The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 24 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 Ipswich 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing OSPF 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Ipswich - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £350 £310
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +12.90%
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
Ipswich
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
7 27 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Ipswich 9.589% 23.08% 9.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 4
Average daily rate £250 £300 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -4.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 1
Average hourly rate £12.50 £22.88 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.35% +22.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
OSPF
Suffolk

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich OSPF Daily Rate Trend

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich 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 3 (100.00%) MPLS
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper
2 2 (66.67%) Network Management
2 2 (66.67%) JNCIP
2 2 (66.67%) JNCIE
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) IPv4
2 2 (66.67%) IPv6
3 1 (33.33%) CCIE
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) CCIP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) ADSL
3 1 (33.33%) RIP
3 1 (33.33%) DSLAM
3 1 (33.33%) DSL
3 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 1 (33.33%) IGRP
3 1 (33.33%) Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) VDSL
3 1 (33.33%) Network Design
3 1 (33.33%) Network Planning
3 1 (33.33%) eTOM
3 1 (33.33%) Huawei
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) MPLS
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) IPv4
2 2 (66.67%) IPv6
3 1 (33.33%) ADSL
3 1 (33.33%) RIP
3 1 (33.33%) DSLAM
3 1 (33.33%) DSL
3 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 1 (33.33%) IGRP
3 1 (33.33%) VDSL
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) ADSL2
3 1 (33.33%) ADSL2+
General
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Network Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Network Planning
2 1 (33.33%) eTOM
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) JNCIP
1 2 (66.67%) JNCIE
2 1 (33.33%) CCIE
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) CCIP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Huawei
2 1 (33.33%) Ericsson