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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 126 114 103
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -11
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 21 15 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.799% 0.716% 0.768%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.615% 4.032% 4.516%
Number of salaries quoted 20 11 14
Average salary £28,500 £36,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.83% +20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
455 372 310
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 17.31% 17.76% 17.00%
Number of salaries quoted 380 295 257
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
OSPF
West Yorkshire

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds OSPF Salary Histogram

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 28 (100.00%) Cisco
2 26 (92.86%) BGP
3 25 (89.29%) Firewall
4 23 (82.14%) VPN
5 22 (78.57%) MPLS
6 19 (67.86%) Juniper
7 14 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (46.43%) Security Cleared
8 13 (46.43%) Brocade
8 13 (46.43%) Telecoms
9 12 (42.86%) CheckPoint
9 12 (42.86%) F5
10 10 (35.71%) Cisco Nexus
11 9 (32.14%) EIGRP
11 9 (32.14%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (32.14%) WAN
12 8 (28.57%) Wireless
13 7 (25.00%) Network Design
14 6 (21.43%) BIG-IP
14 6 (21.43%) Cisco PIX
14 6 (21.43%) Network Security
14 6 (21.43%) CCDE
14 6 (21.43%) CCIE
14 6 (21.43%) CCSP
14 6 (21.43%) Avaya
14 6 (21.43%) FWSM
15 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 4 (14.29%) DMZ
15 4 (14.29%) Internet
15 4 (14.29%) HP

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 (7.143%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (92.86%) BGP
2 25 (89.29%) Firewall
3 23 (82.14%) VPN
4 22 (78.57%) MPLS
5 14 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (35.71%) Cisco Nexus
7 9 (32.14%) WAN
7 9 (32.14%) EIGRP
8 8 (28.57%) Wireless
9 6 (21.43%) BIG-IP
9 6 (21.43%) FWSM
9 6 (21.43%) Cisco PIX
9 6 (21.43%) Network Security
10 4 (14.29%) DMZ
10 4 (14.29%) Internet
10 4 (14.29%) VoIP
11 3 (10.71%) LAN
12 2 (7.143%) PBX
12 2 (7.143%) ISDN
12 2 (7.143%) DNS
General
1 13 (46.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 13 (46.43%) Senior Network Engineer
3 10 (35.71%) Architect
4 8 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (21.43%) Data Architect
5 6 (21.43%) Data Centre Architect
6 4 (14.29%) Network Team Leader
6 4 (14.29%) Team Leader
7 2 (7.143%) Systems Architect
7 2 (7.143%) Network Architect
8 1 (3.571%) Network Design Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Design Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Implementation Engineer
8 1 (3.571%) Network Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) IVR
1 2 (7.143%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.143%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) Network Design
2 4 (14.29%) ITIL
2 4 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (14.29%) Change Management
2 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (7.143%) Load Balancing
3 2 (7.143%) Project Management
3 2 (7.143%) Enterprise Architecture
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) Security Cleared
2 9 (32.14%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (21.43%) CCDE
3 6 (21.43%) CCIE
3 6 (21.43%) CCSP
4 3 (10.71%) CCNP
5 2 (7.143%) CCDP
6 1 (3.571%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (7.143%) Active Directory
1 2 (7.143%) VMware ESX
1 2 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (7.143%) XenApp
1 2 (7.143%) XenDesktop
1 2 (7.143%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) Cisco
2 19 (67.86%) Juniper
3 13 (46.43%) Brocade
4 12 (42.86%) F5
4 12 (42.86%) CheckPoint
5 6 (21.43%) Avaya
6 4 (14.29%) SolarWinds
6 4 (14.29%) HP
7 2 (7.143%) Citrix
7 2 (7.143%) Microsoft
7 2 (7.143%) VMware
7 2 (7.143%) NetApp
7 2 (7.143%) Acme Packet
7 2 (7.143%) ProCurve
8 1 (3.571%) Twitter
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Cisco Design Network Engineer - Must be CCNP or CCIP based in or around Leeds covering Cisco Design and Implementation - Cisco Switches, Routers, WAN, LAN, Protocols TCP/IP, OSPF,...
Stott & May
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + Bonus + Car Alllowance + Bens.
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will as the Network Systems Architect have experience within the following skill sets to ensure qualification of role: CCNP Routing and Switching and or CCDP Experience in...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will as the Network Systems Architect have experience within the following skill sets to ensure qualification of role: CCNP Routing and Switching and or CCDP Experience in...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 13 May 2013