The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 21 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 51 - 53
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 13 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 2.028% - 0.645%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.68% - 5.556%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 3
Average salary £52,500 - £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
95 47 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 14.82% 10.38% 11.61%
Number of salaries quoted 85 45 50
Average salary £42,500 £30,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.66% -20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £60,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
OSPF
South West

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OSPF across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Bridgwater - 1 £45,000 -
Shepton Mallet - 1 £38,250 -
OSPF
South West

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 25 (96.15%) Cisco
1 25 (96.15%) Cisco Certification
1 25 (96.15%) MPLS
1 25 (96.15%) BGP
2 23 (88.46%) CCNA
2 23 (88.46%) VPN
3 21 (80.77%) ISDN
3 21 (80.77%) IPsec
4 20 (76.92%) EIGRP
5 19 (73.08%) ADSL
6 17 (65.38%) WAN
6 17 (65.38%) Ethernet
7 16 (61.54%) CCNP
7 16 (61.54%) 3G
8 15 (57.69%) Internet
9 14 (53.85%) ITIL
10 13 (50.00%) SDH
10 13 (50.00%) TCP/IP
10 13 (50.00%) Firewall
11 12 (46.15%) CCIP
11 12 (46.15%) SHDSL
12 10 (38.46%) DNS
12 10 (38.46%) Change Management
13 9 (34.62%) TACACS
13 9 (34.62%) Redback
13 9 (34.62%) Ericsson
13 9 (34.62%) LAN
13 9 (34.62%) VLAN
13 9 (34.62%) Problem Management
13 9 (34.62%) Fault Management

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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.

Applications
1 3 (11.54%) MS Office
2 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 25 (96.15%) MPLS
1 25 (96.15%) BGP
2 23 (88.46%) VPN
3 21 (80.77%) ISDN
3 21 (80.77%) IPsec
4 20 (76.92%) EIGRP
5 19 (73.08%) ADSL
6 17 (65.38%) WAN
6 17 (65.38%) Ethernet
7 16 (61.54%) 3G
8 15 (57.69%) Internet
9 13 (50.00%) SDH
9 13 (50.00%) TCP/IP
9 13 (50.00%) Firewall
10 12 (46.15%) SHDSL
11 10 (38.46%) DNS
12 9 (34.62%) TACACS
12 9 (34.62%) LAN
12 9 (34.62%) VLAN
12 9 (34.62%) xDSL
General
1 7 (26.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Network Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Operations Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Team Leader
4 3 (11.54%) Technical Manager
4 3 (11.54%) NOC Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Technical Operations Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Operations Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Network Operations Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Implementation Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Senior Implementation Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Customer Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Telecoms Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Technical Trainer
6 1 (3.846%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (3.846%) Trainer
6 1 (3.846%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) IP Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.846%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.846%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) UNIX
2 2 (7.692%) Linux
3 1 (3.846%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) ITIL
2 10 (38.46%) Change Management
3 9 (34.62%) Problem Management
3 9 (34.62%) Fault Management
3 9 (34.62%) Performance Management
4 4 (15.38%) Network Management
5 3 (11.54%) Process Management
5 3 (11.54%) Validation
5 3 (11.54%) CRM
6 2 (7.692%) Incident Management
6 2 (7.692%) Change Control
7 1 (3.846%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (3.846%) ITIL V3
7 1 (3.846%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.846%) Time Management
7 1 (3.846%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 25 (96.15%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (88.46%) CCNA
3 16 (61.54%) CCNP
4 12 (46.15%) CCIP
5 4 (15.38%) CCDP
5 4 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (3.846%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (30.77%) SLA
2 3 (11.54%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.846%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 25 (96.15%) Cisco
2 9 (34.62%) Redback
2 9 (34.62%) Ericsson
3 7 (26.92%) CheckPoint
3 7 (26.92%) Juniper
4 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
4 3 (11.54%) Foundry
5 1 (3.846%) VMware
5 1 (3.846%) SolarWinds
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35K + 5% bonus + 20% shift allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £62k + 5% bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013