Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-28
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads01
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %2.174 %
Salaries quoted01
Average minimum salary-£50,000
Average salary-£50,000
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,891£43,943
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Belfast
Matching permanent IT job ads3346
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.021 %
Salaries quoted941
Average minimum salary£25,909£39,991
Average salary£29,273£41,542
% change on same period last year-29.53 %
Average maximum salary£32,636£43,093
UK excluding London average salary£37,747£38,108
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
OSPF County AntrimOSPF
County Antrim

OSPF
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing OSPF across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Belfast OSPF Demand Trend

OSPF
Salary Trend

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

Belfast OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast 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.

12 (100.00 %)LAN
12 (100.00 %)WAN
12 (100.00 %)RIP
12 (100.00 %)Cisco
12 (100.00 %)CCIE
12 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
12 (100.00 %)Juniper
12 (100.00 %)CheckPoint
12 (100.00 %)BGP
12 (100.00 %)NetScreen
12 (100.00 %)Firewall
12 (100.00 %)Cisco ASA

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Belfast 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.

Belfast IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (100.00 %)LAN
12 (100.00 %)WAN
12 (100.00 %)RIP
12 (100.00 %)BGP
12 (100.00 %)NetScreen
12 (100.00 %)Firewall
12 (100.00 %)Cisco ASA
Belfast IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Network Engineer
12 (100.00 %)Senior Network Engineer
Belfast IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (100.00 %)CCIE
12 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
Belfast IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Cisco
12 (100.00 %)Juniper
12 (100.00 %)CheckPoint