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This section looks at the demand for Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) skills within the Oxford region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpen Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank10373
Rank change on same period last yearDown-30
Matching permanent IT job ads434
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.014 %
As % of the category below1.905 %10.18 %
Salaries quoted434
Average minimum salary£42,500£41,029
Average salary£54,375£43,500
% change on same period last year+25.00 %
Average maximum salary£66,250£45,971
UK excluding London average salary£42,364£44,947
% change on same period last year-5.74 %
Oxford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Oxford
Matching permanent IT job ads210334
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.113 %0.139 %
Salaries quoted181267
Average minimum salary£31,511£37,244
Average salary£34,654£38,926
% change on same period last year-10.97 %
Average maximum salary£37,798£40,607
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
OSPF OxfordshireOSPF
Oxfordshire

OSPF
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing OSPF across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Oxford OSPF Demand Trend

OSPF
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OSPF across the Oxford region.

Oxford OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OSPF across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Oxford OSPF Salary Histogram

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

17 (100.00 %)Cisco
17 (100.00 %)CCNP
17 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
17 (100.00 %)BGP
26 (85.71 %)Finance
26 (85.71 %)Education
26 (85.71 %)MBA
26 (85.71 %)VPLS
26 (85.71 %)CCDP
26 (85.71 %)CCIE
26 (85.71 %)WAN
26 (85.71 %)MPLS
35 (71.43 %)VPN
35 (71.43 %)CCSP
44 (57.14 %)CCVP
53 (42.86 %)Cisco PIX
53 (42.86 %)Firewall
62 (28.57 %)IPsec
62 (28.57 %)IPCC
62 (28.57 %)CCIP
62 (28.57 %)CCNA
62 (28.57 %)Cisco ASA
71 (14.29 %)HP
71 (14.29 %)Nokia
71 (14.29 %)CheckPoint
71 (14.29 %)DNS
71 (14.29 %)SSL
71 (14.29 %)CSS
71 (14.29 %)ISDN
71 (14.29 %)DHCP

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %)CSS
Oxford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (100.00 %)BGP
26 (85.71 %)WAN
26 (85.71 %)MPLS
26 (85.71 %)VPLS
35 (71.43 %)VPN
43 (42.86 %)Firewall
43 (42.86 %)Cisco PIX
52 (28.57 %)Cisco ASA
52 (28.57 %)IPsec
52 (28.57 %)IPCC
61 (14.29 %)SSH
61 (14.29 %)IGMP
61 (14.29 %)EIGRP
61 (14.29 %)IGRP
61 (14.29 %)VRRP
61 (14.29 %)DNS
61 (14.29 %)SSL
61 (14.29 %)ISDN
61 (14.29 %)DHCP
61 (14.29 %)IPX
Oxford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (85.71 %)Finance
16 (85.71 %)Education
Oxford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (14.29 %)Network Engineer
11 (14.29 %)Network Security Engineer
11 (14.29 %)Security Engineer
Oxford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (100.00 %)CCNP
17 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
26 (85.71 %)MBA
26 (85.71 %)CCDP
26 (85.71 %)CCIE
35 (71.43 %)CCSP
44 (57.14 %)CCVP
52 (28.57 %)CCIP
52 (28.57 %)CCNA
61 (14.29 %)CCSA
Oxford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (100.00 %)Cisco
21 (14.29 %)HP
21 (14.29 %)Nokia
21 (14.29 %)CheckPoint