The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 23 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 Portsmouth 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing OSPF 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 1.220% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.882% - -
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 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £22.50 £31.44
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -28.43%
All Communications & Networking
Portsmouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
17 19 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 20.73% 18.81% 34.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 6
Average daily rate £325 £347 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.31% +30.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £303 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £387 £359 £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 25
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +71.05%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
OSPF
Hampshire

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth OSPF Daily Rate Trend

OSPF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Portsmouth OSPF Hourly Rate Trend

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) IPv6
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) IPsec
1 3 (100.00%) SCOM
2 2 (66.67%) IPv4
2 2 (66.67%) VLAN
2 2 (66.67%) Network Management
2 2 (66.67%) SSL
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
2 2 (66.67%) SNMP
3 1 (33.33%) COM
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) DMZ
3 1 (33.33%) ISA Server
3 1 (33.33%) CCSP
3 1 (33.33%) CCNP
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (33.33%) Avionics
3 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Military
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security Management

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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 1 (33.33%) COM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) IPv6
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) IPsec
2 2 (66.67%) IPv4
2 2 (66.67%) VLAN
2 2 (66.67%) SSL
2 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
2 2 (66.67%) SNMP
3 1 (33.33%) DMZ
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Avionics
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 1 (33.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCSP
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCOM
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft