OSPF Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 21 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 South East 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 185 113 154
Rank change year-on-year
-72 +41
Contract jobs citing OSPF 35 141 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.442% 1.388% 0.965%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.343% 6.540% 5.323%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 27 38
Average daily rate £240 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.00% +15.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £316 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-9.64% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £22.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.33 - £15.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.25 - £28.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £22.50 £31.44
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -28.43%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 1494 2156 1860
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.86% 21.22% 18.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 555 622 650
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £190 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 191 224
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.40 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region.

South East OSPF Hourly Rate Trend

OSPF
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OSPF across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East OSPF Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Berkshire -66 14 £325 +6.55%
Kent - 10 £240 -
Hampshire -16 6 - -
West Sussex +15 3 - -
Middlesex -2 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 - -
OSPF
England

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 70 (86.42%) BGP
2 62 (76.54%) Cisco
3 52 (64.20%) MPLS
4 50 (61.73%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (49.38%) CCNP
5 40 (49.38%) VPN
5 40 (49.38%) Telecoms
6 31 (38.27%) Internet
7 26 (32.10%) Juniper
7 26 (32.10%) Firewall
8 24 (29.63%) HSRP
9 23 (28.40%) Network Design
9 23 (28.40%) CCNA
9 23 (28.40%) IPv6
9 23 (28.40%) Ethernet
10 18 (22.22%) VoIP
10 18 (22.22%) EIGRP
11 17 (20.99%) Cisco ASA
11 17 (20.99%) DHCP
12 16 (19.75%) TCP/IP
12 16 (19.75%) CCIE
12 16 (19.75%) LAN
12 16 (19.75%) Wireless
12 16 (19.75%) JNCIP
13 15 (18.52%) VLAN
13 15 (18.52%) Migration
13 15 (18.52%) DNS
13 15 (18.52%) WAN
13 15 (18.52%) VRRP
13 15 (18.52%) Cisco IOS

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 3 (3.704%) CSS
2 1 (1.235%) COM
Applications
1 10 (12.35%) MS Office
2 3 (3.704%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.704%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 70 (86.42%) BGP
2 52 (64.20%) MPLS
3 40 (49.38%) VPN
4 31 (38.27%) Internet
5 26 (32.10%) Firewall
6 24 (29.63%) HSRP
7 23 (28.40%) IPv6
7 23 (28.40%) Ethernet
8 18 (22.22%) VoIP
8 18 (22.22%) EIGRP
9 17 (20.99%) Cisco ASA
9 17 (20.99%) DHCP
10 16 (19.75%) TCP/IP
10 16 (19.75%) LAN
10 16 (19.75%) Wireless
11 15 (18.52%) VLAN
11 15 (18.52%) DNS
11 15 (18.52%) WAN
11 15 (18.52%) VRRP
11 15 (18.52%) Cisco IOS
General
1 40 (49.38%) Telecoms
2 12 (14.81%) Legal
3 5 (6.173%) Finance
4 2 (2.469%) Banking
5 1 (1.235%) Local Government
5 1 (1.235%) Back Office
5 1 (1.235%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.235%) Military
5 1 (1.235%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 40 (49.38%) Network Engineer
2 21 (25.93%) Design Engineer
3 18 (22.22%) IP Engineer
4 14 (17.28%) Network Design Engineer
4 14 (17.28%) Cisco Engineer
5 13 (16.05%) Network Analyst
5 13 (16.05%) Analyst
6 9 (11.11%) IP Network Engineer
7 6 (7.407%) Support Engineer
7 6 (7.407%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 5 (6.173%) Cisco Security Engineer
8 5 (6.173%) Security Engineer
8 5 (6.173%) Firewall Engineer
9 4 (4.938%) Cisco Support
10 3 (3.704%) Network Support
10 3 (3.704%) Consultant
10 3 (3.704%) Senior Network Engineer
10 3 (3.704%) Cisco Support Engineer
11 2 (2.469%) Network Design Architect
11 2 (2.469%) Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.938%) SecurID
2 1 (1.235%) IPTV
2 1 (1.235%) IVR
2 1 (1.235%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.173%) Windows
1 5 (6.173%) Linux
2 4 (4.938%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (3.704%) VMS
4 2 (2.469%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.469%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.40%) Network Design
2 15 (18.52%) Migration
3 13 (16.05%) Capacity Planning
4 10 (12.35%) Change Management
5 9 (11.11%) Network Management
6 8 (9.877%) Project Management
7 6 (7.407%) Load Balancing
8 5 (6.173%) Project Planning
9 4 (4.938%) Service Delivery
10 3 (3.704%) Root Cause Analysis
11 2 (2.469%) Analytics
11 2 (2.469%) PRINCE2
12 1 (1.235%) ITIL
12 1 (1.235%) ERP
12 1 (1.235%) Disaster Recovery
12 1 (1.235%) Network Security Management
12 1 (1.235%) Security Management
12 1 (1.235%) Performance Management
12 1 (1.235%) Continuous Improvement
12 1 (1.235%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.704%) C
Qualifications
1 50 (61.73%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (49.38%) CCNP
3 23 (28.40%) CCNA
4 16 (19.75%) CCIE
4 16 (19.75%) JNCIP
5 13 (16.05%) Degree
6 10 (12.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (12.35%) RHCE
6 10 (12.35%) MCSE
7 7 (8.642%) Security Cleared
7 7 (8.642%) SC Cleared
8 6 (7.407%) CCSP
9 4 (4.938%) JNCIE
10 3 (3.704%) CISSP
10 3 (3.704%) CCDP
10 3 (3.704%) BC Cleared
11 2 (2.469%) CCIP
12 1 (1.235%) Check Point Certification
12 1 (1.235%) HND
12 1 (1.235%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.235%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (2.469%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.235%) ISA Server
2 1 (1.235%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.235%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (3.704%) SCOM
2 2 (2.469%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (1.235%) OpenView
3 1 (1.235%) HP NNM
3 1 (1.235%) Cisco IPCC
3 1 (1.235%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 62 (76.54%) Cisco
2 26 (32.10%) Juniper
3 13 (16.05%) CheckPoint
4 12 (14.81%) HP
5 10 (12.35%) Aruba
6 8 (9.877%) F5
7 7 (8.642%) Nokia
8 5 (6.173%) Microsoft
9 3 (3.704%) NetScout
9 3 (3.704%) Blue Coat
9 3 (3.704%) TippingPoint
10 2 (2.469%) Riverbed
10 2 (2.469%) Redback
10 2 (2.469%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.235%) CA
11 1 (1.235%) Avaya
11 1 (1.235%) Nortel
11 1 (1.235%) Mitel
11 1 (1.235%) VMware
11 1 (1.235%) Verint
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