OSPF Jobs in the UK excluding London

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 539 537 564
Rank change year-on-year -2 +27 -133
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 237 203 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.36% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.40% 1.89% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 173 153 173
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,071 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £56,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £71,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £59,742
% change year-on-year -4.55% -7.94% +8.62%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,894 10,757 11,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.02% 19.03% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7,118 4,590 6,556
10th Percentile £25,756 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the UK excluding London

OSPF
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSPF in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for OSPF in the UK excluding London

OSPF
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for OSPF in the UK excluding London

OSPF
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the UK excluding London 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
South East 0 87 £52,750 +13.44% 18
North of England +53 77 £42,500 -9.57% 14
North West +42 62 £40,000 -42.86% 9
Midlands +2 50 £48,500 -17.45% 6
West Midlands +11 49 £48,500 -19.17% 5
Yorkshire +51 18 £47,500 +5.56% 5
South West -27 16 £48,500 -3.00% 4
Scotland -63 8 £65,000 - 11
East of England -8 7 £62,500 +4.17% 2
North East -22 3 £62,500 +47.06% 1
Wales +9 1 £46,500 - 1
East Midlands -28 1 £60,000 +4.35% 1
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OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (2.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 31 (13.08%) AWS
2 29 (12.24%) Azure
3 13 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.11%) Entra ID
4 5 (2.11%) GCP
5 4 (1.69%) IaaS
6 3 (1.27%) Mimecast
6 3 (1.27%) PaaS
6 3 (1.27%) SaaS
7 2 (0.84%) Amazon S3
7 2 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (0.84%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (0.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.84%) OpenDNS
7 2 (0.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (0.84%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.42%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.42%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 204 (86.08%) BGP
2 121 (51.05%) WAN
3 110 (46.41%) MPLS
4 109 (45.99%) LAN
5 101 (42.62%) Firewall
6 76 (32.07%) Wireless
7 70 (29.54%) TCP/IP
8 65 (27.43%) VPN
9 59 (24.89%) SD-WAN
10 55 (23.21%) EIGRP
11 48 (20.25%) VLAN
12 43 (18.14%) DHCP
13 42 (17.72%) IPsec
14 41 (17.30%) WLAN
15 38 (16.03%) Wi-Fi
16 37 (15.61%) Cisco ASA
17 34 (14.35%) Ethernet
18 33 (13.92%) DNS
18 33 (13.92%) Internet
19 32 (13.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.11%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.42%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.42%) MySQL
3 1 (0.42%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.11%) JIRA
2 4 (1.69%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 43 (18.14%) Social Skills
2 10 (4.22%) Legal
3 9 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (3.80%) Finance
4 8 (3.38%) Retail
5 7 (2.95%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.69%) Law
8 3 (1.27%) Military
9 2 (0.84%) Electronics
9 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.42%) Automotive
10 1 (0.42%) Billing
10 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Police
10 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 115 (48.52%) Network Engineer
2 33 (13.92%) Analyst
2 33 (13.92%) Network Analyst
2 33 (13.92%) Senior
3 32 (13.50%) Network Operations Analyst
3 32 (13.50%) Operations Analyst
4 28 (11.81%) Network Support
5 26 (10.97%) Senior Network Engineer
6 19 (8.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (7.59%) IP Engineer
7 18 (7.59%) IP Network Engineer
8 17 (7.17%) Cisco Engineer
8 17 (7.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 16 (6.75%) Network Specialist
9 16 (6.75%) Support Engineer
10 14 (5.91%) Network Support Engineer
11 13 (5.49%) Juniper Engineer
12 12 (5.06%) 3rd Line Support
12 12 (5.06%) Architect
12 12 (5.06%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.13%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.69%) Akka
3 2 (0.84%) LAMP
3 2 (0.84%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 37 (15.61%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (5.49%) Public Cloud
4 12 (5.06%) Virtual Team
5 9 (3.80%) Clustering
6 8 (3.38%) PKI
7 7 (2.95%) FMCG
8 6 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.11%) Algorithms
9 5 (2.11%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.69%) Driving Licence
10 4 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.69%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.84%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.84%) Molecular Biology
11 2 (0.84%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.42%) NHS
12 1 (0.42%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.59%) VyOS
2 16 (6.75%) Linux
3 14 (5.91%) Windows
4 9 (3.80%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.95%) Android
5 7 (2.95%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.84%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.84%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.42%) Debian
7 1 (0.42%) VMS
7 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (17.30%) Customer Service
2 36 (15.19%) Network Design
3 28 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (10.97%) Network Monitoring
5 25 (10.55%) Mentoring
6 22 (9.28%) High Availability
7 21 (8.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 19 (8.02%) Network Architecture
9 16 (6.75%) Change Management
10 15 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (6.33%) Information Security
11 14 (5.91%) Network Management
11 14 (5.91%) Project Delivery
12 12 (5.06%) Business Analysis
12 12 (5.06%) Network Virtualisation
13 10 (4.22%) Agile
13 10 (4.22%) Computer Science
13 10 (4.22%) Infrastructure as Code
14 9 (3.80%) Prototyping
14 9 (3.80%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.49%) PowerShell
2 8 (3.38%) Python
3 3 (1.27%) Bash
4 1 (0.42%) SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (50.63%) Cisco Certification
2 80 (33.76%) CCNP
3 70 (29.54%) CCNA
4 52 (21.94%) Security Cleared
5 43 (18.14%) CCIE
6 38 (16.03%) CCDP
7 30 (12.66%) JNCIA
8 17 (7.17%) SC Cleared
9 15 (6.33%) Degree
10 9 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (3.80%) JNCIP
11 7 (2.95%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 7 (2.95%) JNCIS
12 5 (2.11%) HNC
12 5 (2.11%) HND
12 5 (2.11%) JNCIE
13 4 (1.69%) Chartered Engineer
14 3 (1.27%) DV Cleared
15 2 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
16 1 (0.42%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (6.75%) Firmware
2 15 (6.33%) Active Directory
3 12 (5.06%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.69%) Docker
5 4 (1.69%) vCloud
6 3 (1.27%) pfSense
6 3 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.84%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.84%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.84%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.42%) NFS
8 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.42%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 37 (15.61%) FortiGate
2 12 (5.06%) Ansible
3 9 (3.80%) Failover Clustering
3 9 (3.80%) Terraform
4 7 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (2.53%) Kubernetes
6 5 (2.11%) Puppet
6 5 (2.11%) WSUS
7 2 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.84%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.84%) Nagios
8 1 (0.42%) Grafana
8 1 (0.42%) Nessus
8 1 (0.42%) SCCM
8 1 (0.42%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.42%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 155 (65.40%) Cisco
2 111 (46.84%) Juniper
3 72 (30.38%) Fortinet
4 36 (15.19%) Nokia
5 26 (10.97%) Palo Alto
5 26 (10.97%) Ruckus Wireless
6 23 (9.70%) Aruba
6 23 (9.70%) Meraki
7 18 (7.59%) F5
7 18 (7.59%) Microsoft
7 18 (7.59%) Vyatta
8 17 (7.17%) McAfee
8 17 (7.17%) VMware
9 13 (5.49%) SolarWinds
10 12 (5.06%) CheckPoint
10 12 (5.06%) Extreme Networks
11 10 (4.22%) Citrix
11 10 (4.22%) HP
12 7 (2.95%) Ekahau
12 7 (2.95%) Ubiquiti