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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 2.000% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.90% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
31 63 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 15.50% 20.32% 21.69%
Number of salaries quoted 17 63 39
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £46,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +18.91%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,250 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
OSPF
England

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 7 (100.00%) LAN
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
1 7 (100.00%) VPN
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) CCNP
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 7 (100.00%) MPLS
1 7 (100.00%) BGP
1 7 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 7 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
1 7 (100.00%) CCSA
1 7 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 7 (100.00%) Network Security
1 7 (100.00%) TippingPoint
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco ASA

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 7 (100.00%) LAN
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
1 7 (100.00%) VPN
1 7 (100.00%) MPLS
1 7 (100.00%) BGP
1 7 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 7 (100.00%) Network Security
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Network Consultant
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
1 7 (100.00%) Consultant
1 7 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Security Consultant
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Network Consultant
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Network Security Engineer
1 7 (100.00%) Network Security Consultant
1 7 (100.00%) Senior Network Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 7 (100.00%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CCNP
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (100.00%) CCSA
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 7 (100.00%) TippingPoint