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This section looks at the demand for Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) skills within the Edinburgh 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank55-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.175 %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£314£343
% change on same period last year-8.22 %
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£28.68£32.47
% change on same period last year-11.65 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads63138
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.084 %0.140 %
Daily rates quoted1429
Average minimum daily rate£270£291
Average daily rate£291£307
% change on same period last year-5.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£313£323
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted37
Average minimum hourly rate£16.83£20.45
Average hourly rate£17.42£20.99
% change on same period last year-17.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.00£21.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
OSPF ScotlandOSPF
Scotland

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh OSPF Hourly Rate Trend

OSPF
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 (100.00 %)Cisco
13 (100.00 %)WAN
13 (100.00 %)BGP
22 (66.67 %)Blue Coat
22 (66.67 %)Firewall
22 (66.67 %)IPsec
22 (66.67 %)VPN
22 (66.67 %)SSL
22 (66.67 %)Juniper
22 (66.67 %)CheckPoint
22 (66.67 %)LAN
22 (66.67 %)Network Security
31 (33.33 %)CCIE
31 (33.33 %)CCSP
31 (33.33 %)CCNP
31 (33.33 %)CISSP
31 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
31 (33.33 %)Telecoms
31 (33.33 %)Retail
31 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
31 (33.33 %)EIGRP

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (100.00 %)WAN
13 (100.00 %)BGP
22 (66.67 %)VPN
22 (66.67 %)SSL
22 (66.67 %)Firewall
22 (66.67 %)IPsec
22 (66.67 %)LAN
22 (66.67 %)Network Security
31 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
31 (33.33 %)EIGRP
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Telecoms
11 (33.33 %)Retail
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Senior Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Technical Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Senior Technical Analyst
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)CCIE
11 (33.33 %)CCSP
11 (33.33 %)CCNP
11 (33.33 %)CISSP
11 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Cisco
22 (66.67 %)Juniper
22 (66.67 %)CheckPoint
22 (66.67 %)Blue Coat
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