The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 22 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 92 82 -
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 11 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.851% 0.382% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.288% 2.041% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 0
Average salary £52,500 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.25% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
208 196 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 16.09% 18.74% 12.42%
Number of salaries quoted 160 162 93
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
OSPF
Buckinghamshire

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 19 (95.00%) VPN
2 17 (85.00%) Cisco
2 17 (85.00%) CCIE
2 17 (85.00%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (85.00%) MPLS
2 17 (85.00%) BGP
3 16 (80.00%) EIGRP
3 16 (80.00%) WAN
3 16 (80.00%) Network Design
4 14 (70.00%) Network Security
4 14 (70.00%) Firewall
5 13 (65.00%) Wireless
5 13 (65.00%) CCNP
6 12 (60.00%) CCSP
6 12 (60.00%) CCDP
6 12 (60.00%) Cisco PIX
6 12 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
6 12 (60.00%) FWSM
6 12 (60.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 10 (50.00%) Finance
8 9 (45.00%) Reuters
8 9 (45.00%) Bloomberg
8 9 (45.00%) Banking
9 5 (25.00%) Load Balancing
10 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
10 4 (20.00%) Blue Coat
10 4 (20.00%) Change Control
10 4 (20.00%) IPsec
10 4 (20.00%) LAN
10 4 (20.00%) Wi-Fi

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 4 (20.00%) CSS
2 2 (10.00%) SOAP
2 2 (10.00%) XML
2 2 (10.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 19 (95.00%) VPN
2 17 (85.00%) MPLS
2 17 (85.00%) BGP
3 16 (80.00%) EIGRP
3 16 (80.00%) WAN
4 14 (70.00%) Network Security
4 14 (70.00%) Firewall
5 13 (65.00%) Wireless
6 12 (60.00%) Cisco PIX
6 12 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
6 12 (60.00%) FWSM
6 12 (60.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (20.00%) IPsec
7 4 (20.00%) LAN
7 4 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (20.00%) DWDM
7 4 (20.00%) TACACS
7 4 (20.00%) SSL
8 2 (10.00%) DNS
8 2 (10.00%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) GNU Toolchain
General
1 10 (50.00%) Finance
2 9 (45.00%) Banking
3 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Consultant
2 8 (40.00%) Network Consultant
3 7 (35.00%) Cisco Consultant
4 6 (30.00%) Network Architect
4 6 (30.00%) Architect
5 4 (20.00%) Senior Architect
5 4 (20.00%) Network Design Architect
5 4 (20.00%) Senior Technical Architect
5 4 (20.00%) Senior Network Architect
5 4 (20.00%) Technical Design Architect
5 4 (20.00%) Network Technical Architect
5 4 (20.00%) Technical Architect
6 3 (15.00%) Cisco Network Consultant
7 2 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
7 2 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 2 (10.00%) Cisco Architect
7 2 (10.00%) Cisco Network Architect
7 2 (10.00%) Software Engineer
7 2 (10.00%) Network Engineer
8 1 (5.000%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (10.00%) Firmware
2 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.000%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Linux
2 2 (10.00%) UNIX
3 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.000%) Windows
3 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Network Design
2 5 (25.00%) Load Balancing
3 4 (20.00%) Change Control
4 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (5.000%) Risk Management
5 1 (5.000%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) C
2 2 (10.00%) C++
3 1 (5.000%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (85.00%) CCIE
1 17 (85.00%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (65.00%) CCNP
3 12 (60.00%) CCSP
3 12 (60.00%) CCDP
4 3 (15.00%) CCIP
4 3 (15.00%) CCVP
5 2 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 4 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) NFS
2 1 (5.000%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.000%) XenApp
2 1 (5.000%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) CiscoWorks
1 4 (20.00%) Netcool
1 4 (20.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 17 (85.00%) Cisco
2 9 (45.00%) Reuters
2 9 (45.00%) Bloomberg
3 4 (20.00%) Blue Coat
3 4 (20.00%) Infovista
3 4 (20.00%) Oracle
3 4 (20.00%) SAP
4 2 (10.00%) Twitter
4 2 (10.00%) HP
4 2 (10.00%) Juniper
5 1 (5.000%) VMware
5 1 (5.000%) Citrix
5 1 (5.000%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.000%) ArcSight
5 1 (5.000%) Foundry
5 1 (5.000%) F5
5 1 (5.000%) TippingPoint