OSPF Jobs in the North of England

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England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for OSPF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OSPF over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 373 413
Rank change year-on-year +53 +40 -115
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 77 57 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.41% 0.35% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.48% 1.78% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 68 42 46
10th Percentile £35,125 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +13.94% -15.82%
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,313 £56,250
90th Percentile £55,000 £78,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +9.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,214 3,208 2,863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.74% 19.88% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,681 1,201 1,727
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,723 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,676 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSPF in the North of England.

Salary trend for OSPF in the North of England

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for OSPF in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +42 62 £40,000 -42.86% 9
Yorkshire +51 18 £47,500 +5.56% 5
North East -22 3 £62,500 +47.06% 1
OSPF
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (25.97%) Azure
2 11 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (7.79%) AWS
4 4 (5.19%) GCP
5 3 (3.90%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.90%) IaaS
5 3 (3.90%) PaaS
5 3 (3.90%) SaaS
6 2 (2.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 72 (93.51%) BGP
2 57 (74.03%) MPLS
3 51 (66.23%) TCP/IP
3 51 (66.23%) WAN
4 40 (51.95%) LAN
5 38 (49.35%) Firewall
6 33 (42.86%) Wireless
7 32 (41.56%) Wi-Fi
8 30 (38.96%) Ethernet
9 27 (35.06%) Internet
10 24 (31.17%) DHCP
10 24 (31.17%) DSL
11 21 (27.27%) VPN
12 16 (20.78%) SD-WAN
13 13 (16.88%) Network Security
14 11 (14.29%) IPsec
15 10 (12.99%) SSL
16 8 (10.39%) VLAN
17 7 (9.09%) EIGRP
18 6 (7.79%) DNS
Development Applications
1 4 (5.19%) JIRA
1 4 (5.19%) Rational DOORS
General
1 14 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.60%) Law
Job Titles
1 57 (74.03%) Network Engineer
2 18 (23.38%) IP Engineer
2 18 (23.38%) IP Network Engineer
3 14 (18.18%) Cisco Engineer
3 14 (18.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 13 (16.88%) Juniper Engineer
5 12 (15.58%) Network Support
6 7 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (7.79%) Network Support Engineer
7 6 (7.79%) Support Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Architect
8 4 (5.19%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (5.19%) Network Architect
8 4 (5.19%) Project Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) Azure Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) Firewall Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) IT Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) Presales Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) Presales Network Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.19%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.69%) Clustering
2 4 (5.19%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.19%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (5.19%) Public Cloud
3 3 (3.90%) PKI
4 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.30%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 18 (23.38%) VyOS
2 6 (7.79%) Linux
3 4 (5.19%) Windows
3 4 (5.19%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.30%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (49.35%) Customer Service
2 10 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (10.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (9.09%) High Availability
4 7 (9.09%) Network Monitoring
4 7 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring
5 6 (7.79%) Mentoring
6 5 (6.49%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (6.49%) ITSM
6 5 (6.49%) Network Management
7 4 (5.19%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (5.19%) Data Analysis
7 4 (5.19%) Information Security
7 4 (5.19%) Network Architecture
7 4 (5.19%) Network Virtualisation
7 4 (5.19%) Proactive Maintenance
7 4 (5.19%) Requirements Management
7 4 (5.19%) Validation
7 4 (5.19%) Verification and Validation
8 3 (3.90%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 50 (64.94%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (49.35%) CCNA
3 27 (35.06%) JNCIA
4 18 (23.38%) CCNP
5 7 (9.09%) JNCIP
6 6 (7.79%) CCDP
6 6 (7.79%) Degree
7 4 (5.19%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (5.19%) HNC
7 4 (5.19%) HND
7 4 (5.19%) Security Cleared
8 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.30%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.30%) CCDA
9 1 (1.30%) CCIE
9 1 (1.30%) JNCIS
9 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 9 (11.69%) Active Directory
1 9 (11.69%) Hyper-V
2 4 (5.19%) vCloud
3 2 (2.60%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (11.69%) Failover Clustering
2 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (5.19%) FortiGate
3 4 (5.19%) Kubernetes
3 4 (5.19%) WSUS
4 1 (1.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 62 (80.52%) Cisco
2 41 (53.25%) Juniper
3 37 (48.05%) Fortinet
4 30 (38.96%) Nokia
5 24 (31.17%) Ruckus Wireless
6 18 (23.38%) Vyatta
7 13 (16.88%) VMware
8 11 (14.29%) Microsoft
9 7 (9.09%) SolarWinds
10 5 (6.49%) Palo Alto
10 5 (6.49%) Ubiquiti
11 4 (5.19%) Google
11 4 (5.19%) Meraki
11 4 (5.19%) Remedy
11 4 (5.19%) Thales
12 3 (3.90%) Draytek
13 2 (2.60%) Barracuda Networks
13 2 (2.60%) Dell
13 2 (2.60%) HP
13 2 (2.60%) NETGEAR