OSPF Contracts in Berkshire

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for OSPF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OSPF over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 89 103
Rank change year-on-year -23 +14 -15
Contract jobs citing OSPF 8 26 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.40% 1.43% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.64% 7.56% 6.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 8
10th Percentile - £421 £348
25th Percentile £335 £438 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -31.00% +11.11% +18.10%
75th Percentile £426 £560 £506
90th Percentile £553 £575 £611
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +11.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £19.08 £24.20 -
25th Percentile £19.94 £32.75 £25.50
Median hourly rate £21.75 £78.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -72.29% +201.92% +22.35%
75th Percentile £23.44 £80.25 £26.50
90th Percentile £24.23 £80.70 -
South East median hourly rate £24.50 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -60.48% +138.46% +22.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

OSPF is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 488 344 431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 24.66% 18.94% 18.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 186 225
10th Percentile £205 £313 £200
25th Percentile £310 £395 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £486 £467
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% +4.12% +20.52%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £563
90th Percentile £623 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £489 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +0.51% +8.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 7
10th Percentile £40.70 £19.65 -
25th Percentile £76.99 £25.13 -
Median hourly rate £83.77 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% +288.24% -50.72%
75th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £47.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £81.26 £73.60
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -37.68%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSPF in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for OSPF in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSPF in Berkshire over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OSPF in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OSPF in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for OSPF in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bracknell - 3 £625 -
Newbury 0 2 - - 1
Reading -22 2 £345 -31.00%
Maidenhead - 1 £345 -
OSPF
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) BGP
2 7 (87.50%) Firewall
3 5 (62.50%) EIGRP
3 5 (62.50%) MPLS
3 5 (62.50%) VPN
4 3 (37.50%) CATAPAN
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (37.50%) IPv4
4 3 (37.50%) IPv6
4 3 (37.50%) VLAN
5 2 (25.00%) DSL
5 2 (25.00%) Ethernet
5 2 (25.00%) Internet
5 2 (25.00%) PPP
5 2 (25.00%) RIP
5 2 (25.00%) WAN
6 1 (12.50%) 3G
6 1 (12.50%) SNMP
6 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Network Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Lead
2 3 (37.50%) Lead Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Network Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Network Operations Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Network Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Mobile Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) High Availability
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Process Management
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Communications Security
3 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Presales
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Traceability Matrix
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) CCNP
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (75.00%) JNCIS
3 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
4 4 (50.00%) CCDP
4 4 (50.00%) CCNA
5 3 (37.50%) JNCIA
5 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
6 2 (25.00%) BC Cleared
6 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (12.50%) CCIP
7 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
1 8 (100.00%) Juniper
2 3 (37.50%) Fortinet
3 2 (25.00%) ADVA
4 1 (12.50%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (12.50%) Nokia
4 1 (12.50%) Nokia Networks
4 1 (12.50%) Tellabs