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This section looks at the demand for Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) skills within the Birmingham 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 23 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Location
3 months to 23 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank122124
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads128
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.532 %1.728 %
Salaries quoted118
Average minimum salary£36,455£51,250
Average salary£39,091£51,250
% change on same period last year-23.72 %
Average maximum salary£41,727£51,250
UK excluding London average salary£41,906£44,408
% change on same period last year-5.63 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads474463
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.249 %0.190 %
Salaries quoted422355
Average minimum salary£32,262£34,369
Average salary£34,687£36,088
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Average maximum salary£37,113£37,807
UK excluding London average salary£37,420£39,719
% change on same period last year-5.78 %
OSPF West MidlandsOSPF
West Midlands

OSPF
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OSPF across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 23 July 2008.

Birmingham OSPF Salary Histogram

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 July 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

117 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
215 (88.24 %)CCNP
215 (88.24 %)Cisco
313 (76.47 %)Firewall
412 (70.59 %)LAN
412 (70.59 %)MPLS
511 (64.71 %)WAN
610 (58.82 %)BGP
78 (47.06 %)VoIP
78 (47.06 %)Cisco PIX
86 (35.29 %)SNMP
95 (29.41 %)Network Security
95 (29.41 %)Government
95 (29.41 %)Security Cleared
104 (23.53 %)Load Balancing
104 (23.53 %)CheckPoint
104 (23.53 %)CCNA
113 (17.65 %)CiscoWorks
113 (17.65 %)ISO9001
113 (17.65 %)PBX
113 (17.65 %)Oracle
113 (17.65 %)SAP
113 (17.65 %)CCSP
122 (11.76 %)Police
122 (11.76 %)SC Cleared
122 (11.76 %)Windows
122 (11.76 %)Remedy
122 (11.76 %)EIGRP
131 (5.882 %)Windows Server 2003
131 (5.882 %)CCIP

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 July 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (76.47 %)Firewall
212 (70.59 %)LAN
212 (70.59 %)MPLS
311 (64.71 %)WAN
410 (58.82 %)BGP
58 (47.06 %)Cisco PIX
58 (47.06 %)VoIP
66 (35.29 %)SNMP
75 (29.41 %)Network Security
83 (17.65 %)PBX
92 (11.76 %)EIGRP
101 (5.882 %)VPN
101 (5.882 %)IPv4
101 (5.882 %)IPv6
101 (5.882 %)BIG-IP
101 (5.882 %)VLAN
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (29.41 %)Government
22 (11.76 %)Police
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (58.82 %)Network Engineer
24 (23.53 %)Senior Network Engineer
24 (23.53 %)Team Leader
24 (23.53 %)Network Team Leader
33 (17.65 %)Network Support
33 (17.65 %)Support Engineer
42 (11.76 %)2nd Line Support
42 (11.76 %)Network Support Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Architect
51 (5.882 %)Technical Architect
51 (5.882 %)Systems Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Network Security Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Senior Systems Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Security Engineer
51 (5.882 %)Implementation Engineer
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (11.76 %)Windows
21 (5.882 %)Windows 2000
21 (5.882 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (5.882 %)UNIX
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (29.41 %)Security Cleared
24 (23.53 %)Load Balancing
32 (11.76 %)SC Cleared
41 (5.882 %)Service Delivery
41 (5.882 %)Network Design
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.882 %)SQL
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
215 (88.24 %)CCNP
34 (23.53 %)CCNA
43 (17.65 %)CCSP
51 (5.882 %)CCIE
51 (5.882 %)CCIP
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (17.65 %)ISO9001
Birmingham IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (17.65 %)CiscoWorks
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (88.24 %)Cisco
24 (23.53 %)CheckPoint
33 (17.65 %)Oracle
33 (17.65 %)SAP
42 (11.76 %)Remedy
51 (5.882 %)Microsoft
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