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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 214 174 282
Rank change year-on-year
-40 +108
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 238 322 143
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 1.085% 1.355% 0.637%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.590% 6.171% 3.424%
Number of salaries quoted 172 280 132
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5185 5218 4176
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 23.64% 21.96% 18.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4165 4423 3496
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OSPF across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 20 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
Berkshire +11 119 £50,000 +11.11%
Surrey -30 40 £45,000 +7.14%
Hampshire -33 34 £36,000 -20.00%
Buckinghamshire +7 24 £40,000 -15.78%
West Sussex -4 13 £42,500 -5.55%
Kent - 4 £45,000 -
Oxfordshire -23 3 £60,000 +71.42%
Middlesex -10 1 £55,000 +29.41%
OSPF
England

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 397 (91.47%) BGP
2 389 (89.63%) Cisco
3 272 (62.67%) Cisco Certification
4 240 (55.30%) MPLS
5 223 (51.38%) TCP/IP
6 200 (46.08%) Firewall
7 191 (44.01%) Juniper
8 185 (42.63%) CCNP
9 181 (41.71%) WAN
10 162 (37.33%) LAN
11 156 (35.94%) VPN
12 138 (31.80%) CCNA
13 131 (30.18%) IPsec
13 131 (30.18%) Cisco ASA
14 127 (29.26%) EIGRP
15 125 (28.80%) CCIE
16 122 (28.11%) Linux
17 112 (25.81%) VoIP
18 107 (24.65%) DNS
19 102 (23.50%) Wireless
20 101 (23.27%) Ethernet
21 97 (22.35%) CheckPoint
22 87 (20.05%) CCIP
23 84 (19.35%) Telecoms
23 84 (19.35%) Network Security
24 83 (19.12%) VLAN
25 81 (18.66%) Network Design
26 69 (15.90%) DHCP
27 67 (15.44%) JNCIA
28 64 (14.75%) SNMP

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 9 (2.074%) WebSphere
2 5 (1.152%) FIX Protocol
2 5 (1.152%) CSS
2 5 (1.152%) SOAP
3 4 (0.922%) CORBA
4 3 (0.691%) CGI
5 2 (0.461%) Middleware
5 2 (0.461%) Web Services
6 1 (0.230%) XML
6 1 (0.230%) XMPP
6 1 (0.230%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 9 (2.074%) Lotus Notes
1 9 (2.074%) WebSphere Application Server
1 9 (2.074%) IBM Connections
2 6 (1.382%) Apache
3 4 (0.922%) Lync
4 1 (0.230%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.230%) IIS
4 1 (0.230%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.230%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 10 (2.304%) MS Excel
2 4 (0.922%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 397 (91.47%) BGP
2 240 (55.30%) MPLS
3 223 (51.38%) TCP/IP
4 200 (46.08%) Firewall
5 181 (41.71%) WAN
6 162 (37.33%) LAN
7 156 (35.94%) VPN
8 131 (30.18%) IPsec
8 131 (30.18%) Cisco ASA
9 127 (29.26%) EIGRP
10 112 (25.81%) VoIP
11 107 (24.65%) DNS
12 102 (23.50%) Wireless
13 101 (23.27%) Ethernet
14 84 (19.35%) Network Security
15 83 (19.12%) VLAN
16 69 (15.90%) DHCP
17 64 (14.75%) SNMP
18 63 (14.52%) SSL
19 60 (13.82%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.922%) MySQL
2 2 (0.461%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.230%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (2.304%) Subversion
2 9 (2.074%) Git (software)
3 1 (0.230%) GNU Toolchain
General
1 84 (19.35%) Telecoms
2 27 (6.221%) Finance
3 12 (2.765%) Banking
4 10 (2.304%) Back Office
5 5 (1.152%) Retail
5 5 (1.152%) Advertising
5 5 (1.152%) Billing
6 4 (0.922%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.691%) Games
7 3 (0.691%) French Language
8 2 (0.461%) Multimedia
8 2 (0.461%) Publishing
9 1 (0.230%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 180 (41.47%) Network Engineer
2 60 (13.82%) IP Engineer
3 45 (10.37%) Consultant
4 38 (8.756%) Analyst
4 38 (8.756%) Network Analyst
5 35 (8.065%) Senior Network Engineer
6 34 (7.834%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 34 (7.834%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
7 27 (6.221%) Support Engineer
8 24 (5.530%) IP Network Engineer
9 23 (5.300%) Technical Design Authority
10 22 (5.069%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 21 (4.839%) Cisco Engineer
11 21 (4.839%) Administrator
12 20 (4.608%) Network Specialist
13 19 (4.378%) Network Support
13 19 (4.378%) Design Engineer
13 19 (4.378%) Architect
13 19 (4.378%) Systems Administrator
14 18 (4.147%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.378%) SecurID
2 14 (3.226%) Open Source
3 12 (2.765%) Computer Science
4 9 (2.074%) Management Information System
4 9 (2.074%) IVR
4 9 (2.074%) Enterprise Storage
5 6 (1.382%) SaaS
6 4 (0.922%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (0.922%) Smartphone
6 4 (0.922%) CCTV
7 3 (0.691%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.691%) Web 2.0
8 2 (0.461%) Firmware
9 1 (0.230%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 122 (28.11%) Linux
2 56 (12.90%) Windows
3 30 (6.912%) UNIX
4 15 (3.456%) Windows Server 2003
4 15 (3.456%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (2.995%) CentOS
6 8 (1.843%) OpenBSD
7 7 (1.613%) Solaris
8 6 (1.382%) Debian
9 3 (0.691%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.230%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.230%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.230%) SUSE
10 1 (0.230%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (18.66%) Network Design
2 54 (12.44%) ITIL
3 37 (8.525%) Network Management
4 35 (8.065%) Service Delivery
5 32 (7.373%) Load Balancing
6 27 (6.221%) Performance Management
7 18 (4.147%) Network Architecture
8 13 (2.995%) Project Management
9 11 (2.535%) Change Management
10 10 (2.304%) Service Management
11 9 (2.074%) BCP
11 9 (2.074%) Disaster Recovery
11 9 (2.074%) Business Continuity
11 9 (2.074%) Mobile Device Management
12 8 (1.843%) Change Control
12 8 (1.843%) Time Management
12 8 (1.843%) Infrastructure Management
12 8 (1.843%) Validation
13 7 (1.613%) Configuration Management
14 6 (1.382%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.604%) Perl
2 20 (4.608%) Python
3 19 (4.378%) Bash shell
4 10 (2.304%) SQL
5 9 (2.074%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.074%) Ruby
6 8 (1.843%) PHP
7 2 (0.461%) Korn
7 2 (0.461%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.461%) Bourne shell
8 1 (0.230%) C
8 1 (0.230%) C++
Qualifications
1 272 (62.67%) Cisco Certification
2 185 (42.63%) CCNP
3 138 (31.80%) CCNA
4 125 (28.80%) CCIE
5 87 (20.05%) CCIP
6 67 (15.44%) JNCIA
7 52 (11.98%) JNCIP
8 36 (8.295%) JNCIS
9 32 (7.373%) CCDP
10 31 (7.143%) JNCIE
11 30 (6.912%) CCSP
12 26 (5.991%) Degree
13 18 (4.147%) CCDA
14 11 (2.535%) CCVP
15 10 (2.304%) RHCE
16 9 (2.074%) SC Cleared
16 9 (2.074%) Security Cleared
17 7 (1.613%) CCDE
18 6 (1.382%) CCSE
18 6 (1.382%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (8.525%) PCI DSS
2 16 (3.687%) SLA
3 6 (1.382%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (0.691%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.691%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 24 (5.530%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (3.456%) vSphere
3 14 (3.226%) Active Directory
4 12 (2.765%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.613%) ProxySG
6 6 (1.382%) NFS
7 3 (0.691%) FreeRADIUS
8 1 (0.230%) Snort
8 1 (0.230%) Sendmail
8 1 (0.230%) XenApp
8 1 (0.230%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (5.069%) CiscoWorks
2 15 (3.456%) Netcool
2 15 (3.456%) Cisco IPCC
2 15 (3.456%) OpenView
3 12 (2.765%) Cacti
4 11 (2.535%) HP NNM
5 9 (2.074%) WSUS
5 9 (2.074%) Puppet
5 9 (2.074%) Nagios
5 9 (2.074%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 3 (0.691%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.461%) Cisco UCCX
8 1 (0.230%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 389 (89.63%) Cisco
2 191 (44.01%) Juniper
3 97 (22.35%) CheckPoint
4 58 (13.36%) F5
5 38 (8.756%) VMware
6 33 (7.604%) Microsoft
7 24 (5.530%) Avaya
8 22 (5.069%) Blue Coat
9 18 (4.147%) HP
10 15 (3.456%) Nortel
11 14 (3.226%) Huawei
11 14 (3.226%) Infoblox
12 13 (2.995%) Imperva
12 13 (2.995%) Redback
13 12 (2.765%) CA
14 11 (2.535%) Red Hat
14 11 (2.535%) BT
15 10 (2.304%) IBM
16 9 (2.074%) Oracle
16 9 (2.074%) Reuters
Berkshire
Roc Search, Senior Network Engineer, Cisco, CCNP, VoIP, F5, Checkpoint Firewalls, Switches, Routers, Permanent, Berkshire, up to £45k) Roc Search are currently looking to recruit a Senior Network...
Roc Search
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Computer Futures are looking for a Network Operations Engineer to be based at one of out largeSouthamptonbased clients. You would be primarily responsible for layers 2 to 4...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Role: Maintaining and monitoring the Network, including firewalls, VPNs and Avaya based VoIP... Use of Incident and Change management tools (ServiceNOW) Cisco equipment configuration skills including ASA, and...
Coal IT Services
Salary: £45,000 per annum + 10% Bonus + 7% On-Call + Full Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
IP Design Engineer with proven background in IP Design (HLD, High Level Design, LLD, Low Level Design), IP Addressing, IP Routing ideally multi vendor Cisco, Juniper etc combined...
Opus Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bens + Bonus to 10%
Posted: 13 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Strong grasp of TCP/IP, routing, switching, cabling and internet protocols such as BGP, ISIS, OSPF. In depth knowledge of Linux/Unix and Windows environments. Advanced knowledge of...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
CCNA, Cisco, French, Telecommunications, IP configuration, VPN, MPLS, troubleshooting, Routing services, Technologies, , , IPSEC, DMVPN, , Radius, TACACS, QoS, Layer 1/2 protocols, ATM, xDSL, Ethernet, Leased lines, Wireless, Security,...
DCL Search & Selection
Salary: £30k - 32k per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Background: A leading Network Vendor is looking for a Pre-sales System Engineer to join the ever expanding team... This will be a chance to work with some...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Background: A leading Network Vendor is looking for a Pre-sales System Engineer to join the ever expanding team... This will be a chance to work with some...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Background: A leading Network Vendor is looking for a Pre-sales System Engineer to join the ever expanding team... This will be a chance to work with some...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
South East
A highly successful global leader in technology and managed services organisation in the South East with a solid reputation seeks an experienced Cisco Voice Technical Consultant with a...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP50000 to GBP60000 per annum + Benefits: Package value
Posted: 11 May 2013
Central London, London, Hounslow, Slough,...
Network Administrator, German, Cisco Firewalls, Juniper Firewalls, Cisco Switches, Cisco Routers, LAN, WAN, Linux, Unix, £45-55,000, Central London... Key Skills:- Basic communication skills in German.- Proven...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £45-55,000 + Great Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Infrastructure Engineer - CCNP OR CCNA, Red Hat Linux, Routing Protocols, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, VLANs, QinQ, Virtualisation, KVM, Netfilter, IPTables... Must have skills: * Infrastructure Engineer, * Networking protocols - OSPF,...
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013