The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 24 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 69 91 82
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -9
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 23 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 1.862% 0.343% 0.383%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.274% 1.633% 3.478%
Number of salaries quoted 23 4 2
Average salary £32,500 £41,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.73% +26.15%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
248 245 115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 20.08% 21.01% 11.02%
Number of salaries quoted 232 207 102
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
OSPF
UK

OSPF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OSPF across the Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
South Wales +15 16 £41,250 +0.60%
West Wales - 7 £32,500 -
OSPF
UK

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 27 (100.00%) Cisco
2 25 (92.59%) WAN
3 19 (70.37%) BGP
4 18 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (62.96%) EIGRP
5 17 (62.96%) MPLS
6 16 (59.26%) Network Design
6 16 (59.26%) CCNP
7 13 (48.15%) LAN
8 11 (40.74%) VPN
8 11 (40.74%) Cisco IOS
9 10 (37.04%) Cisco ASA
9 10 (37.04%) Juniper
9 10 (37.04%) Firewall
10 9 (33.33%) Cisco PIX
11 8 (29.63%) xDSL
11 8 (29.63%) Network Management
11 8 (29.63%) Junos
11 8 (29.63%) HSRP
11 8 (29.63%) Wireless
11 8 (29.63%) Frame Relay
11 8 (29.63%) VRRP
11 8 (29.63%) VPLS
11 8 (29.63%) CCIE
11 8 (29.63%) DNS
11 8 (29.63%) VoIP
11 8 (29.63%) DHCP
11 8 (29.63%) Ethernet
11 8 (29.63%) PPP
11 8 (29.63%) RIP

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 Platforms
1 6 (22.22%) Lync
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 25 (92.59%) WAN
2 19 (70.37%) BGP
3 17 (62.96%) EIGRP
3 17 (62.96%) MPLS
4 13 (48.15%) LAN
5 11 (40.74%) VPN
5 11 (40.74%) Cisco IOS
6 10 (37.04%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (37.04%) Firewall
7 9 (33.33%) Cisco PIX
8 8 (29.63%) xDSL
8 8 (29.63%) Junos
8 8 (29.63%) HSRP
8 8 (29.63%) Wireless
8 8 (29.63%) Frame Relay
8 8 (29.63%) VRRP
8 8 (29.63%) VPLS
8 8 (29.63%) DNS
8 8 (29.63%) VoIP
8 8 (29.63%) DHCP
General
1 6 (22.22%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 7 (25.93%) Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Network Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 5 (18.52%) Network Design Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Design Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Network Support
6 3 (11.11%) Network Architect
6 3 (11.11%) Architect
7 2 (7.407%) Network Consultant
7 2 (7.407%) Consultant
7 2 (7.407%) Network Support Engineer
7 2 (7.407%) Support Engineer
7 2 (7.407%) Cisco Consultant
7 2 (7.407%) Cisco Network Consultant
8 1 (3.704%) Operations Engineer
8 1 (3.704%) IP Engineer
8 1 (3.704%) Network Operations Engineer
8 1 (3.704%) Senior Network Analyst
8 1 (3.704%) Network Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (22.22%) Blog
3 2 (7.407%) Firmware
3 2 (7.407%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Network Design
2 8 (29.63%) Network Management
3 7 (25.93%) Load Balancing
4 6 (22.22%) Electronic Trading
5 5 (18.52%) ITIL
5 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
5 5 (18.52%) Project Planning
6 4 (14.81%) Network Architecture
7 2 (7.407%) Capacity Planning
Qualifications
1 18 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (59.26%) CCNP
3 8 (29.63%) CCIE
4 7 (25.93%) CCDP
5 5 (18.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (11.11%) CCDA
6 3 (11.11%) CCIP
7 2 (7.407%) CCSA
7 2 (7.407%) CCVP
7 2 (7.407%) CCSE
7 2 (7.407%) JNCIA
7 2 (7.407%) JNCIS
7 2 (7.407%) CCNA
7 2 (7.407%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Cisco
2 10 (37.04%) Juniper
3 7 (25.93%) F5
4 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 5 (18.52%) VMware
6 4 (14.81%) CheckPoint
7 2 (7.407%) Nokia
8 1 (3.704%) Twitter
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