The first table below looks at the demand for BGP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BGP over the 3 months to 24 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank 46 55 63
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +8
Permanent jobs citing BGP 2 7 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 0.690% 2.029% 1.119%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.632% 6.481% 6.329%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 5
Average salary £49,000 £30,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+63.33% -10.44%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
76 108 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 26.21% 31.30% 17.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59 57 36
Average salary £50,000 £30,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+66.66% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £30,000 £27,027
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BGP
Hertfordshire

BGP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCDA
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Dell
2 1 (50.00%) Nortel
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Avaya
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) SS7
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CCDE
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) GSM

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) SS7
1 1 (50.00%) GSM
1 1 (50.00%) PBX
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Voice Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Voice Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Product Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) CCDA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (50.00%) MCTS
1 1 (50.00%) MCITP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) CCDE
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Dell
2 1 (50.00%) Nortel
2 1 (50.00%) Avaya
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) VMware