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This section looks at the demand for Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) skills within the Edinburgh 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank76102
Rank change on same period last yearUp+26
Matching permanent IT job ads104
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below4.367 %1.444 %
Salaries quoted74
Average minimum salary£43,571£30,000
Average salary£47,857£30,000
% change on same period last year+59.52 %
Average maximum salary£52,143£30,000
UK excluding London average salary£43,073£44,114
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Communications & Networking EdinburghCommunications & Networking
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads229277
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.123 %
Salaries quoted161205
Average minimum salary£33,825£32,830
Average salary£37,805£34,679
% change on same period last year+9.01 %
Average maximum salary£41,785£36,528
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
OSPF ScotlandOSPF
Scotland

OSPF
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh OSPF Demand Trend

OSPF
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OSPF across the Edinburgh region over the past 3 months.

Edinburgh OSPF Salary Histogram

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing OSPF also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing OSPF.

121 (95.45 %)BGP
220 (90.91 %)Cisco Certification
220 (90.91 %)LAN
220 (90.91 %)WAN
319 (86.36 %)Cisco
319 (86.36 %)CCNP
418 (81.82 %)Firewall
517 (77.27 %)VPN
616 (72.73 %)CheckPoint
712 (54.55 %)TCP/IP
712 (54.55 %)CCIE
811 (50.00 %)IPsec
910 (45.45 %)CCSP
109 (40.91 %)SSL
109 (40.91 %)CISSP
109 (40.91 %)Juniper
109 (40.91 %)Finance
109 (40.91 %)Blue Coat
109 (40.91 %)Network Security
116 (27.27 %)Nokia
116 (27.27 %)Unix
124 (18.18 %)MPLS
133 (13.64 %)EIGRP
133 (13.64 %)Health
133 (13.64 %)Pensions
142 (9.091 %)Degree
142 (9.091 %)Cisco IOS
142 (9.091 %)Change Management
142 (9.091 %)Sourcefire
142 (9.091 %)Telecoms

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing OSPF also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing OSPF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
121 (95.45 %)BGP
220 (90.91 %)LAN
220 (90.91 %)WAN
318 (81.82 %)Firewall
417 (77.27 %)VPN
512 (54.55 %)TCP/IP
611 (50.00 %)IPsec
79 (40.91 %)SSL
79 (40.91 %)Network Security
84 (18.18 %)MPLS
93 (13.64 %)EIGRP
102 (9.091 %)Cisco IOS
102 (9.091 %)Ethernet
102 (9.091 %)VoIP
111 (4.545 %)ADSL
111 (4.545 %)ISDN
111 (4.545 %)RIP
111 (4.545 %)SNA
111 (4.545 %)Cisco PIX
111 (4.545 %)VLAN
General
19 (40.91 %)Finance
23 (13.64 %)Health
23 (13.64 %)Pensions
32 (9.091 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
19 (40.91 %)Network Consultant
19 (40.91 %)Consultant
28 (36.36 %)Security Consultant
28 (36.36 %)Network Security Consultant
37 (31.82 %)Analyst
37 (31.82 %)Network Analyst
46 (27.27 %)Data Analyst
53 (13.64 %)Network Engineer
62 (9.091 %)Network Designer
71 (4.545 %)Support Analyst
71 (4.545 %)Network Support Analyst
71 (4.545 %)3rd Line Support
71 (4.545 %)Senior Network Engineer
71 (4.545 %)Network Support
Miscellaneous
11 (4.545 %)Mainframe
Operating Systems
16 (27.27 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
12 (9.091 %)Change Management
21 (4.545 %)Load Balancing
21 (4.545 %)ITIL
21 (4.545 %)Service Management
Programming Languages
12 (9.091 %)Java
Qualifications
120 (90.91 %)Cisco Certification
219 (86.36 %)CCNP
312 (54.55 %)CCIE
410 (45.45 %)CCSP
59 (40.91 %)CISSP
62 (9.091 %)CCIP
62 (9.091 %)Degree
71 (4.545 %)CCDE
71 (4.545 %)ITIL Certification
71 (4.545 %)CCSE
71 (4.545 %)CCDP
System Software
12 (9.091 %)Active Directory
12 (9.091 %)ISA Server
Systems Management
11 (4.545 %)Tivoli NetView
Vendors
119 (86.36 %)Cisco
216 (72.73 %)CheckPoint
39 (40.91 %)Blue Coat
39 (40.91 %)Juniper
46 (27.27 %)Nokia
52 (9.091 %)Sun
52 (9.091 %)Sourcefire
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