The first table below looks at the demand for OSPF skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSPF over the 3 months to 23 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Rank 169 153 161
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +8
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 42 53 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.771% 1.017% 0.783%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.885% 6.009% 4.367%
Number of salaries quoted 36 39 40
Average salary £48,750 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £34,800 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,250 £50,000 £51,700
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1081 882 916
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 19.85% 16.92% 17.94%
Number of salaries quoted 829 688 778
Average salary £33,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire OSPF Salary Trend

OSPF
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OSPF across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
West Yorkshire -15 20 £28,500 -24.00%
North Yorkshire +3 18 £57,000 +22.58%
South Yorkshire +4 3 £100,000 +185.71%
OSPF
England

OSPF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 72 (94.74%) BGP
2 70 (92.11%) Cisco
3 61 (80.26%) Firewall
4 55 (72.37%) MPLS
5 53 (69.74%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (59.21%) VPN
7 40 (52.63%) EIGRP
8 38 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
9 37 (48.68%) Juniper
10 35 (46.05%) CheckPoint
11 34 (44.74%) WAN
12 30 (39.47%) Brocade
13 28 (36.84%) F5
14 27 (35.53%) Telecoms
15 26 (34.21%) Cisco PIX
15 26 (34.21%) Network Security
16 25 (32.89%) LAN
17 23 (30.26%) CCNA
18 21 (27.63%) CCNP
19 20 (26.32%) Load Balancing
20 19 (25.00%) SAN
21 17 (22.37%) NAS
21 17 (22.37%) TippingPoint
21 17 (22.37%) CCSA
21 17 (22.37%) Foundry
22 16 (21.05%) Enterprise Storage
22 16 (21.05%) TCP/IP
23 13 (17.11%) SLA
23 13 (17.11%) RIP
23 13 (17.11%) Security Cleared

OSPF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 7 (9.211%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (2.632%) IIS
2 2 (2.632%) SharePoint Server
Communications & Networking
1 72 (94.74%) BGP
2 61 (80.26%) Firewall
3 55 (72.37%) MPLS
4 45 (59.21%) VPN
5 40 (52.63%) EIGRP
6 38 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
7 34 (44.74%) WAN
8 26 (34.21%) Cisco PIX
8 26 (34.21%) Network Security
9 25 (32.89%) LAN
10 19 (25.00%) SAN
11 17 (22.37%) NAS
12 16 (21.05%) TCP/IP
13 13 (17.11%) RIP
13 13 (17.11%) Cisco Nexus
14 11 (14.47%) Wireless
14 11 (14.47%) ISDN
14 11 (14.47%) VoIP
15 9 (11.84%) FWSM
15 9 (11.84%) Frame Relay
General
1 27 (35.53%) Telecoms
2 10 (13.16%) Finance
Job Titles
1 41 (53.95%) Network Engineer
2 24 (31.58%) Senior Network Engineer
3 14 (18.42%) Architect
4 13 (17.11%) Network Security Engineer
4 13 (17.11%) Security Engineer
5 11 (14.47%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (13.16%) Network Specialist
7 9 (11.84%) Senior Network Specialist
8 8 (10.53%) Data Architect
8 8 (10.53%) Data Centre Architect
9 6 (7.895%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (5.263%) Team Leader
10 4 (5.263%) Network Team Leader
11 3 (3.947%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 3 (3.947%) Network Support Engineer
11 3 (3.947%) Network Support
11 3 (3.947%) Senior Support Engineer
11 3 (3.947%) Network Architect
11 3 (3.947%) Senior Network Support
11 3 (3.947%) Senior Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.05%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (2.632%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (2.632%) IVR
2 2 (2.632%) Open Source
3 1 (1.316%) Handset
3 1 (1.316%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.316%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.579%) Linux
2 4 (5.263%) Windows
3 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.316%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (26.32%) Load Balancing
2 12 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (14.47%) Network Design
4 7 (9.211%) Network Management
5 6 (7.895%) Change Management
6 4 (5.263%) ITIL
6 4 (5.263%) Service Delivery
6 4 (5.263%) Technical Architecture
6 4 (5.263%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (3.947%) E-Commerce
8 2 (2.632%) Project Management
8 2 (2.632%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.947%) SQL
2 2 (2.632%) Perl
2 2 (2.632%) Python
2 2 (2.632%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 53 (69.74%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (30.26%) CCNA
3 21 (27.63%) CCNP
4 17 (22.37%) CCSA
5 13 (17.11%) Security Cleared
6 10 (13.16%) CCIE
7 9 (11.84%) CCDE
7 9 (11.84%) CCSP
8 3 (3.947%) CCSE
9 2 (2.632%) CCDP
10 1 (1.316%) Degree
10 1 (1.316%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (17.11%) SLA
2 6 (7.895%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (3.947%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (3.947%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.632%) XenApp
2 2 (2.632%) XenDesktop
2 2 (2.632%) VMware ESX
2 2 (2.632%) vSphere
3 1 (1.316%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 7 (9.211%) OpenView
2 4 (5.263%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (2.632%) YUM
3 2 (2.632%) Splunk
4 1 (1.316%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (1.316%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 70 (92.11%) Cisco
2 37 (48.68%) Juniper
3 35 (46.05%) CheckPoint
4 30 (39.47%) Brocade
5 28 (36.84%) F5
6 17 (22.37%) TippingPoint
6 17 (22.37%) Foundry
7 11 (14.47%) HP
8 6 (7.895%) Avaya
9 5 (6.579%) SolarWinds
10 3 (3.947%) Imperva
10 3 (3.947%) Blue Coat
10 3 (3.947%) VMware
10 3 (3.947%) Citrix
11 2 (2.632%) Microsoft
11 2 (2.632%) NetApp
11 2 (2.632%) ProCurve
11 2 (2.632%) Acme Packet
12 1 (1.316%) Trend Micro
12 1 (1.316%) Infoblox
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
In-depth knowledge of the following routing protocols - RIP, OSPF, EIGRP, BGP. Must have a strong working knowledge of the following protocols and technologies - ATM, Frame-Relay, MPLS,...
SPS Resourcing
Salary: From £50,000 to £57,000 per annum Including Excellent Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Harrogate, Yorkshire
Specifically fundamentals of SNMP and MIBs. HP Openview, BES and CW2000 knowledge advantageous.Must be familiar with using proactive and reactive network analysers and be able to decode...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Must have a strong working knowledge of the following protocols and technologies - ATM, Frame-Relay, MPLS, ADSL, GPRS, TCP/IP, SSL, TLS, ISDN and authentication Protocols... HP Openview,...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will need to be able to hit the ground running, this will require previous experience of physical/virtual (Vmware) installations and will also need experience of installing/...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013