The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 114 108 125
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +17
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 24 16 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.175% 0.832% 0.481%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.383% 3.587% 2.967%
Number of salaries quoted 17 14 9
Average salary £40,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.78% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,800 £40,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
376 446 337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 18.40% 23.20% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 307 368 268
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,400 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
OSPF
South East

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OSPF across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire OSPF Salary Histogram

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 Buckinghamshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes -11 10 £52,500 +31.25%
Aylesbury - 7 £40,000 -
High Wycombe -4 4 £28,000 -42.56%
OSPF
South East

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 38 (95.00%) Cisco
1 38 (95.00%) BGP
2 34 (85.00%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (85.00%) VPN
2 34 (85.00%) Firewall
3 30 (75.00%) WAN
4 27 (67.50%) Wireless
5 25 (62.50%) Cisco ASA
5 25 (62.50%) MPLS
6 20 (50.00%) CCIE
7 18 (45.00%) LAN
8 17 (42.50%) CCNP
8 17 (42.50%) EIGRP
9 16 (40.00%) CCNA
9 16 (40.00%) Ethernet
9 16 (40.00%) Network Design
10 15 (37.50%) TCP/IP
11 14 (35.00%) SNMP
11 14 (35.00%) Windows
11 14 (35.00%) Network Security
12 13 (32.50%) VoIP
13 12 (30.00%) ADSL
13 12 (30.00%) CCDP
13 12 (30.00%) CCSP
13 12 (30.00%) SHDSL
13 12 (30.00%) Cisco PIX
13 12 (30.00%) FWSM
13 12 (30.00%) Cisco Nexus
14 11 (27.50%) IPsec
15 10 (25.00%) Finance

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 Development
1 4 (10.00%) CSS
2 1 (2.500%) Middleware
2 1 (2.500%) SOAP
2 1 (2.500%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.500%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (2.500%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 38 (95.00%) BGP
2 34 (85.00%) VPN
2 34 (85.00%) Firewall
3 30 (75.00%) WAN
4 27 (67.50%) Wireless
5 25 (62.50%) Cisco ASA
5 25 (62.50%) MPLS
6 18 (45.00%) LAN
7 17 (42.50%) EIGRP
8 16 (40.00%) Ethernet
9 15 (37.50%) TCP/IP
10 14 (35.00%) SNMP
10 14 (35.00%) Network Security
11 13 (32.50%) VoIP
12 12 (30.00%) ADSL
12 12 (30.00%) SHDSL
12 12 (30.00%) Cisco PIX
12 12 (30.00%) FWSM
12 12 (30.00%) Cisco Nexus
13 11 (27.50%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.500%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.500%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (2.500%) GNU Toolchain
General
1 10 (25.00%) Finance
2 9 (22.50%) Banking
3 6 (15.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.000%) French Language
Job Titles
1 19 (47.50%) Network Engineer
2 12 (30.00%) Consultant
3 8 (20.00%) Network Consultant
4 7 (17.50%) Cisco Consultant
5 6 (15.00%) Network Architect
5 6 (15.00%) Architect
6 5 (12.50%) NOC Engineer
7 4 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (10.00%) Senior Technical Architect
7 4 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (10.00%) Technical Architect
7 4 (10.00%) Senior Network Architect
7 4 (10.00%) Network Technical Architect
7 4 (10.00%) Senior Architect
7 4 (10.00%) Technical Design Architect
7 4 (10.00%) Network Design Architect
8 3 (7.500%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 2 (5.000%) Cisco Architect
9 2 (5.000%) Cisco Network Architect
10 1 (2.500%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.000%) Management Information System
1 2 (5.000%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.500%) Firmware
2 1 (2.500%) Web 2.0
2 1 (2.500%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.00%) Windows
2 5 (12.50%) Linux
3 3 (7.500%) UNIX
4 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Network Design
2 7 (17.50%) Load Balancing
3 4 (10.00%) Change Control
4 1 (2.500%) Data Protection
4 1 (2.500%) Software Engineering
4 1 (2.500%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (2.500%) C
2 1 (2.500%) C++
2 1 (2.500%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (85.00%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (50.00%) CCIE
3 17 (42.50%) CCNP
4 16 (40.00%) CCNA
5 12 (30.00%) CCDP
5 12 (30.00%) CCSP
6 3 (7.500%) CCIP
6 3 (7.500%) CCVP
7 2 (5.000%) Degree
8 1 (2.500%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (2.500%) CNE
8 1 (2.500%) Novell Certification
8 1 (2.500%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) SLA
2 4 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (10.00%) NFS
2 1 (2.500%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.500%) XenApp
2 1 (2.500%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (22.50%) Netcool
2 4 (10.00%) CiscoWorks
2 4 (10.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 38 (95.00%) Cisco
2 9 (22.50%) Reuters
2 9 (22.50%) Bloomberg
3 4 (10.00%) Blue Coat
3 4 (10.00%) Oracle
3 4 (10.00%) SAP
3 4 (10.00%) Infovista
4 2 (5.000%) Twitter
4 2 (5.000%) Juniper
5 1 (2.500%) Novell
5 1 (2.500%) HP
5 1 (2.500%) Citrix
5 1 (2.500%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.500%) TippingPoint
5 1 (2.500%) ArcSight
5 1 (2.500%) Foundry
5 1 (2.500%) F5
5 1 (2.500%) VMware
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
CCNA, Cisco, French, Telecommunications, IP configuration, VPN, MPLS, troubleshooting, Routing services, Technologies, , , IPSEC, DMVPN, , Radius, TACACS, QoS, Layer 1/2 protocols, ATM, xDSL, Ethernet, Leased lines, Wireless, Security,...
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Salary: £30k - 32k per year
Posted: 17 May 2013