The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the East of England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 102 126 113
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -13
Contract jobs citing OSPF 13 10 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.602% 0.340% 0.465%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.377% 1.905% 2.765%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 7
Average daily rate £413 £263 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% -11.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-10.71% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £22.50 £31.44
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -28.43%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
385 525 434
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.83% 17.87% 16.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 171 130
Average daily rate £325 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £479
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 51 83
Average hourly rate £19.00 £32.50 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.53% +10.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
OSPF
England

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing OSPF across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East of England OSPF Jobs Demand Trend

OSPF
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England OSPF Daily Rate Trend

OSPF
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 20 May 2013.

East of England OSPF Daily Rate Histogram

OSPF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England OSPF Hourly Rate Trend

OSPF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridgeshire +21 9 £298 -
Essex +3 4 £413 -
OSPF
England

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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 16 (80.00%) Cisco
2 11 (55.00%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (50.00%) CCNP
3 10 (50.00%) BGP
4 9 (45.00%) Juniper
4 9 (45.00%) CheckPoint
4 9 (45.00%) MPLS
4 9 (45.00%) VoIP
4 9 (45.00%) VPN
4 9 (45.00%) Cisco CUCM
5 8 (40.00%) VLAN
6 7 (35.00%) Cisco IOS
6 7 (35.00%) HSRP
6 7 (35.00%) SNMP
6 7 (35.00%) E-Commerce
6 7 (35.00%) LAN
6 7 (35.00%) Firewall
6 7 (35.00%) IPsec
7 6 (30.00%) NetScreen
7 6 (30.00%) WAN
7 6 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (25.00%) Cacti
8 5 (25.00%) WhatsUp Gold
8 5 (25.00%) F5
8 5 (25.00%) Network Security
8 5 (25.00%) PCI DSS
8 5 (25.00%) Nagios
8 5 (25.00%) CCIE
9 4 (20.00%) BIG-IP
9 4 (20.00%) Blue Coat

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (10.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) BGP
2 9 (45.00%) MPLS
2 9 (45.00%) VPN
2 9 (45.00%) VoIP
3 8 (40.00%) VLAN
4 7 (35.00%) Cisco IOS
4 7 (35.00%) Firewall
4 7 (35.00%) IPsec
4 7 (35.00%) LAN
4 7 (35.00%) SNMP
4 7 (35.00%) HSRP
5 6 (30.00%) WAN
5 6 (30.00%) NetScreen
5 6 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (25.00%) Network Security
7 4 (20.00%) BIG-IP
7 4 (20.00%) DHCP
7 4 (20.00%) DNS
7 4 (20.00%) Internet
7 4 (20.00%) DMVPN
General
1 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (10.00%) Banking
2 2 (10.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.000%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Security Specialist
2 5 (25.00%) Network Specialist
2 5 (25.00%) Network Security Specialist
3 4 (20.00%) E-Commerce Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Support Specialist
4 2 (10.00%) Test Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (5.000%) Integration Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Network Designer
5 1 (5.000%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Designer
5 1 (5.000%) Test and Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Thin Client
1 4 (20.00%) Fat Client
2 2 (10.00%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (20.00%) Project Management
2 4 (20.00%) Network Management
3 1 (5.000%) ITIL
3 1 (5.000%) Integration Acceptance Testing
3 1 (5.000%) Network Design
3 1 (5.000%) Network Planning
3 1 (5.000%) eTOM
3 1 (5.000%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (50.00%) CCNP
3 5 (25.00%) CCIE
4 4 (20.00%) CCSE
4 4 (20.00%) CCIP
5 3 (15.00%) CCNA
6 2 (10.00%) JNCIP
6 2 (10.00%) JNCIE
7 1 (5.000%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.000%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) ProxySG
1 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (45.00%) Cisco CUCM
2 5 (25.00%) Nagios
2 5 (25.00%) Cacti
2 5 (25.00%) WhatsUp Gold
3 4 (20.00%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) Cisco
2 9 (45.00%) Juniper
2 9 (45.00%) CheckPoint
3 5 (25.00%) F5
4 4 (20.00%) Infoblox
4 4 (20.00%) Imperva
4 4 (20.00%) VMware
4 4 (20.00%) Blue Coat
4 4 (20.00%) HP
4 4 (20.00%) Citrix
5 2 (10.00%) Huawei
5 2 (10.00%) Nokia
6 1 (5.000%) Crossbeam
6 1 (5.000%) Ericsson