Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) skills within the Bicester 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank10-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below50.00 %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£399£328
% change on same period last year+21.49 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£38.00-
Average hourly rate£42.30-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£46.60-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.97£36.26
% change on same period last year+7.48 %
Bicester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bicester
Matching contract IT job ads100
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %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£347£332
% change on same period last year+4.47 %
Hourly rates quoted60
Average minimum hourly rate£36.93-
Average hourly rate£40.86-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£44.79-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.93£29.11
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
OSPF OxfordshireOSPF
Oxfordshire

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 Bicester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bicester OSPF Demand 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 Bicester region.

Bicester OSPF Hourly Rate Trend

OSPF
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OSPF across the Bicester region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Bicester OSPF Hourly Rate Histogram

OSPF
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bicester 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.

15 (100.00 %)LAN
15 (100.00 %)VoIP
15 (100.00 %)WAN
15 (100.00 %)PPP
15 (100.00 %)RIP
15 (100.00 %)Cisco
15 (100.00 %)IPv4
15 (100.00 %)CCNP
15 (100.00 %)CCNA
15 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
15 (100.00 %)BGP
15 (100.00 %)EIGRP
15 (100.00 %)H.323
15 (100.00 %)Firewall
15 (100.00 %)Network Design
15 (100.00 %)VLAN
15 (100.00 %)Cisco IOS
22 (40.00 %)Logistics
22 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
31 (20.00 %)Cisco PIX

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bicester 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.

Bicester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (100.00 %)LAN
15 (100.00 %)VoIP
15 (100.00 %)WAN
15 (100.00 %)PPP
15 (100.00 %)RIP
15 (100.00 %)IPv4
15 (100.00 %)BGP
15 (100.00 %)EIGRP
15 (100.00 %)H.323
15 (100.00 %)Firewall
15 (100.00 %)VLAN
15 (100.00 %)Cisco IOS
21 (20.00 %)Cisco PIX
Bicester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Infrastructure Specialist
13 (60.00 %)Network Specialist
22 (40.00 %)Network Infrastructure Specialist
31 (20.00 %)Network Design Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Network Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Design Engineer
Bicester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (100.00 %)Network Design
22 (40.00 %)Logistics
22 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
Bicester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (100.00 %)CCNP
15 (100.00 %)CCNA
15 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
Bicester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (100.00 %)Cisco