The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank - 63 55
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 0 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire - 0.176% 0.267%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 1.493% 1.786%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Average salary - £35,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
89 67 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 18.39% 11.82% 14.93%
Number of salaries quoted 76 59 52
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,650 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
OSPF
North West

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) BGP
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) IPsec
2 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 4 (80.00%) SSL
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (20.00%) vSphere
4 1 (20.00%) F5
4 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat
4 1 (20.00%) ProxySG
4 1 (20.00%) WatchGuard
4 1 (20.00%) SonicWALL
4 1 (20.00%) Smallworld
4 1 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
4 1 (20.00%) DVB
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) ADSL
4 1 (20.00%) Broadband
4 1 (20.00%) CCNA
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) Citrix
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Juniper
4 1 (20.00%) SAN

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 1 (20.00%) Smallworld
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) BGP
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) IPsec
2 4 (80.00%) SSL
2 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) ADSL
3 1 (20.00%) Broadband
3 1 (20.00%) SAN
3 1 (20.00%) Internet
3 1 (20.00%) DVB
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Terminal Services
1 1 (20.00%) ProxySG
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper
2 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat
2 1 (20.00%) WatchGuard
2 1 (20.00%) SonicWALL
2 1 (20.00%) F5