The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 23 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 237 244 237
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -7
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 25 28 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.305% 0.321% 0.475%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.438% 1.727% 2.440%
Number of salaries quoted 19 28 38
Average salary £39,750 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.47% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £63,000 £50,750 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1738 1621 1885
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 21.22% 18.58% 19.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1400 1298 1513
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,616 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
OSPF
England

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OSPF across the East of England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cambridgeshire +13 12 £37,500 +4.16%
Hertfordshire +1 5 £65,000 +116.66%
Bedfordshire -17 4 £60,000 +21.21%
Essex +20 2 - -
Suffolk -14 2 £42,500 -
OSPF
England

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 32 (74.42%) Cisco
1 32 (74.42%) BGP
2 30 (69.77%) WAN
3 29 (67.44%) LAN
4 23 (53.49%) SNMP
5 22 (51.16%) IPsec
6 20 (46.51%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (44.19%) EIGRP
7 19 (44.19%) CCNP
8 17 (39.53%) VPN
8 17 (39.53%) Network Security
9 16 (37.21%) Juniper
10 15 (34.88%) VoIP
11 14 (32.56%) PCI DSS
11 14 (32.56%) Firewall
12 13 (30.23%) Cisco ASA
13 12 (27.91%) CheckPoint
14 10 (23.26%) Nagios
14 10 (23.26%) DNS
14 10 (23.26%) TCP/IP
14 10 (23.26%) VLAN
14 10 (23.26%) Wireless
14 10 (23.26%) Cisco CUCM
14 10 (23.26%) HSRP
15 9 (20.93%) DHCP
15 9 (20.93%) ITIL
15 9 (20.93%) 802.11
16 8 (18.60%) CCIP
16 8 (18.60%) RTSP
16 8 (18.60%) WhatsUp Gold

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 (4.651%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (2.326%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.326%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 32 (74.42%) BGP
2 30 (69.77%) WAN
3 29 (67.44%) LAN
4 23 (53.49%) SNMP
5 22 (51.16%) IPsec
6 19 (44.19%) EIGRP
7 17 (39.53%) VPN
7 17 (39.53%) Network Security
8 15 (34.88%) VoIP
9 14 (32.56%) Firewall
10 13 (30.23%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (23.26%) DNS
11 10 (23.26%) TCP/IP
11 10 (23.26%) VLAN
11 10 (23.26%) Wireless
11 10 (23.26%) HSRP
12 9 (20.93%) DHCP
12 9 (20.93%) 802.11
13 8 (18.60%) RTSP
14 6 (13.95%) SSL
General
1 5 (11.63%) Banking
2 4 (9.302%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.977%) Retail
3 3 (6.977%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (41.86%) Network Engineer
2 10 (23.26%) Architect
3 9 (20.93%) Network Architect
4 5 (11.63%) Network Specialist
4 5 (11.63%) Project Engineer
5 4 (9.302%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.977%) Consultant
6 3 (6.977%) Network Security Specialist
6 3 (6.977%) Security Specialist
7 2 (4.651%) Network Support
7 2 (4.651%) Cisco Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (4.651%) Network Support Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) Network Manager
7 2 (4.651%) Senior Network Specialist
7 2 (4.651%) Network Consultant
7 2 (4.651%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) Network Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (2.326%) Network Implementation Engineer
8 1 (2.326%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.302%) PKI
2 1 (2.326%) Firmware
2 1 (2.326%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.977%) Linux
2 2 (4.651%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.93%) ITIL
2 7 (16.28%) Network Architecture
2 7 (16.28%) Network Management
2 7 (16.28%) Enterprise Architecture
2 7 (16.28%) Load Balancing
3 5 (11.63%) Change Management
3 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (9.302%) Information Security
4 4 (9.302%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (9.302%) SIEM
5 3 (6.977%) E-Commerce
5 3 (6.977%) Risk Management
6 2 (4.651%) Network Design
7 1 (2.326%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (2.326%) Security Architecture
7 1 (2.326%) Project Management
7 1 (2.326%) Incident Management
7 1 (2.326%) Logistics
7 1 (2.326%) Network Load Balancing
7 1 (2.326%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.326%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (46.51%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (44.19%) CCNP
3 8 (18.60%) CCIP
4 6 (13.95%) CCIE
5 5 (11.63%) CCSP
5 5 (11.63%) Security Cleared
6 4 (9.302%) CCNA
6 4 (9.302%) CCDP
6 4 (9.302%) CISSP
7 2 (4.651%) CCSE
8 1 (2.326%) JNCIA
8 1 (2.326%) JNCIS
8 1 (2.326%) JNCIP
8 1 (2.326%) JNCIE
8 1 (2.326%) SC Cleared
8 1 (2.326%) CCSA
8 1 (2.326%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (32.56%) PCI DSS
2 4 (9.302%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.651%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (9.302%) ProxySG
2 3 (6.977%) vSphere
3 1 (2.326%) XenServer
3 1 (2.326%) XenDesktop
3 1 (2.326%) NFS
3 1 (2.326%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (23.26%) Nagios
1 10 (23.26%) Cisco CUCM
2 8 (18.60%) WhatsUp Gold
2 8 (18.60%) Cacti
3 4 (9.302%) CiscoWorks
4 2 (4.651%) OpenView
4 2 (4.651%) ZABBIX
5 1 (2.326%) Cisco UCCX
5 1 (2.326%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 32 (74.42%) Cisco
2 16 (37.21%) Juniper
3 12 (27.91%) CheckPoint
4 4 (9.302%) Blue Coat
5 3 (6.977%) SolarWinds
5 3 (6.977%) HP
5 3 (6.977%) IronPort
5 3 (6.977%) VMware
6 2 (4.651%) F5
6 2 (4.651%) Twitter
7 1 (2.326%) Imperva
7 1 (2.326%) Citrix
7 1 (2.326%) NetApp
7 1 (2.326%) Nokia
7 1 (2.326%) Microsoft
7 1 (2.326%) ProCurve
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Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits + bonus
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Salary: £45-55,000 + Great Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
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Our client, a major media and communications company are looking for a Network Security Specialist with experience of Cisco, Juniper/Checkpoint to work within a 2nd/3rd line...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Working in a matrix managed environment, you will make sure solutions comply with company policies and standards.The successful candidate must have relevant experience and strong knowledge in...
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Salary: Competitive
Posted: 22 May 2013