The first table below looks at the demand for BGP skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BGP over the 3 months to 17 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank 44 58 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Permanent jobs citing BGP 20 12 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 2.911% 1.370% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.76% 11.11% -
Number of salaries quoted 19 7 0
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
170 108 143
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 24.75% 12.33% 19.83%
Number of salaries quoted 150 92 123
Average salary £40,000 £29,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.93% -17.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £23,200
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
BGP
England

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BGP across the North East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North East 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 North East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Tyne and Wear -1 18 £40,000 -11.11%
Durham - 2 £32,500 -
BGP
England

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 23 (100.00%) OSPF
2 22 (95.65%) Cisco
3 21 (91.30%) Firewall
4 17 (73.91%) DNS
4 17 (73.91%) HP
4 17 (73.91%) Red Hat
4 17 (73.91%) DHCP
4 17 (73.91%) Linux
4 17 (73.91%) Apache
4 17 (73.91%) MySQL
4 17 (73.91%) CentOS
5 16 (69.57%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (69.57%) LDAP
6 13 (56.52%) RHCE
7 12 (52.17%) Degree
8 11 (47.83%) Wireless
9 10 (43.48%) Internet
10 9 (39.13%) Telecoms
11 8 (34.78%) XenServer
11 8 (34.78%) Nagios
11 8 (34.78%) SAN
11 8 (34.78%) Citrix
11 8 (34.78%) VPN
12 7 (30.43%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (26.09%) Identity Management
13 6 (26.09%) CCNP
13 6 (26.09%) MS Visio
13 6 (26.09%) Validation
14 5 (21.74%) Network Design
14 5 (21.74%) VLAN

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 Platforms
1 17 (73.91%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) MS Visio
2 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 23 (100.00%) OSPF
2 21 (91.30%) Firewall
3 17 (73.91%) DHCP
3 17 (73.91%) DNS
4 16 (69.57%) LDAP
5 11 (47.83%) Wireless
6 10 (43.48%) Internet
7 8 (34.78%) VPN
7 8 (34.78%) SAN
8 5 (21.74%) VLAN
9 4 (17.39%) LAN
9 4 (17.39%) WAN
10 3 (13.04%) IPsec
10 3 (13.04%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (13.04%) HSRP
11 2 (8.696%) MPLS
11 2 (8.696%) EIGRP
11 2 (8.696%) IPv4
12 1 (4.348%) Broadband
12 1 (4.348%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (73.91%) MySQL
General
1 9 (39.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Administrator
1 14 (60.87%) Linux Administrator
2 12 (52.17%) Senior Linux Administrator
3 5 (21.74%) Systems Administrator
4 4 (17.39%) Network Technician
4 4 (17.39%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 2 (8.696%) Network Engineer
6 2 (8.696%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
7 1 (4.348%) Wireless Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Network Design Specialist
7 1 (4.348%) Network Specialist
7 1 (4.348%) Cisco Administrator
7 1 (4.348%) Senior Network Administrator
7 1 (4.348%) Network Design Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Design Engineer
7 1 (4.348%) Network Administrator
Operating Systems
1 17 (73.91%) Linux
1 17 (73.91%) CentOS
2 2 (8.696%) Windows 7
2 2 (8.696%) Windows XP
2 2 (8.696%) Windows Vista
2 2 (8.696%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (69.57%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (26.09%) Identity Management
2 6 (26.09%) Validation
3 5 (21.74%) Network Design
4 4 (17.39%) Change Control
4 4 (17.39%) Data Management
5 2 (8.696%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) RHCE
2 12 (52.17%) Degree
3 7 (30.43%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (26.09%) CCNP
5 5 (21.74%) CCNA
System Software
1 8 (34.78%) XenServer
2 1 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.348%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (34.78%) Nagios
Vendors
1 22 (95.65%) Cisco
2 17 (73.91%) HP
2 17 (73.91%) Red Hat
3 8 (34.78%) Citrix
4 4 (17.39%) CheckPoint
5 2 (8.696%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.348%) VMware