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This section looks at the demand for Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) skills within the Reading 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
Rank6969
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.563 %2.051 %
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 quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£28.33
Average hourly rate-£30.67
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.68£32.47
% change on same period last year-11.65 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads192195
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.256 %0.197 %
Daily rates quoted4068
Average minimum daily rate£352£318
Average daily rate£380£345
% change on same period last year+10.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£408£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1740
Average minimum hourly rate£19.96£28.09
Average hourly rate£21.54£29.93
% change on same period last year-28.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.13£31.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
OSPF BerkshireOSPF
Berkshire

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading OSPF Hourly Rate Trend

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

16 (100.00 %)MPLS
25 (83.33 %)Firewall
25 (83.33 %)Load Balancing
25 (83.33 %)Cisco Certification
34 (66.67 %)VoIP
34 (66.67 %)BGP
34 (66.67 %)Telecoms
43 (50.00 %)SNMP
43 (50.00 %)VPN
43 (50.00 %)Cisco
43 (50.00 %)CCSP
52 (33.33 %)CCNP
52 (33.33 %)CCIP
52 (33.33 %)CCNA
52 (33.33 %)CCDP
52 (33.33 %)Juniper
52 (33.33 %)CheckPoint
52 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
52 (33.33 %)WAN
52 (33.33 %)RIP
52 (33.33 %)LAN
52 (33.33 %)Government
52 (33.33 %)BIG-IP
61 (16.67 %)Degree
61 (16.67 %)Publishing
61 (16.67 %)Network Design
61 (16.67 %)Frame Relay
61 (16.67 %)SDH
61 (16.67 %)ATM
61 (16.67 %)ISDN

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (100.00 %)MPLS
25 (83.33 %)Firewall
34 (66.67 %)BGP
34 (66.67 %)VoIP
43 (50.00 %)SNMP
43 (50.00 %)VPN
52 (33.33 %)BIG-IP
52 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
52 (33.33 %)WAN
52 (33.33 %)RIP
52 (33.33 %)LAN
61 (16.67 %)SDH
61 (16.67 %)ATM
61 (16.67 %)ISDN
61 (16.67 %)Frame Relay
61 (16.67 %)Internet
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (66.67 %)Telecoms
22 (33.33 %)Government
31 (16.67 %)Publishing
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Network Engineer
13 (50.00 %)Security Engineer
22 (33.33 %)Network Specialist
22 (33.33 %)Design Engineer
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (83.33 %)Load Balancing
21 (16.67 %)Network Design
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (83.33 %)Cisco Certification
23 (50.00 %)CCSP
32 (33.33 %)CCNP
32 (33.33 %)CCIP
32 (33.33 %)CCNA
32 (33.33 %)CCDP
41 (16.67 %)Degree
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Cisco
22 (33.33 %)Juniper
22 (33.33 %)CheckPoint
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