The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 20 June 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 239 233 227
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -6
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 6 15 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.081% 0.209% 0.143%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.525% 1.490% 0.921%
Number of salaries quoted 5 13 10
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +31.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,700 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £58,750 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1143 1007 1086
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.38% 14.01% 15.52%
Number of salaries quoted 948 886 940
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
OSPF
England

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OSPF across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

North West OSPF Salary Histogram

OSPF
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester -14 5 £45,000 - 4
Cheshire +11 1 - - 1
OSPF
England

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 22 (100.00%) Cisco
2 21 (95.45%) BGP
2 21 (95.45%) Firewall
3 14 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (59.09%) MPLS
5 12 (54.55%) CCNP
5 12 (54.55%) RIP
5 12 (54.55%) WAN
6 11 (50.00%) SSL
7 10 (45.45%) LAN
7 10 (45.45%) IPsec
8 9 (40.91%) CheckPoint
9 8 (36.36%) Juniper
9 8 (36.36%) CCIE
9 8 (36.36%) SC Cleared
9 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
10 7 (31.82%) CCNA
11 6 (27.27%) EIGRP
11 6 (27.27%) CCSP
11 6 (27.27%) VPN
11 6 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (27.27%) F5
12 4 (18.18%) Blue Coat
12 4 (18.18%) ProxySG
12 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
12 4 (18.18%) CCDP
12 4 (18.18%) CCIP
12 4 (18.18%) Citrix
12 4 (18.18%) Cisco PIX
13 3 (13.64%) FWSM

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 1 (4.545%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 21 (95.45%) BGP
1 21 (95.45%) Firewall
2 13 (59.09%) MPLS
3 12 (54.55%) RIP
3 12 (54.55%) WAN
4 11 (50.00%) SSL
5 10 (45.45%) LAN
5 10 (45.45%) IPsec
6 6 (27.27%) EIGRP
6 6 (27.27%) VPN
6 6 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (18.18%) Cisco PIX
8 3 (13.64%) FWSM
8 3 (13.64%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (13.64%) IPv6
8 3 (13.64%) VoIP
8 3 (13.64%) Ethernet
8 3 (13.64%) Wireless
9 2 (9.091%) IKE
9 2 (9.091%) IGRP
General
1 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.545%) Legal
2 1 (4.545%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Architect
2 8 (36.36%) Network Engineer
3 7 (31.82%) Network Architect
4 6 (27.27%) Cisco Engineer
5 5 (22.73%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 4 (18.18%) IP Engineer
7 3 (13.64%) Senior IP Engineer
7 3 (13.64%) Network Consultant
7 3 (13.64%) Consultant
8 2 (9.091%) Data Architect
8 2 (9.091%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (9.091%) Data Centre Architect
9 1 (4.545%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
9 1 (4.545%) Network Technician
9 1 (4.545%) Senior Cisco Engineer
9 1 (4.545%) IP Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) PKI
2 1 (4.545%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.545%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) Migration
2 2 (9.091%) Load Balancing
2 2 (9.091%) Network Design
2 2 (9.091%) Change Management
3 1 (4.545%) ITIL
3 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
3 1 (4.545%) E-Commerce
3 1 (4.545%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (4.545%) Business Continuity
3 1 (4.545%) Incident Management
3 1 (4.545%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 14 (63.64%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (54.55%) CCNP
3 8 (36.36%) CCIE
3 8 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
4 7 (31.82%) CCNA
5 6 (27.27%) CCSP
6 4 (18.18%) CCDP
6 4 (18.18%) CCIP
7 2 (9.091%) CCDE
8 1 (4.545%) HP ASE
8 1 (4.545%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) ProxySG
2 2 (9.091%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) Cisco
2 9 (40.91%) CheckPoint
3 8 (36.36%) Juniper
4 6 (27.27%) F5
5 4 (18.18%) Blue Coat
5 4 (18.18%) Citrix
6 3 (13.64%) Redback
7 2 (9.091%) Microsoft
7 2 (9.091%) HP
8 1 (4.545%) ProCurve
8 1 (4.545%) Foundry
8 1 (4.545%) Nokia
8 1 (4.545%) Fortinet
Manchester, North West
Requirements You will require at least CCNA certification although CCNP is desirable, qualifications such as Microsoft Server, Active Directory, Virtualization and SAN's etc... Skills required are advanced...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £32000.00 per annum + Pension, Health and Life cover
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Requirements You will require at least CCNA certification although CCNP is desirable, qualifications such as Microsoft Server, Active Directory, Virtualization and SAN's etc... Skills required are advanced...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £32000.00 per annum + Healthcare, Life Cover, Pension
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Requirements You will require at least CCNA certification although CCNP is desirable, qualifications such as Microsoft Server, Active Directory, Virtualization and SAN's etc... Skills required are advanced...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £32000.00 per annum + Pension, Health and Life cover
Posted: 18 June 2013
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