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The table below looks at the demand for Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) skills within the Bedfordshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£401£342
% change on same period last year+17.22 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.33£32.21
% change on same period last year+0.37 %
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads1326
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.026 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£133£208
Average daily rate£133£208
% change on same period last year-35.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£133£208
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£341
% change on same period last year+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted59
Average minimum hourly rate£17.27£27.12
Average hourly rate£18.18£27.38
% change on same period last year-33.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.09£27.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.54
% change on same period last year-9.93 %
OSPF East of EnglandOSPF
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

OSPF
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing OSPF across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedfordshire OSPF Demand Trend

OSPF
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire OSPF Daily Rate Trend

OSPF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire OSPF Hourly Rate Trend

OSPF
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

13 (100.00 %)ISDN
13 (100.00 %)LAN
13 (100.00 %)WAN
13 (100.00 %)RIP
13 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
13 (100.00 %)Cisco
13 (100.00 %)CCNP
13 (100.00 %)CCNA
13 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
13 (100.00 %)MPLS
13 (100.00 %)BGP
13 (100.00 %)NetScreen
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
22 (66.67 %)Telecoms
22 (66.67 %)Finance
31 (33.33 %)MS Office
31 (33.33 %)MS Visio

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (33.33 %)MS Office
11 (33.33 %)MS Visio
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (100.00 %)ISDN
13 (100.00 %)LAN
13 (100.00 %)WAN
13 (100.00 %)RIP
13 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
13 (100.00 %)MPLS
13 (100.00 %)BGP
13 (100.00 %)NetScreen
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Telecoms
12 (66.67 %)Finance
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Analyst
13 (100.00 %)Network Analyst
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (100.00 %)CCNP
13 (100.00 %)CCNA
13 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Cisco