The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 22 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 91 75 73
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -2
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 4 10 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.367% 1.029% 0.118%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.460% 4.219% 0.971%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 1
Average salary £60,000 £49,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.21% +16.47%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
274 237 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 25.16% 24.38% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 248 190 96
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,900 £34,030 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
OSPF
East of England

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire OSPF Jobs Demand Trend

OSPF
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OSPF across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Dunstable -17 2 £60,000 +22.44%
OSPF
East of England

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited OSPF.

1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 11 (100.00%) BGP
2 10 (90.91%) CCNP
3 9 (81.82%) EIGRP
4 8 (72.73%) Juniper
4 8 (72.73%) CheckPoint
4 8 (72.73%) WAN
5 7 (63.64%) LAN
6 6 (54.55%) CCIP
6 6 (54.55%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (54.55%) FWSM
7 5 (45.45%) CCSP
7 5 (45.45%) Firewall
8 4 (36.36%) Wireless
8 4 (36.36%) CCNA
8 4 (36.36%) Banking
9 3 (27.27%) CiscoWorks
9 3 (27.27%) SolarWinds
9 3 (27.27%) CCIE
9 3 (27.27%) MPLS
10 2 (18.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (18.18%) Frame Relay
10 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
10 2 (18.18%) Finance
10 2 (18.18%) SSL
10 2 (18.18%) SLA
10 2 (18.18%) CCDP
10 2 (18.18%) OpenView
10 2 (18.18%) HP

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited OSPF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) BGP
2 9 (81.82%) EIGRP
3 8 (72.73%) WAN
4 7 (63.64%) LAN
5 6 (54.55%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (54.55%) FWSM
6 5 (45.45%) Firewall
7 4 (36.36%) Wireless
8 3 (27.27%) MPLS
9 2 (18.18%) Frame Relay
9 2 (18.18%) SSL
9 2 (18.18%) RIP
9 2 (18.18%) SNMP
9 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
9 2 (18.18%) ADSL
9 2 (18.18%) ATM
9 2 (18.18%) GPRS
9 2 (18.18%) ISDN
9 2 (18.18%) Wireless Security
10 1 (9.091%) Cisco PIX
General
1 4 (36.36%) Banking
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Network Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Project Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Network Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Network Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Network Support
3 2 (18.18%) Network Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Network Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) Data Network Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Network Management
1 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (18.18%) Network Design
2 1 (9.091%) Network Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (90.91%) CCNP
3 6 (54.55%) CCIP
4 5 (45.45%) CCSP
5 4 (36.36%) CCNA
6 3 (27.27%) CCIE
7 2 (18.18%) CCDP
8 1 (9.091%) CCSE
8 1 (9.091%) CCSA
8 1 (9.091%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) CiscoWorks
2 2 (18.18%) OpenView
3 1 (9.091%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (72.73%) Juniper
2 8 (72.73%) CheckPoint
3 3 (27.27%) SolarWinds
4 2 (18.18%) HP
5 1 (9.091%) Twitter