The first table below looks at the demand for BGP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BGP over the 3 months to 23 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 Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank 32 22 11
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -11
Permanent jobs citing BGP 1 6 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 0.725% 6.250% 17.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.041% 13.04% 29.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 17
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
49 46 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 35.51% 47.92% 57.58%
Number of salaries quoted 44 32 55
Average salary £26,250 £38,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.81% -14.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £24,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,950 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BGP
West Yorkshire

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield 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 Wakefield region.

Wakefield BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco