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This section looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the South West 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank229244
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching permanent IT job ads2911
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.476 %0.634 %
Salaries quoted2811
Average minimum salary£40,379£34,818
Average salary£42,386£40,364
% change on same period last year+5.01 %
Average maximum salary£44,394£45,909
UK excluding London average salary£43,398£44,504
% change on same period last year-2.48 %
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads19651734
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.037 %0.710 %
Salaries quoted17271349
Average minimum salary£31,939£31,801
Average salary£35,101£34,839
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Average maximum salary£38,264£37,878
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BGP across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South West BGP Salary Histogram

BGP
Job Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SomersetNew entry-14£42,464-
WiltshireDown-913£43,462+7.67 %
BristolNew entry-2£55,000-
DevonNew entry-2£28,375-
DorsetNew entry-1£50,000-
GloucestershireNew entry-1£17,500-
BGP EnglandBGP
England

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

131 (70.45 %)OSPF
230 (68.18 %)Cisco Certification
230 (68.18 %)Cisco
321 (47.73 %)Firewall
321 (47.73 %)EIGRP
321 (47.73 %)CCNP
417 (38.64 %)CCSP
516 (36.36 %)CCNA
516 (36.36 %)CheckPoint
516 (36.36 %)Cisco PIX
615 (34.09 %)RIP
713 (29.55 %)LAN
713 (29.55 %)WAN
812 (27.27 %)MPLS
99 (20.45 %)VPN
99 (20.45 %)Telecoms
108 (18.18 %)Internet
117 (15.91 %)SNMP
117 (15.91 %)Degree
126 (13.64 %)VLAN
126 (13.64 %)CCIE
135 (11.36 %)HP
135 (11.36 %)ATM
135 (11.36 %)VRRP
135 (11.36 %)Military
144 (9.091 %)CCSA
144 (9.091 %)Project Management
144 (9.091 %)UNIX
144 (9.091 %)TCP/IP
144 (9.091 %)Ethernet

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (2.273 %)CSS
South West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (4.545 %)Lotus Notes
12 (4.545 %)MS Exchange
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
131 (70.45 %)OSPF
221 (47.73 %)EIGRP
221 (47.73 %)Firewall
316 (36.36 %)Cisco PIX
415 (34.09 %)RIP
513 (29.55 %)LAN
513 (29.55 %)WAN
612 (27.27 %)MPLS
79 (20.45 %)VPN
88 (18.18 %)Internet
97 (15.91 %)SNMP
106 (13.64 %)VLAN
115 (11.36 %)VRRP
115 (11.36 %)ATM
124 (9.091 %)VoIP
124 (9.091 %)Ethernet
124 (9.091 %)TCP/IP
124 (9.091 %)ISDN
124 (9.091 %)Network Security
133 (6.818 %)IGRP
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (20.45 %)Telecoms
25 (11.36 %)Military
31 (2.273 %)Finance
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (61.36 %)Network Engineer
216 (36.36 %)Network Support
315 (34.09 %)Network Support Engineer
315 (34.09 %)Support Engineer
48 (18.18 %)Senior Network Engineer
57 (15.91 %)Senior Support Engineer
57 (15.91 %)Senior Network Support
57 (15.91 %)Senior Network Support Engineer
65 (11.36 %)Design Engineer
65 (11.36 %)Trainer
72 (4.545 %)Analyst
72 (4.545 %)Network Analyst
72 (4.545 %)Cisco Network Engineer
72 (4.545 %)Security Analyst
72 (4.545 %)Cisco Support
72 (4.545 %)Network Security Analyst
72 (4.545 %)Cisco Engineer
81 (2.273 %)Network Design Engineer
81 (2.273 %)Security Engineer
81 (2.273 %)Network Architect
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (6.818 %)Clustering
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (9.091 %)UNIX
21 (2.273 %)Solaris
21 (2.273 %)Windows NT
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (9.091 %)Project Management
23 (6.818 %)Network Design
32 (4.545 %)Load Balancing
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
130 (68.18 %)Cisco Certification
221 (47.73 %)CCNP
317 (38.64 %)CCSP
416 (36.36 %)CCNA
57 (15.91 %)Degree
66 (13.64 %)CCIE
74 (9.091 %)CCSA
83 (6.818 %)CCSE
92 (4.545 %)Check Point Certification
92 (4.545 %)CCDA
92 (4.545 %)CCDP
92 (4.545 %)CISSP
101 (2.273 %)CCIP
101 (2.273 %)CCDE
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (4.545 %)ISO17799
South West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (6.818 %)Snort
22 (4.545 %)Active Directory
South West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (6.818 %)Nagios
13 (6.818 %)Nessus
22 (4.545 %)CiscoWorks
31 (2.273 %)Netcool
31 (2.273 %)OpenView
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
130 (68.18 %)Cisco
216 (36.36 %)CheckPoint
35 (11.36 %)HP
43 (6.818 %)Tripwire
43 (6.818 %)ProCurve
52 (4.545 %)Lotus
52 (4.545 %)Juniper
52 (4.545 %)Microsoft
61 (2.273 %)Remedy
61 (2.273 %)Blue Coat
61 (2.273 %)Alcatel
61 (2.273 %)Nokia
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