OSPF Jobs in the North West

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring OSPF skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OSPF over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 275 325
Rank change year-on-year +28 +50 -100
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 66 15 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.58% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.41% 0.96% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 59 13 14
10th Percentile £32,500 £46,000 £40,775
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +33.33% +5.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £78,750 £68,438
90th Percentile £55,000 £83,750 £71,250
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 West

OSPF falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,221 1,562 1,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 10.70% 21.52% 13.10%
Number of salaries quoted 911 614 728
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +2.11% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £58,228
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for OSPF in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for OSPF in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Manchester +55 48 £40,000 -42.86% 8
Cheshire -10 9 £35,000 -25.53%
Merseyside +9 7 £48,000 -40.92%
Lancashire - 2 £50,000 -
OSPF
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (15.15%) Azure
2 5 (7.58%) AWS
3 4 (6.06%) GCP
4 3 (4.55%) IaaS
4 3 (4.55%) PaaS
4 3 (4.55%) SaaS
5 2 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 62 (93.94%) BGP
2 41 (62.12%) MPLS
2 41 (62.12%) WAN
3 39 (59.09%) LAN
4 36 (54.55%) TCP/IP
5 31 (46.97%) Wi-Fi
6 29 (43.94%) Ethernet
6 29 (43.94%) Wireless
7 28 (42.42%) Firewall
8 26 (39.39%) Internet
9 23 (34.85%) DHCP
9 23 (34.85%) DSL
10 16 (24.24%) VPN
11 14 (21.21%) IPsec
12 13 (19.70%) Network Security
13 11 (16.67%) EIGRP
14 10 (15.15%) SSL
15 8 (12.12%) HSRP
16 7 (10.61%) SD-WAN
16 7 (10.61%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) JIRA
1 4 (6.06%) Rational DOORS
General
1 14 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.03%) Law
Job Titles
1 53 (80.30%) Network Engineer
2 17 (25.76%) IP Engineer
2 17 (25.76%) IP Network Engineer
3 13 (19.70%) Cisco Engineer
3 13 (19.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 13 (19.70%) Juniper Engineer
4 11 (16.67%) Network Support
5 5 (7.58%) Network Support Engineer
5 5 (7.58%) Support Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) Architect
6 4 (6.06%) Network Architect
7 3 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Firewall Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) NOC Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Presales Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Presales Network Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Senior
7 3 (4.55%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.06%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.55%) PKI
3 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 17 (25.76%) VyOS
2 6 (9.09%) Linux
3 1 (1.52%) Mac OS X
3 1 (1.52%) Windows
3 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (43.94%) Customer Service
2 10 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (10.61%) Network Management
4 6 (9.09%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (7.58%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (6.06%) ITSM
6 4 (6.06%) Mentoring
6 4 (6.06%) Network Architecture
6 4 (6.06%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (6.06%) Requirements Management
6 4 (6.06%) Validation
6 4 (6.06%) Verification and Validation
7 3 (4.55%) Fault Analysis
7 3 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (4.55%) Kalman Filter
7 3 (4.55%) Presales
7 3 (4.55%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (4.55%) Reverse Engineering
7 3 (4.55%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 44 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (48.48%) CCNA
3 25 (37.88%) JNCIA
4 17 (25.76%) CCNP
5 6 (9.09%) CCDP
5 6 (9.09%) Degree
5 6 (9.09%) JNCIP
5 6 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 4 (6.06%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (6.06%) HNC
6 4 (6.06%) HND
7 3 (4.55%) SC Cleared
8 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.52%) CCIE
System Software
1 2 (3.03%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (1.52%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 60 (90.91%) Cisco
2 39 (59.09%) Juniper
3 35 (53.03%) Fortinet
4 29 (43.94%) Nokia
5 23 (34.85%) Ruckus Wireless
6 17 (25.76%) Vyatta
7 9 (13.64%) SolarWinds
8 8 (12.12%) Palo Alto
9 4 (6.06%) Citrix
9 4 (6.06%) Google
9 4 (6.06%) Meraki
9 4 (6.06%) Thales
10 3 (4.55%) VMware
11 2 (3.03%) Aerohive Networks
11 2 (3.03%) Barracuda Networks
11 2 (3.03%) HP
11 2 (3.03%) Microsoft
11 2 (3.03%) NETGEAR
11 2 (3.03%) Ubiquiti
12 1 (1.52%) SonicWALL