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The table below looks at the demand for Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) skills within the Bristol 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank57-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.419 %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£406£337
% change on same period last year+20.65 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.71£33.18
% change on same period last year+7.64 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads124142
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.174 %0.146 %
Daily rates quoted3046
Average minimum daily rate£237£286
Average daily rate£270£303
% change on same period last year-10.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£303£321
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£335
% change on same period last year+4.56 %
Hourly rates quoted2924
Average minimum hourly rate£27.24£23.54
Average hourly rate£28.92£26.34
% change on same period last year+9.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.59£29.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.48£28.80
% change on same period last year-4.57 %
OSPF South WestOSPF
South West

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol OSPF Hourly Rate Trend

OSPF
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (75.00 %)Broadband
13 (75.00 %)Cisco
13 (75.00 %)Lucent
13 (75.00 %)Alcatel
22 (50.00 %)ADSL
22 (50.00 %)Redback
22 (50.00 %)MPLS
22 (50.00 %)BGP
22 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (25.00 %)VPN
31 (25.00 %)VoIP
31 (25.00 %)CCSP
31 (25.00 %)CCNP
31 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
31 (25.00 %)Juniper
31 (25.00 %)DSL
31 (25.00 %)VRRP
31 (25.00 %)Firewall
31 (25.00 %)VDSL
31 (25.00 %)Network Design
31 (25.00 %)IPTV
31 (25.00 %)LLU
31 (25.00 %)SHDSL
31 (25.00 %)Cisco PIX
31 (25.00 %)CheckPoint

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (75.00 %)Broadband
22 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
22 (50.00 %)ADSL
22 (50.00 %)MPLS
22 (50.00 %)BGP
31 (25.00 %)DSL
31 (25.00 %)VRRP
31 (25.00 %)Firewall
31 (25.00 %)VDSL
31 (25.00 %)LLU
31 (25.00 %)SHDSL
31 (25.00 %)Cisco PIX
31 (25.00 %)VPN
31 (25.00 %)VoIP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Network Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Test Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Cisco Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)IPTV
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Network Design
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)CCSP
11 (25.00 %)CCNP
11 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Cisco
13 (75.00 %)Lucent
13 (75.00 %)Alcatel
22 (50.00 %)Redback
31 (25.00 %)CheckPoint
31 (25.00 %)Juniper