications Server
51 (0.130 %)JBoss
51 (0.130 %)Tomcat
51 (0.130 %)Exchange Server 2003
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (0.649 %)MS Excel
22 (0.259 %)MS Visio
31 (0.130 %)MS Project
31 (0.130 %)MS Office
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1662 (85.86 %)OSPF
2508 (65.89 %)MPLS
3378 (49.03 %)VPN
4265 (34.37 %)VoIP
5257 (33.33 %)Firewall
6255 (33.07 %)WAN
7220 (28.53 %)EIGRP
8187 (24.25 %)LAN
9165 (21.40 %)Frame Relay
10157 (20.36 %)TCP/IP
11129 (16.73 %)ATM
12127 (16.47 %)RIP
13126 (16.34 %)IPsec
14112 (14.53 %)Cisco PIX
1599 (12.84 %)Ethernet
1693 (12.06 %)IP Telephony
1784 (10.89 %)ISDN
1875 (9.728 %)SSL
1974 (9.598 %)Internet
2071 (9.209 %)SDH
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (1.038 %)MySQL
21 (0.130 %)PostgreSQL
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1289 (37.48 %)Finance
2108 (14.01 %)Telecoms
351 (6.615 %)Banking
446 (5.966 %)Financial Institution
513 (1.686 %)Investment Banking
68 (1.038 %)Marketing
68 (1.038 %)Law
75 (0.649 %)Education
75 (0.649 %)Health
75 (0.649 %)Multimedia
84 (0.519 %)Pensions
92 (0.259 %)Insurance
92 (0.259 %)Government
101 (0.130 %)Legal
101 (0.130 %)Mobile Games
101 (0.130 %)Games
101 (0.130 %)Online Betting
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1291 (37.74 %)Network Engineer
2113 (14.66 %)Cisco Engineer
397 (12.58 %)Design Engineer
463 (8.171 %)Consultant
463 (8.171 %)Senior Network Engineer
543 (5.577 %)Cisco Network Engineer
635 (4.540 %)Architect
732 (4.150 %)Network Architect
830 (3.891 %)Network Design Engineer
929 (3.761 %)Network Specialist
1025 (3.243 %)Administrator
1124 (3.113 %)Network Support
1223 (2.983 %)Technical Consultant
1322 (2.853 %)Network Administrator
1421 (2.724 %)Project Engineer
1421 (2.724 %)Network Designer
1520 (2.594 %)Network Consultant
1520 (2.594 %)Project Leader
1618 (2.335 %)Support Engineer
1716 (2.075 %)Analyst
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
148 (6.226 %)IPTV
234 (4.410 %)PKI
333 (4.280 %)Video Conferencing
415 (1.946 %)Derivative
513 (1.686 %)Fixed Income
66 (0.778 %)Computer Science
66 (0.778 %)Wiki
74 (0.519 %)Clustering
83 (0.389 %)Cloud Computing
92 (0.259 %)Handset
92 (0.259 %)Streaming Media
92 (0.259 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
101 (0.130 %)Thin Client
101 (0.130 %)Economics
101 (0.130 %)French Language
101 (0.130 %)Fat Client
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
169 (8.949 %)UNIX
259 (7.652 %)Linux
343 (5.577 %)Windows
435 (4.540 %)Solaris
511 (1.427 %)Red Hat Linux
511 (1.427 %)Windows Server 2003
64 (0.519 %)Windows 2000 Server
73 (0.389 %)Windows Server 2008
73 (0.389 %)Windows 2000
73 (0.389 %)FreeBSD
81 (0.130 %)Windows NT
81 (0.130 %)Debian
81 (0.130 %)OpenBSD
81 (0.130 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.130 %)HPUX
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1171 (22.18 %)Network Design
249 (6.355 %)Load Balancing
341 (5.318 %)E-Commerce
437 (4.799 %)Project Management
534 (4.410 %)Problem Management
632 (4.150 %)B2B
716 (2.075 %)ITIL
814 (1.816 %)Service Delivery
814 (1.816 %)Incident Management
910 (1.297 %)Migration
106 (0.778 %)QMS
113 (0.389 %)PRINCE2
113 (0.389 %)Electronic Trading
113 (0.389 %)Investment Management
113 (0.389 %)Performance Management
122 (0.259 %)Fault Management
122 (0.259 %)Disaster Recovery
131 (0.130 %)Product Marketing
131 (0.130 %)Configuration Management
131 (0.130 %)Risk Assessment
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (1.167 %)Perl
26 (0.778 %)Shell Script
34 (0.519 %)C
34 (0.519 %)PHP
42 (0.259 %)SQL
42 (0.259 %)Java
51 (0.130 %)Python
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1590 (76.52 %)Cisco Certification
2442 (57.33 %)CCNP
3359 (46.56 %)CCIE
4256 (33.20 %)CCIP
5116 (15.05 %)CCDP
6112 (14.53 %)CCNA
754 (7.004 %)CCVP
846 (5.966 %)CCSP
936 (4.669 %)Degree
1035 (4.540 %)CCDA
1126 (3.372 %)CCSE
1225 (3.243 %)JNCIA
1315 (1.946 %)CCSA
1412 (1.556 %)JNCIS
1511 (1.427 %)JNCIP
168 (1.038 %)Microsoft Certification
168 (1.038 %)MCSE
168 (1.038 %)CCDE
177 (0.908 %)JNCIE
185 (0.649 %)RHCE
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
128 (3.632 %)QA
218 (2.335 %)SLA
36 (0.778 %)ISO9001
41 (0.130 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (1.038 %)Active Directory
23 (0.389 %)Citrix Presentation Server
23 (0.389 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.259 %)NFS
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
136 (4.669 %)CiscoWorks
215 (1.946 %)NNM
39 (1.167 %)OpenView
47 (0.908 %)Netcool
52 (0.259 %)MIMEsweeper
52 (0.259 %)MAILsweeper
61 (0.130 %)Tivoli NetView
61 (0.130 %)SCCM
61 (0.130 %)SCOM
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1624 (80.93 %)Cisco
2161 (20.88 %)Juniper
3159 (20.62 %)CheckPoint
471 (9.209 %)Nokia
537 (4.799 %)Nortel
628 (3.632 %)Polycom
725 (3.243 %)HP
824 (3.113 %)Alcatel
824 (3.113 %)Blue Coat
923 (2.983 %)Tandberg
1021 (2.724 %)Lucent
1116 (2.075 %)Microsoft
1212 (1.556 %)Red Hat
1310 (1.297 %)VMware
1310 (1.297 %)Huawei
148 (1.038 %)IBM
157 (0.908 %)Redback
165 (0.649 %)Infovista
165 (0.649 %)Citrix
174 (0.519 %)Intel