The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 24 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 Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank - 50 44
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 0 8 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex - 1.606% 3.841%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 6.250% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 27
Average salary - £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
191 128 181
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 36.66% 25.70% 25.75%
Number of salaries quoted 119 108 135
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (50.00%) MGCP
2 1 (50.00%) H.323
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) CCVP
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) F5
2 1 (50.00%) FWSM
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (50.00%) MGCP
1 1 (50.00%) H.323
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (50.00%) FWSM
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Network Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Data Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Voice Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Data Network Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Data Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Voice Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Voice Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCVP
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) F5