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This section looks at the demand for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) skills within the West Midlands 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBorder Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank194184
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching permanent IT job ads3250
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.021 %
As % of the category below2.321 %3.470 %
Salaries quoted2549
Average minimum salary£35,040£44,000
Average salary£37,280£45,236
% change on same period last year-17.58 %
Average maximum salary£39,520£46,472
UK excluding London average salary£43,444£43,704
% change on same period last year-0.59 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads13791441
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.742 %0.601 %
Salaries quoted11501203
Average minimum salary£31,921£33,295
Average salary£34,210£35,801
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
Average maximum salary£36,500£38,308
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands BGP Salary Trend

BGP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BGP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
BirminghamDown-1312£41,167-1.20 %
ShropshireNew entry-7--
SolihullUp+47£34,357-1.83 %
StaffordshireNew entry-2£25,000-
BGP EnglandBGP
England

BGP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

138 (71.70 %)OSPF
237 (69.81 %)Cisco Certification
336 (67.92 %)LAN
435 (66.04 %)Firewall
533 (62.26 %)WAN
631 (58.49 %)Cisco
725 (47.17 %)CCNP
725 (47.17 %)Load Balancing
821 (39.62 %)MPLS
920 (37.74 %)CCNA
1018 (33.96 %)BIG-IP
1116 (30.19 %)SSL
1213 (24.53 %)Incident Management
1311 (20.75 %)Network Security
1311 (20.75 %)SLA
1311 (20.75 %)CheckPoint
1410 (18.87 %)Degree
159 (16.98 %)Cisco PIX
168 (15.09 %)EIGRP
168 (15.09 %)CCSP
176 (11.32 %)VPN
176 (11.32 %)VoIP
176 (11.32 %)IPsec
176 (11.32 %)Security Cleared
185 (9.434 %)VLAN
185 (9.434 %)CCSA
185 (9.434 %)Service Delivery
185 (9.434 %)RIP
185 (9.434 %)SNMP
194 (7.547 %)ISDN

BGP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (3.774 %)CSS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
138 (71.70 %)OSPF
236 (67.92 %)LAN
335 (66.04 %)Firewall
433 (62.26 %)WAN
521 (39.62 %)MPLS
618 (33.96 %)BIG-IP
716 (30.19 %)SSL
811 (20.75 %)Network Security
99 (16.98 %)Cisco PIX
108 (15.09 %)EIGRP
116 (11.32 %)VoIP
116 (11.32 %)IPsec
116 (11.32 %)VPN
125 (9.434 %)VLAN
125 (9.434 %)RIP
125 (9.434 %)SNMP
134 (7.547 %)ISDN
134 (7.547 %)Cisco ASA
143 (5.660 %)ADSL
143 (5.660 %)IPv4
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (3.774 %)Telecoms
21 (1.887 %)Finance
21 (1.887 %)Government
21 (1.887 %)Manufacturing
21 (1.887 %)Retail
21 (1.887 %)Insurance
21 (1.887 %)Pensions
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
137 (69.81 %)Network Engineer
212 (22.64 %)Firewall Engineer
39 (16.98 %)Cisco Engineer
46 (11.32 %)Senior Network Engineer
54 (7.547 %)Infrastructure Engineer
54 (7.547 %)Cisco Network Engineer
54 (7.547 %)Systems Engineer
54 (7.547 %)Network Specialist
63 (5.660 %)Firewall Specialist
63 (5.660 %)Senior Systems Engineer
72 (3.774 %)3rd Line Support
72 (3.774 %)Support Consultant
72 (3.774 %)Design Engineer
72 (3.774 %)Consultant
72 (3.774 %)Network Design Engineer
81 (1.887 %)Network Security Specialist
81 (1.887 %)Senior Network Security Specialist
81 (1.887 %)Senior Network Specialist
81 (1.887 %)Cisco Consultant
81 (1.887 %)Senior Security Specialist
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.887 %)SecurID
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (5.660 %)Windows
22 (3.774 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (3.774 %)UNIX
31 (1.887 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (1.887 %)Linux
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (47.17 %)Load Balancing
213 (24.53 %)Incident Management
36 (11.32 %)Security Cleared
45 (9.434 %)Service Delivery
53 (5.660 %)Network Design
62 (3.774 %)Change Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (1.887 %)SQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
137 (69.81 %)Cisco Certification
225 (47.17 %)CCNP
320 (37.74 %)CCNA
410 (18.87 %)Degree
58 (15.09 %)CCSP
65 (9.434 %)CCSA
71 (1.887 %)CCSE
71 (1.887 %)Microsoft Certification
71 (1.887 %)CCIP
71 (1.887 %)MCP
71 (1.887 %)CCIE
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (20.75 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (1.887 %)Active Directory
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.887 %)OpenView
11 (1.887 %)CiscoWorks
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (58.49 %)Cisco
211 (20.75 %)CheckPoint
34 (7.547 %)Microsoft
41 (1.887 %)HP
41 (1.887 %)Remedy