The first table below looks at the demand for BGP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BGP over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank 76 117 84
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -33
Permanent jobs citing BGP 61 20 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 2.710% 0.854% 1.934%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.881% 3.170% 9.250%
Number of salaries quoted 42 19 37
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £35,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,500 £48,800 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
774 631 400
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 34.38% 26.95% 20.91%
Number of salaries quoted 605 469 327
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BGP
Berkshire

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BGP across the Reading region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Reading BGP Salary Histogram

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

1 107 (96.40%) Cisco
2 92 (82.88%) Cisco Certification
3 88 (79.28%) OSPF
4 86 (77.48%) MPLS
5 66 (59.46%) CCNP
6 60 (54.05%) CCIE
7 56 (50.45%) Juniper
8 50 (45.05%) CCIP
9 36 (32.43%) TCP/IP
10 27 (24.32%) JNCIA
10 27 (24.32%) JNCIP
11 26 (23.42%) WAN
12 25 (22.52%) Firewall
13 23 (20.72%) CCNA
14 21 (18.92%) JNCIS
14 21 (18.92%) IPsec
15 20 (18.02%) Network Design
15 20 (18.02%) VoIP
15 20 (18.02%) Ethernet
16 18 (16.22%) Network Security
17 16 (14.41%) IPv6
17 16 (14.41%) Linux
18 15 (13.51%) Perl
18 15 (13.51%) CheckPoint
18 15 (13.51%) JNCIE
19 14 (12.61%) Open Source
19 14 (12.61%) Cisco IOS
19 14 (12.61%) CCDP
19 14 (12.61%) DSL
19 14 (12.61%) IPv4

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 3 (2.703%) CGI
2 1 (0.901%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 4 (3.604%) Apache
2 3 (2.703%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 88 (79.28%) OSPF
2 86 (77.48%) MPLS
3 36 (32.43%) TCP/IP
4 26 (23.42%) WAN
5 25 (22.52%) Firewall
6 21 (18.92%) IPsec
7 20 (18.02%) VoIP
7 20 (18.02%) Ethernet
8 18 (16.22%) Network Security
9 16 (14.41%) IPv6
10 14 (12.61%) DSL
10 14 (12.61%) IPv4
10 14 (12.61%) Cisco IOS
11 13 (11.71%) Cisco Nexus
11 13 (11.71%) EIGRP
12 12 (10.81%) VPN
13 11 (9.910%) DNS
14 10 (9.009%) LAN
15 9 (8.108%) DHCP
15 9 (8.108%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.604%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.901%) Subversion
General
1 12 (10.81%) Telecoms
2 10 (9.009%) Finance
3 5 (4.505%) Retail
3 5 (4.505%) Billing
3 5 (4.505%) Back Office
4 2 (1.802%) Banking
5 1 (0.901%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 50 (45.05%) Network Engineer
2 34 (30.63%) IP Engineer
3 24 (21.62%) IP Network Engineer
4 15 (13.51%) Technical Design Authority
5 14 (12.61%) Network Team Leader
5 14 (12.61%) Team Leader
6 12 (10.81%) Systems Engineer
7 9 (8.108%) Consultant
8 8 (7.207%) Architect
9 7 (6.306%) Design Engineer
10 6 (5.405%) Senior Manager
10 6 (5.405%) Network Manager
10 6 (5.405%) Senior Network Engineer
11 5 (4.505%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (4.505%) Sales Consultant
11 5 (4.505%) Senior Network Manager
11 5 (4.505%) Cisco Engineer
11 5 (4.505%) Pre Sales Consultant
11 5 (4.505%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 4 (3.604%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.61%) Open Source
2 2 (1.802%) SaaS
2 2 (1.802%) Thin Client
2 2 (1.802%) Fat Client
3 1 (0.901%) SecurID
3 1 (0.901%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.41%) Linux
2 12 (10.81%) UNIX
2 12 (10.81%) CentOS
3 4 (3.604%) Debian
4 1 (0.901%) OpenBSD
4 1 (0.901%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.901%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (18.02%) Network Design
2 12 (10.81%) Load Balancing
3 11 (9.910%) Network Architecture
4 8 (7.207%) Performance Management
5 5 (4.505%) CRM
6 4 (3.604%) ITIL
6 4 (3.604%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (3.604%) Network Management
7 3 (2.703%) Supplier Management
7 3 (2.703%) PRINCE2
8 2 (1.802%) Project Management
8 2 (1.802%) Service Delivery
8 2 (1.802%) Validation
9 1 (0.901%) Scrum
9 1 (0.901%) Service Management
9 1 (0.901%) PRINCE
9 1 (0.901%) Configuration Management
9 1 (0.901%) Information Security
9 1 (0.901%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (0.901%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.51%) Perl
2 12 (10.81%) Bash shell
3 6 (5.405%) SQL
4 2 (1.802%) Python
5 1 (0.901%) PHP
Qualifications
1 92 (82.88%) Cisco Certification
2 66 (59.46%) CCNP
3 60 (54.05%) CCIE
4 50 (45.05%) CCIP
5 27 (24.32%) JNCIA
5 27 (24.32%) JNCIP
6 23 (20.72%) CCNA
7 21 (18.92%) JNCIS
8 15 (13.51%) JNCIE
9 14 (12.61%) CCDP
10 5 (4.505%) Degree
11 2 (1.802%) CCDA
12 1 (0.901%) CCSP
12 1 (0.901%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.604%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.703%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.703%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.901%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.703%) FreeRADIUS
Systems Management
1 5 (4.505%) OpenView
1 5 (4.505%) CiscoWorks
1 5 (4.505%) HP NNM
2 3 (2.703%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 107 (96.40%) Cisco
2 56 (50.45%) Juniper
3 15 (13.51%) CheckPoint
4 11 (9.910%) Red Hat
5 8 (7.207%) ZyXEL
6 6 (5.405%) Redback
7 5 (4.505%) Huawei
7 5 (4.505%) HP
7 5 (4.505%) NETGEAR
7 5 (4.505%) F5
7 5 (4.505%) Twitter
8 4 (3.604%) Remedy
9 3 (2.703%) Draytek
9 3 (2.703%) BT
10 2 (1.802%) Foundry
10 2 (1.802%) Riverbed
11 1 (0.901%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.901%) Infoblox
11 1 (0.901%) Aruba
11 1 (0.901%) Websense
Reading, Berkshire
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