East of England OSPF Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Location Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf City of London Cumbria Docklands, London Dunstable East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Kent Leeds London Luton Middlesex Milton Keynes North East North West North Yorkshire Penrith Reading Rochester Rugby Scotland South East South Wales South West Southampton Sunderland Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Westminster Winchester Witham Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	139	121
Rank change on same period last year	-18
Matching contract IT job ads	12	23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.016 %	0.024 %
As % of the category below	1.592 %	3.079 %
Daily rates quoted	5	8
Average minimum daily rate	£279	£303
Average daily rate	£290	£341
% change on same period last year	-15.08 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£336
% change on same period last year	-3.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.00	-
Average hourly rate	£34.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.42	£33.11
% change on same period last year	-8.12 %
Communications & Networking East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	754	747
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.994 %	0.792 %
Daily rates quoted	253	203
Average minimum daily rate	£323	£334
Average daily rate	£350	£354
% change on same period last year	-1.25 %
Average maximum daily rate	£377	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£344
% change on same period last year	-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	115	124
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.07	£26.92
Average hourly rate	£28.64	£29.15
% change on same period last year	-1.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.20	£31.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.58	£28.53
% change on same period last year	-10.35 %
OSPF 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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

OSPF
Daily Rate Trend

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

OSPF
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OSPF across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

OSPF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

OSPF
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing OSPF within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Essex	-	6	£140	-
Hertfordshire	-17	3	£389	+14.14 %
Bedfordshire	-	3	-	-

OSPF England

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1 24 (70.59 %) Cisco 1 24 (70.59 %) Firewall 2 21 (61.76 %) BGP 3 20 (58.82 %) Cisco Certification 4 18 (52.94 %) LAN 5 15 (44.12 %) TCP/IP 6 14 (41.18 %) CCNP 7 13 (38.24 %) Internet 7 13 (38.24 %) MPLS 8 12 (35.29 %) CCNA 8 12 (35.29 %) WAN 9 11 (32.35 %) VPN 10 10 (29.41 %) DNS 10 10 (29.41 %) Windows 10 10 (29.41 %) ISDN

10 10 (29.41 %) CheckPoint 11 8 (23.53 %) EIGRP 11 8 (23.53 %) VoIP 11 8 (23.53 %) Telecoms 11 8 (23.53 %) VLAN 12 7 (20.59 %) Network Security 12 7 (20.59 %) Wireless 12 7 (20.59 %) Ethernet 12 7 (20.59 %) RIP 12 7 (20.59 %) Windows NT 12 7 (20.59 %) MS Office 13 6 (17.65 %) Linux 13 6 (17.65 %) ATM 13 6 (17.65 %) HP 13 6 (17.65 %) Microsoft

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Applications 1 7 (20.59 %) MS Office 2 2 (5.882 %) MS Visio 3 1 (2.941 %) S-PLUS 3 1 (2.941 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 24 (70.59 %) Firewall 2 21 (61.76 %) BGP 3 18 (52.94 %) LAN 4 15 (44.12 %) TCP/IP 5 13 (38.24 %) Internet 5 13 (38.24 %) MPLS 6 12 (35.29 %) WAN 7 11 (32.35 %) VPN 8 10 (29.41 %) ISDN 8 10 (29.41 %) DNS 9 8 (23.53 %) EIGRP 9 8 (23.53 %) VoIP 9 8 (23.53 %) VLAN 10 7 (20.59 %) Wireless 10 7 (20.59 %) Network Security 10 7 (20.59 %) Ethernet 10 7 (20.59 %) RIP 11 6 (17.65 %) ATM 11 6 (17.65 %) Cisco IOS 11 6 (17.65 %) Frame Relay
General 1 8 (23.53 %) Telecoms 2 3 (8.824 %) Finance 3 1 (2.941 %) Automotive 3 1 (2.941 %) Health	Job Titles 1 13 (38.24 %) Network Engineer 2 7 (20.59 %) Analyst 3 5 (14.71 %) Architect 3 5 (14.71 %) Support Engineer 3 5 (14.71 %) Network Support 4 4 (11.76 %) Network Analyst 4 4 (11.76 %) Network Support Engineer 4 4 (11.76 %) Network Architect 5 3 (8.824 %) Firewall Analyst 5 3 (8.824 %) Senior Network Engineer 5 3 (8.824 %) Security Analyst 6 2 (5.882 %) Infrastructure Architect 6 2 (5.882 %) Consultant 6 2 (5.882 %) Network Consultant 6 2 (5.882 %) Network Designer 6 2 (5.882 %) Network Security Engineer 6 2 (5.882 %) Network Planner 6 2 (5.882 %) Security Engineer 7 1 (2.941 %) Cisco Specialist 7 1 (2.941 %) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous 1 2 (5.882 %) Client/Server	Operating Systems 1 10 (29.41 %) Windows 2 7 (20.59 %) Windows NT 3 6 (17.65 %) Linux 4 5 (14.71 %) Solaris 5 4 (11.76 %) Unix 6 3 (8.824 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (5.882 %) Load Balancing 2 1 (2.941 %) PRINCE2 2 1 (2.941 %) Change Management 2 1 (2.941 %) Network Design 2 1 (2.941 %) Project Planning	Qualifications 1 20 (58.82 %) Cisco Certification 2 14 (41.18 %) CCNP 3 12 (35.29 %) CCNA 4 4 (11.76 %) Microsoft Certification 5 3 (8.824 %) CCIP 5 3 (8.824 %) CCSE 6 2 (5.882 %) MCDST 6 2 (5.882 %) MCP 6 2 (5.882 %) MCSE 6 2 (5.882 %) CCIE 7 1 (2.941 %) CCSP 7 1 (2.941 %) CCVP 7 1 (2.941 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (8.824 %) SLA	Systems Management 1 1 (2.941 %) OpenView 1 1 (2.941 %) CiscoWorks
Vendors 1 24 (70.59 %) Cisco 2 10 (29.41 %) CheckPoint 3 6 (17.65 %) Microsoft 3 6 (17.65 %) HP 4 4 (11.76 %) Nokia 5 3 (8.824 %) Novell 5 3 (8.824 %) Crossbeam 5 3 (8.824 %) ProCurve 5 3 (8.824 %) Juniper 6 2 (5.882 %) Citrix 6 2 (5.882 %) Avaya 6 2 (5.882 %) Sun 7 1 (2.941 %) IBM 7 1 (2.941 %) BT