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This section looks at the demand for Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) skills within the Cambridge 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 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£375£352
% change on same period last year+6.38 %
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£31.90£32.40
% change on same period last year-1.55 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads108188
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.143 %0.187 %
Daily rates quoted1420
Average minimum daily rate£232£268
Average daily rate£253£286
% change on same period last year-11.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£274£304
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted2837
Average minimum hourly rate£23.42£31.04
Average hourly rate£25.87£33.68
% change on same period last year-23.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.32£36.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
OSPF CambridgeshireOSPF
Cambridgeshire

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge OSPF Daily Rate Trend

OSPF
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
12 (100.00 %)LAN
12 (100.00 %)VoIP
12 (100.00 %)WAN
12 (100.00 %)Cisco
12 (100.00 %)HP
12 (100.00 %)Juniper
12 (100.00 %)Novell
12 (100.00 %)EIGRP
12 (100.00 %)Firewall
12 (100.00 %)IP Telephony
12 (100.00 %)ProCurve
21 (50.00 %)Network Security

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)LAN
12 (100.00 %)VoIP
12 (100.00 %)WAN
12 (100.00 %)EIGRP
12 (100.00 %)Firewall
12 (100.00 %)IP Telephony
21 (50.00 %)Network Security
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Network Engineer
12 (100.00 %)Network Security Engineer
12 (100.00 %)Security Engineer
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Cisco
12 (100.00 %)HP
12 (100.00 %)Juniper
12 (100.00 %)Novell
12 (100.00 %)ProCurve