The first table below looks at the demand for BGP skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BGP over the 3 months to 21 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank 184 194 197
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +3
Permanent jobs citing BGP 32 21 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.606% 0.379% 0.138%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.532% 2.260% 0.787%
Number of salaries quoted 27 19 8
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £35,000 £30,700
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £55,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
906 929 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 17.15% 16.77% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 774 758 838
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,041 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BGP
England

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BGP across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Somerset - 15 £48,750 -
Gloucestershire +5 6 £47,500 -13.63%
Wiltshire +14 5 £45,000 +5.88%
Bristol -9 3 £39,000 +11.42%
Dorset - 3 £37,500 -
BGP
England

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 70 (82.35%) Cisco
2 61 (71.76%) Cisco Certification
3 52 (61.18%) VPN
4 50 (58.82%) MPLS
5 49 (57.65%) WAN
6 48 (56.47%) OSPF
7 44 (51.76%) CCNP
8 40 (47.06%) Firewall
9 39 (45.88%) Juniper
9 39 (45.88%) CCNA
10 38 (44.71%) CheckPoint
10 38 (44.71%) IPsec
11 37 (43.53%) EIGRP
12 33 (38.82%) TCP/IP
12 33 (38.82%) ITIL
13 29 (34.12%) Internet
14 25 (29.41%) DNS
15 24 (28.24%) ISDN
15 24 (28.24%) ADSL
16 22 (25.88%) Change Management
16 22 (25.88%) Network Management
17 21 (24.71%) LAN
17 21 (24.71%) Ethernet
18 20 (23.53%) SLA
18 20 (23.53%) 3G
19 19 (22.35%) E-Commerce
19 19 (22.35%) Capacity Management
19 19 (22.35%) Network Security
20 18 (21.18%) Wireless
21 17 (20.00%) CCIP

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 5 (5.882%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.235%) MS Exchange
2 6 (7.059%) Exchange Server 2000
2 6 (7.059%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (7.059%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (5.882%) Apache
4 1 (1.176%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (4.706%) MS Office
2 2 (2.353%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.176%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 52 (61.18%) VPN
2 50 (58.82%) MPLS
3 49 (57.65%) WAN
4 48 (56.47%) OSPF
5 40 (47.06%) Firewall
6 38 (44.71%) IPsec
7 37 (43.53%) EIGRP
8 33 (38.82%) TCP/IP
9 29 (34.12%) Internet
10 25 (29.41%) DNS
11 24 (28.24%) ISDN
11 24 (28.24%) ADSL
12 21 (24.71%) LAN
12 21 (24.71%) Ethernet
13 20 (23.53%) 3G
14 19 (22.35%) Network Security
15 18 (21.18%) Wireless
16 16 (18.82%) VoIP
17 15 (17.65%) SDH
17 15 (17.65%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.176%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (12.94%) Retail
1 11 (12.94%) Marketing
2 10 (11.76%) Telecoms
3 7 (8.235%) Legal
4 2 (2.353%) Back Office
5 1 (1.176%) Banking
5 1 (1.176%) Finance
5 1 (1.176%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 31 (36.47%) Network Engineer
2 18 (21.18%) Analyst
3 9 (10.59%) Technical Design Authority
4 8 (9.412%) Senior Network Engineer
5 7 (8.235%) Network Design Engineer
5 7 (8.235%) Design Engineer
5 7 (8.235%) Network Analyst
6 6 (7.059%) Team Leader
6 6 (7.059%) Operations Engineer
7 4 (4.706%) Technical Support
7 4 (4.706%) Administrator
7 4 (4.706%) Server Support
7 4 (4.706%) Platform Manager
8 3 (3.529%) NOC Engineer
8 3 (3.529%) Implementation Engineer
8 3 (3.529%) Network Operations Engineer
8 3 (3.529%) Technical Engineer
8 3 (3.529%) Cisco Engineer
9 2 (2.353%) Operations Manager
9 2 (2.353%) Customer Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.12%) Management Information System
2 9 (10.59%) CESG
3 6 (7.059%) Computer Science
4 3 (3.529%) Statistics
4 3 (3.529%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.353%) Cryptography
6 1 (1.176%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.176%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.176%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 12 (14.12%) UNIX
2 10 (11.76%) Windows
3 9 (10.59%) Linux
4 6 (7.059%) Windows 7
5 5 (5.882%) AIX
5 5 (5.882%) HPUX
6 2 (2.353%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (2.353%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (38.82%) ITIL
2 22 (25.88%) Change Management
2 22 (25.88%) Network Management
3 19 (22.35%) E-Commerce
3 19 (22.35%) Capacity Management
4 12 (14.12%) Network Design
4 12 (14.12%) Time Management
5 11 (12.94%) Performance Management
6 10 (11.76%) Problem Management
7 8 (9.412%) Network Architecture
7 8 (9.412%) Network Planning
7 8 (9.412%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 8 (9.412%) Project Planning
7 8 (9.412%) Fault Management
8 5 (5.882%) Load Balancing
9 4 (4.706%) Migration
10 3 (3.529%) Change Control
10 3 (3.529%) CRM
10 3 (3.529%) Validation
10 3 (3.529%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.176%) SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (71.76%) Cisco Certification
2 44 (51.76%) CCNP
3 39 (45.88%) CCNA
4 17 (20.00%) CCIP
5 15 (17.65%) ITIL Certification
6 14 (16.47%) CCDP
7 12 (14.12%) Security Cleared
8 10 (11.76%) CCIE
9 8 (9.412%) CCSP
9 8 (9.412%) SC Cleared
10 7 (8.235%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (7.059%) MCSE
11 6 (7.059%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (7.059%) CCA
11 6 (7.059%) Citrix Certification
11 6 (7.059%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (7.059%) Degree
11 6 (7.059%) MCITP
12 4 (4.706%) JNCIS
13 3 (3.529%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (23.53%) SLA
2 3 (3.529%) QA
System Software
1 12 (14.12%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.235%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (7.059%) vSphere
3 6 (7.059%) XenApp
4 5 (5.882%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 5 (5.882%) Xen
4 5 (5.882%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 2 (2.353%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.176%) NFS
Systems Management
1 11 (12.94%) Tivoli
2 6 (7.059%) SCCM
2 6 (7.059%) SCOM
3 5 (5.882%) HP Data Protector
4 3 (3.529%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (2.353%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 70 (82.35%) Cisco
2 39 (45.88%) Juniper
3 38 (44.71%) CheckPoint
4 13 (15.29%) VMware
5 12 (14.12%) HP
5 12 (14.12%) F5
6 11 (12.94%) IBM
6 11 (12.94%) Veritas
7 10 (11.76%) Ericsson
7 10 (11.76%) Redback
8 8 (9.412%) SolarWinds
9 7 (8.235%) Citrix
10 6 (7.059%) McAfee
10 6 (7.059%) Syncsort
11 5 (5.882%) Red Hat
11 5 (5.882%) Intel
11 5 (5.882%) ATG
12 4 (4.706%) Microsoft
13 3 (3.529%) Foundry
14 2 (2.353%) Nortel
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35K + 5% bonus + 20% shift allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £62k + 5% bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013