OSPF Contracts in the Thames Valley

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South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for OSPF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OSPF over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 119 140
Rank change year-on-year -14 +21 -16
Contract jobs citing OSPF 6 31 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.23% 1.09% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.08% 6.80% 4.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 7
10th Percentile - £418 £350
25th Percentile £335 £463 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £530 £475
Median % change year-on-year -34.91% +11.58% +24.66%
75th Percentile £426 £573 £540
90th Percentile £553 £590 £673
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £433
% change year-on-year -10.00% +15.61% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £35.98 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £62.19 £25.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £78.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -75.80% +201.92% +22.35%
75th Percentile £19.50 £80.44 £26.50
90th Percentile - £80.78 -
South East median hourly rate £19.00 £62.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -69.35% +138.46% +13.04%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

OSPF is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 555 456 627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.27% 16.09% 17.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 283 355
10th Percentile £205 £300 £206
25th Percentile £335 £404 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +18.75%
75th Percentile £591 £575 £558
90th Percentile £638 £650 £649
South East median daily rate £488 £481 £455
% change year-on-year +1.44% +5.62% +7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 15 21
10th Percentile £17.15 £18.90 £12.25
25th Percentile £23.10 £22.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -32.67%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.49 £81.22 £26.50
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -0.26% +167.44% -34.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSPF in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for OSPF in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSPF in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OSPF in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OSPF in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for OSPF in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -28 6 £345 -33.01% 6
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) BGP
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
2 5 (83.33%) EIGRP
2 5 (83.33%) MPLS
3 4 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (50.00%) VPN
5 2 (33.33%) Internet
5 2 (33.33%) IPsec
5 2 (33.33%) LAN
5 2 (33.33%) Network Security
5 2 (33.33%) VLAN
5 2 (33.33%) WAN
6 1 (16.67%) ADSL
6 1 (16.67%) CATAPAN
6 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
6 1 (16.67%) TACACS
6 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications
6 1 (16.67%) xDSL
General
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Network Operations Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Architect
3 2 (33.33%) Network Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Lead
4 1 (16.67%) Lead Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Network Technical Architect
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Communications Security
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Process Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CCNP
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (66.67%) CCNA
2 4 (66.67%) JNCIS
3 3 (50.00%) JNCIA
4 2 (33.33%) CCDP
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) BC Cleared
5 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (16.67%) CCIE
5 1 (16.67%) CCIP
5 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
2 5 (83.33%) Juniper
3 1 (16.67%) ADVA
3 1 (16.67%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 1 (16.67%) Aruba
3 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto