The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 17 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 Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 147 112 160
Rank change year-on-year
-35 +48
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 35 71 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.014% 1.836% 0.168%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.258% 8.373% 0.901%
Number of salaries quoted 23 62 5
Average salary £36,000 £45,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,800 £40,000 £50,000
10% offered a salary of more than £44,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
822 848 666
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 23.83% 21.92% 18.69%
Number of salaries quoted 652 746 540
Average salary £38,500 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.09% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,700
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +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 Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OSPF across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Basingstoke +12 28 £36,000 -10.00%
Southampton - 1 - -
OSPF
South East

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 63 (95.45%) Cisco
2 53 (80.30%) BGP
3 52 (78.79%) TCP/IP
4 46 (69.70%) Juniper
5 45 (68.18%) MPLS
6 40 (60.61%) Ethernet
7 32 (48.48%) HSRP
8 31 (46.97%) Telecoms
9 29 (43.94%) Internet
10 27 (40.91%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (40.91%) CCNP
10 27 (40.91%) VLAN
11 24 (36.36%) CheckPoint
11 24 (36.36%) EIGRP
12 23 (34.85%) IPv6
12 23 (34.85%) VPLS
13 21 (31.82%) LAN
14 20 (30.30%) F5
15 19 (28.79%) SDH
15 19 (28.79%) VPN
15 19 (28.79%) SONET
16 18 (27.27%) SSL
17 17 (25.76%) Firewall
17 17 (25.76%) RSVP
17 17 (25.76%) Cisco Nexus
18 16 (24.24%) CCNA
18 16 (24.24%) WAN
18 16 (24.24%) Cisco ASA
19 15 (22.73%) Infoblox
19 15 (22.73%) Imperva

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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 3 (4.545%) SOAP
1 3 (4.545%) CORBA
2 1 (1.515%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.515%) IIS
1 1 (1.515%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.515%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 53 (80.30%) BGP
2 52 (78.79%) TCP/IP
3 45 (68.18%) MPLS
4 40 (60.61%) Ethernet
5 32 (48.48%) HSRP
6 29 (43.94%) Internet
7 27 (40.91%) VLAN
8 24 (36.36%) EIGRP
9 23 (34.85%) IPv6
9 23 (34.85%) VPLS
10 21 (31.82%) LAN
11 19 (28.79%) SDH
11 19 (28.79%) VPN
11 19 (28.79%) SONET
12 18 (27.27%) SSL
13 17 (25.76%) RSVP
13 17 (25.76%) Firewall
13 17 (25.76%) Cisco Nexus
14 16 (24.24%) Cisco ASA
14 16 (24.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.515%) SQL Server
General
1 31 (46.97%) Telecoms
2 7 (10.61%) Finance
3 4 (6.061%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.030%) Banking
5 1 (1.515%) French Language
Job Titles
1 36 (54.55%) Network Engineer
2 18 (27.27%) Support Engineer
3 16 (24.24%) Network Support
3 16 (24.24%) Network Support Engineer
4 11 (16.67%) IP Engineer
5 7 (10.61%) Provisioning Engineer
6 5 (7.576%) Consultant
7 4 (6.061%) Voice Consultant
7 4 (6.061%) Operations Engineer
7 4 (6.061%) Network Operations Engineer
7 4 (6.061%) Technical Consultant
7 4 (6.061%) Cisco Voice Consultant
7 4 (6.061%) Cisco Consultant
8 3 (4.545%) Instructor
8 3 (4.545%) Technical Instructor
8 3 (4.545%) Network Specialist
8 3 (4.545%) Cisco Technical Consultant
8 3 (4.545%) Implementation Specialist
8 3 (4.545%) Cisco Engineer
9 2 (3.030%) IP Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.061%) Computer Science
1 4 (6.061%) SaaS
2 2 (3.030%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.515%) Firmware
3 1 (1.515%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (16.67%) Linux
2 5 (7.576%) Windows
3 4 (6.061%) Solaris
3 4 (6.061%) UNIX
4 1 (1.515%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.515%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.515%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.515%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (22.73%) Network Management
2 11 (16.67%) Network Design
3 8 (12.12%) Service Delivery
4 7 (10.61%) Load Balancing
5 4 (6.061%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (6.061%) Change Management
5 4 (6.061%) Migration
5 4 (6.061%) ERP
6 3 (4.545%) Configuration Management
6 3 (4.545%) Change Control
7 2 (3.030%) Incident Management
7 2 (3.030%) Project Management
7 2 (3.030%) ITIL
8 1 (1.515%) PRINCE2
8 1 (1.515%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 27 (40.91%) CCNP
1 27 (40.91%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (24.24%) CCNA
3 7 (10.61%) CCVP
4 5 (7.576%) CCIP
5 4 (6.061%) JNCIA
5 4 (6.061%) Degree
6 2 (3.030%) CCIE
6 2 (3.030%) CCSP
6 2 (3.030%) CCDP
7 1 (1.515%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.515%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.030%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (13.64%) ProxySG
2 1 (1.515%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.515%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (13.64%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 63 (95.45%) Cisco
2 46 (69.70%) Juniper
3 24 (36.36%) CheckPoint
4 20 (30.30%) F5
5 15 (22.73%) Infoblox
5 15 (22.73%) Imperva
5 15 (22.73%) Blue Coat
6 10 (15.15%) BT
7 9 (13.64%) McAfee
8 7 (10.61%) Huawei
9 4 (6.061%) Foundry
10 3 (4.545%) Avaya
10 3 (4.545%) Riverbed
10 3 (4.545%) Websense
10 3 (4.545%) Nokia
10 3 (4.545%) Oracle
10 3 (4.545%) Sybase
11 1 (1.515%) IBM
11 1 (1.515%) Microsoft
11 1 (1.515%) VMware
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