The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 27 28 15
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -13
Contract jobs citing OSPF 1 1 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 0.588% 0.488% 6.522%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.167% 2.857% 36.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £413 - £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £45.00 £31.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +43.12%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £33.97
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.85%
All Communications & Networking
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
24 35 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 14.12% 17.07% 18.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 8
Average daily rate £300 £300 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 7
Average hourly rate £40.00 £45.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +63.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
OSPF
Scotland

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen OSPF Jobs Demand Trend

OSPF
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing OSPF across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen OSPF Daily Rate Trend

OSPF
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing OSPF across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen OSPF Hourly Rate Trend

OSPF
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing OSPF 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited OSPF.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing OSPF also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited OSPF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
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