The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Yorkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 32 37 33
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Contract jobs citing OSPF 2 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.781% 0.355% 2.113%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.000% 1.724% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £425 £425 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £50.00 - £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £33.97
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.85%
All Communications & Networking
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
50 58 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 19.53% 20.57% 19.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 31 30
Average daily rate £338 £360 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +10.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £221 £207
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 7
Average hourly rate £50.00 £13.25 £60.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+277.35% -77.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
OSPF
Yorkshire

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire OSPF Hourly Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Sheffield - - - -
OSPF
Yorkshire

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) BGP
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) Load Balancing
2 3 (75.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (75.00%) MPLS
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) SLA
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (50.00%) CCNP
3 2 (50.00%) CCNA
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Juniper
3 2 (50.00%) VRRP
3 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Network Design
3 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
4 1 (25.00%) Network Management
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (25.00%) HSRP
4 1 (25.00%) GLBP
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (25.00%) TippingPoint
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 (25.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) BGP
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
2 3 (75.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (75.00%) MPLS
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) VRRP
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (25.00%) HSRP
4 1 (25.00%) GLBP
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (25.00%) VLAN
4 1 (25.00%) L2TP
4 1 (25.00%) DHCP
4 1 (25.00%) HTTP
4 1 (25.00%) SNMP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Network Support
3 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Security Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Load Balancing
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Network Design
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) Network Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) CCNA
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) JNCIP
2 1 (25.00%) JNCIE
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Juniper
3 1 (25.00%) TippingPoint
3 1 (25.00%) NetScout
3 1 (25.00%) Blue Coat
3 1 (25.00%) Nokia
3 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint