The first table below looks at the demand for BGP skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank 66 76 80
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +4
Permanent jobs citing BGP 22 14 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 2.097% 1.469% 0.557%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.692% 6.034% 4.545%
Number of salaries quoted 21 14 3
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £33,500 £35,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £41,000 £39,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
227 232 110
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 21.64% 24.34% 12.26%
Number of salaries quoted 217 195 102
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,100 £27,000 £25,300
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
BGP
Wales

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Salary Histogram

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

South Wales 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 South Wales 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
Cardiff -3 17 £47,500 +15.85%
Caerphilly -3 2 £53,750 +60.44%
BGP
Wales

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 24 (92.31%) Cisco
2 22 (84.62%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (80.77%) EIGRP
3 21 (80.77%) MPLS
4 20 (76.92%) CCNP
5 19 (73.08%) WAN
6 18 (69.23%) OSPF
7 17 (65.38%) Network Design
8 16 (61.54%) Firewall
9 15 (57.69%) VPN
10 13 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
11 12 (46.15%) Cisco PIX
11 12 (46.15%) HSRP
11 12 (46.15%) CCIE
11 12 (46.15%) Juniper
12 11 (42.31%) Cisco Nexus
13 10 (38.46%) LAN
14 9 (34.62%) DHCP
14 9 (34.62%) VRRP
14 9 (34.62%) Cisco IOS
14 9 (34.62%) Load Balancing
14 9 (34.62%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (30.77%) Wireless
15 8 (30.77%) VMware
15 8 (30.77%) Advertising
15 8 (30.77%) ITIL
16 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
16 7 (26.92%) Ethernet
16 7 (26.92%) PPP
16 7 (26.92%) RIP

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 2 (7.692%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 5 (19.23%) Lync
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.692%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 21 (80.77%) EIGRP
1 21 (80.77%) MPLS
2 19 (73.08%) WAN
3 18 (69.23%) OSPF
4 16 (61.54%) Firewall
5 15 (57.69%) VPN
6 13 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
7 12 (46.15%) Cisco PIX
7 12 (46.15%) HSRP
8 11 (42.31%) Cisco Nexus
9 10 (38.46%) LAN
10 9 (34.62%) DHCP
10 9 (34.62%) Cisco IOS
10 9 (34.62%) VRRP
11 8 (30.77%) Wireless
12 7 (26.92%) Frame Relay
12 7 (26.92%) VPLS
12 7 (26.92%) xDSL
12 7 (26.92%) Junos
12 7 (26.92%) Ethernet
General
1 8 (30.77%) Advertising
2 1 (3.846%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (57.69%) Network Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Network Support
3 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 5 (19.23%) Network Design Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Design Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Network Support Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Support Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Network Architect
6 2 (7.692%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (7.692%) Senior Support Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) Network Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Senior Network Support
6 2 (7.692%) Senior Network Support Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) Cisco Consultant
6 2 (7.692%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (19.23%) Blog
3 2 (7.692%) SaaS
3 2 (7.692%) Firmware
3 2 (7.692%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.692%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) UNIX
1 2 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (65.38%) Network Design
2 9 (34.62%) Load Balancing
3 8 (30.77%) ITIL
4 7 (26.92%) Network Management
5 5 (19.23%) PRINCE2
5 5 (19.23%) Project Planning
6 4 (15.38%) Network Architecture
7 3 (11.54%) Capacity Management
8 2 (7.692%) Capacity Planning
8 2 (7.692%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (7.692%) Service Management
8 2 (7.692%) Service Delivery
9 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 22 (84.62%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (76.92%) CCNP
3 12 (46.15%) CCIE
4 7 (26.92%) CCDP
5 5 (19.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (19.23%) CCIP
6 3 (11.54%) CCDA
6 3 (11.54%) Degree
7 2 (7.692%) JNCIA
7 2 (7.692%) JNCIS
7 2 (7.692%) CCNA
7 2 (7.692%) CCSP
7 2 (7.692%) CCSA
7 2 (7.692%) CCVP
7 2 (7.692%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.692%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.692%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 24 (92.31%) Cisco
2 12 (46.15%) Juniper
3 8 (30.77%) VMware
4 7 (26.92%) F5
5 5 (19.23%) CheckPoint
5 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
6 2 (7.692%) Nokia
6 2 (7.692%) SolarWinds
7 1 (3.846%) NetApp
7 1 (3.846%) Twitter