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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Rank 166 169 141
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -28
Permanent jobs citing BGP 37 12 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.739% 0.266% 0.759%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.273% 1.709% 4.206%
Number of salaries quoted 25 9 5
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -1.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,200 £32,500 £38,700
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £61,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
866 702 737
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.29% 15.55% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 715 567 580
Average salary £37,500 £34,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.69% -4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham -11 11 £50,000 +33.33%
Shropshire - 11 £47,500 -
Solihull - 2 £53,750 -
Warwickshire +5 1 £55,000 +46.66%
Worcestershire +1 1 £30,000 -53.84%
BGP
England

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 53 (100.00%) Cisco
2 45 (84.91%) OSPF
3 34 (64.15%) Cisco Certification
4 31 (58.49%) Firewall
5 30 (56.60%) MPLS
6 28 (52.83%) CheckPoint
7 25 (47.17%) Network Design
8 24 (45.28%) CCNP
8 24 (45.28%) WAN
9 20 (37.74%) EIGRP
10 19 (35.85%) VPN
11 16 (30.19%) TCP/IP
12 15 (28.30%) CCIE
13 14 (26.42%) LAN
14 12 (22.64%) CCIP
14 12 (22.64%) Change Management
14 12 (22.64%) Cisco Nexus
15 11 (20.75%) F5
15 11 (20.75%) Nokia
15 11 (20.75%) Juniper
16 10 (18.87%) Wireless
17 9 (16.98%) Intrusion Detection
17 9 (16.98%) FWSM
17 9 (16.98%) CiscoWorks
18 8 (15.09%) BIG-IP
19 7 (13.21%) Load Balancing
20 6 (11.32%) Technical Architecture
20 6 (11.32%) FortiGate
20 6 (11.32%) CCNA
20 6 (11.32%) CSS

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 6 (11.32%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.774%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 45 (84.91%) OSPF
2 31 (58.49%) Firewall
3 30 (56.60%) MPLS
4 24 (45.28%) WAN
5 20 (37.74%) EIGRP
6 19 (35.85%) VPN
7 16 (30.19%) TCP/IP
8 14 (26.42%) LAN
9 12 (22.64%) Cisco Nexus
10 10 (18.87%) Wireless
11 9 (16.98%) Intrusion Detection
11 9 (16.98%) FWSM
12 8 (15.09%) BIG-IP
13 4 (7.547%) VLAN
13 4 (7.547%) Network Security
13 4 (7.547%) VoIP
13 4 (7.547%) ISDN
13 4 (7.547%) DNS
13 4 (7.547%) DHCP
13 4 (7.547%) SNMP
General
1 4 (7.547%) Advertising
2 2 (3.774%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (52.83%) Network Engineer
2 18 (33.96%) Implementation Engineer
3 15 (28.30%) Cisco Engineer
4 14 (26.42%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 10 (18.87%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) Network Specialist
6 6 (11.32%) Cisco Specialist
6 6 (11.32%) Cisco Network Specialist
7 5 (9.434%) Design Engineer
7 5 (9.434%) Technical Design Authority
8 4 (7.547%) Consultant
8 4 (7.547%) Architect
9 3 (5.660%) Network Consultant
9 3 (5.660%) Support Engineer
10 2 (3.774%) Team Leader
10 2 (3.774%) Network Architect
10 2 (3.774%) NOC Engineer
10 2 (3.774%) Infrastructure Team Leader
10 2 (3.774%) Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.887%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.774%) SecurID
1 2 (3.774%) Video Conferencing
1 2 (3.774%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.547%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (7.547%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (47.17%) Network Design
2 12 (22.64%) Change Management
3 7 (13.21%) Load Balancing
4 6 (11.32%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (9.434%) Network Architecture
6 4 (7.547%) ITIL V3
6 4 (7.547%) ITIL
7 3 (5.660%) Network Management
8 2 (3.774%) Incident Management
8 2 (3.774%) Problem Management
8 2 (3.774%) Time Management
8 2 (3.774%) Migration
8 2 (3.774%) Service Delivery
8 2 (3.774%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (3.774%) E-Commerce
9 1 (1.887%) Project Management
9 1 (1.887%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.774%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (64.15%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (45.28%) CCNP
3 15 (28.30%) CCIE
4 12 (22.64%) CCIP
5 6 (11.32%) CCNA
6 4 (7.547%) Security Cleared
6 4 (7.547%) CCDP
7 3 (5.660%) CCSA
7 3 (5.660%) JNCIA
7 3 (5.660%) CCSE
8 2 (3.774%) HP ASE
8 2 (3.774%) HP MASE
8 2 (3.774%) JNCIE
8 2 (3.774%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (3.774%) Check Point Certification
8 2 (3.774%) MCSE
9 1 (1.887%) CCSP
9 1 (1.887%) CCVP
9 1 (1.887%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.887%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.887%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.774%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (3.774%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (16.98%) CiscoWorks
2 6 (11.32%) FortiGate
3 2 (3.774%) Cacti
3 2 (3.774%) Netcool
Vendors
1 53 (100.00%) Cisco
2 28 (52.83%) CheckPoint
3 11 (20.75%) F5
3 11 (20.75%) Nokia
3 11 (20.75%) Juniper
4 4 (7.547%) VMware
5 2 (3.774%) ProCurve
5 2 (3.774%) Aruba
5 2 (3.774%) Huawei
5 2 (3.774%) Brocade
5 2 (3.774%) 3Com
5 2 (3.774%) CommVault
5 2 (3.774%) Hitachi
5 2 (3.774%) HP
6 1 (1.887%) Twitter
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
They provide bespoke IP and Network requirements on a national and international level and due to rapid growth, along with an internal promotion, are currently looking for a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
You will contribute as a technical resource to their project roadmap, both as a technical lead and with planning / network design. This role is suitable for a Network...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
They provide bespoke IP and Network requirements on a national and international level and due to rapid growth, along with an internal promotion, are currently looking for a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Telford, Shropshire
Duties and responsibilities:- * Review completed network design definitions, turn those into detailed implementation plans, and to implement those plans * You will need to comply with a stringent change...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Cisco Firewalls including FWSM and ASAs in multiple context modes. Cisco Loadbalancers including ACE and CSS. Checkpoint Firewalls. Fortigate Firewalls. Understanding of routing protocols including OSPF and BGP...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £50K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013