OSPF Jobs with Work from Home Options

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The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 466 472 719
Rank change year-on-year +6 +247 -226
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 127 167 167
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 0.43% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.43% 3.79% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 108 156 128
10th Percentile £44,750 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £49,375 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.77% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,688 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £92,500
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,217 4,404 8,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 11.45% 11.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,325 3,281 5,133
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

OSPF
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OSPF trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing OSPF.

OSPF salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing OSPF over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

OSPF salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (15.75%) AWS
2 18 (14.17%) Azure
3 6 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.94%) AWS Direct Connect
5 4 (3.15%) IaaS
6 3 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.36%) PaaS
6 3 (2.36%) SaaS
7 2 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.79%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.79%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 112 (88.19%) BGP
2 82 (64.57%) MPLS
3 81 (63.78%) WAN
4 73 (57.48%) LAN
5 62 (48.82%) Firewall
6 58 (45.67%) SD-WAN
7 47 (37.01%) VPN
8 43 (33.86%) TCP/IP
9 35 (27.56%) Wireless
10 33 (25.98%) VLAN
11 30 (23.62%) WLAN
12 24 (18.90%) Network Security
13 18 (14.17%) Ethernet
13 18 (14.17%) IPsec
14 16 (12.60%) DNS
15 13 (10.24%) EIGRP
16 11 (8.66%) Cisco ASA
16 11 (8.66%) Intrusion Detection
16 11 (8.66%) Wi-Fi
17 10 (7.87%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.94%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.79%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.79%) MySQL
2 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.79%) GitLab
1 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
General
1 26 (20.47%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.02%) Law
3 11 (8.66%) Finance
4 9 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.51%) Legal
6 5 (3.94%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.15%) Publishing
8 3 (2.36%) Military
9 2 (1.57%) Banking
9 2 (1.57%) Billing
9 2 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.57%) Front Office
10 1 (0.79%) Police
Job Titles
1 66 (51.97%) Network Engineer
2 27 (21.26%) Analyst
2 27 (21.26%) Network Analyst
2 27 (21.26%) Senior
3 26 (20.47%) Senior Network Engineer
4 25 (19.69%) Network Operations Analyst
4 25 (19.69%) Operations Analyst
5 18 (14.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (6.30%) Cisco Engineer
6 8 (6.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 8 (6.30%) Core Network Engineer
6 8 (6.30%) Network Security Engineer
6 8 (6.30%) Security Engineer
6 8 (6.30%) Senior Core Network Engineer
7 6 (4.72%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
7 6 (4.72%) IT Engineer
7 6 (4.72%) Lead
7 6 (4.72%) Professional Services Engineer
8 5 (3.94%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (3.94%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.72%) 802.1X
2 5 (3.94%) XMPP
3 3 (2.36%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 29 (22.83%) Data Centre
2 12 (9.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (5.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (3.94%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.94%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (3.94%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.94%) Virtual Team
5 4 (3.15%) PKI
5 4 (3.15%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.36%) Smart City
7 2 (1.57%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.57%) Clustering
7 2 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.57%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.57%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.79%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.94%) Android
1 5 (3.94%) Apple iOS
1 5 (3.94%) Linux
1 5 (3.94%) Windows
2 3 (2.36%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.79%) Debian
3 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.79%) VMS
3 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (20.47%) Mentoring
2 19 (14.96%) Customer Service
2 19 (14.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (14.96%) Network Design
3 18 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (11.02%) ITIL
4 14 (11.02%) Network Management
5 11 (8.66%) Information Security
6 10 (7.87%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (7.87%) Technical Leadership
7 9 (7.09%) Network Architecture
7 9 (7.09%) Roadmaps
8 8 (6.30%) Coaching
8 8 (6.30%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 8 (6.30%) Critical Thinking
8 8 (6.30%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (5.51%) Analytics
9 7 (5.51%) Business Continuity
9 7 (5.51%) Configuration Management
9 7 (5.51%) DDoS Mitigation
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.30%) Python
2 6 (4.72%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.57%) Bash
Qualifications
1 63 (49.61%) Cisco Certification
2 51 (40.16%) CCNP
3 41 (32.28%) CCNA
4 35 (27.56%) CCIE
5 32 (25.20%) CCDP
6 10 (7.87%) Degree
6 10 (7.87%) Security Cleared
7 9 (7.09%) JNCIP
8 5 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (3.94%) JNCIE
9 3 (2.36%) MCT
9 3 (2.36%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.57%) CCIP
11 1 (0.79%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.79%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 1 (0.79%) CCNP Voice
11 1 (0.79%) CCSP
11 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (6.30%) SLA
3 3 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.36%) NIST
3 3 (2.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (3.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.15%) vCloud
3 3 (2.36%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.57%) Docker
4 2 (1.57%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.79%) Firmware
5 1 (0.79%) NFS
5 1 (0.79%) pfSense
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (8.66%) Ansible
2 8 (6.30%) FortiGate
3 4 (3.15%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.15%) Puppet
4 3 (2.36%) SolarWinds Orion
4 3 (2.36%) WSUS
5 2 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.57%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.57%) Terraform
6 1 (0.79%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.79%) Grafana
6 1 (0.79%) Nessus
6 1 (0.79%) SCCM
6 1 (0.79%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 65 (51.18%) Cisco
2 25 (19.69%) Juniper
3 21 (16.54%) Palo Alto
4 18 (14.17%) Fortinet
5 16 (12.60%) SolarWinds
6 15 (11.81%) CheckPoint
7 13 (10.24%) Aruba
7 13 (10.24%) Meraki
8 10 (7.87%) Microsoft
9 8 (6.30%) F5
9 8 (6.30%) VMware
10 7 (5.51%) Extreme Networks
10 7 (5.51%) HP
11 6 (4.72%) Infoblox
11 6 (4.72%) Nokia
12 4 (3.15%) Dell
13 3 (2.36%) Ubiquiti
14 2 (1.57%) Citrix
14 2 (1.57%) Huawei
14 2 (1.57%) Remedy