Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 442 565 665
Rank change year-on-year +123 +100 +72
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 256 326 373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.35% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.66% 2.62% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 223 268 268
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,675
25th Percentile £43,799 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £50,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.84% -8.64% -
75th Percentile £71,875 £64,063 £78,750
90th Percentile £84,750 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.28% +7.78% -14.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,002 12,433 16,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.85% 13.39% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,022 9,427 8,679
10th Percentile £23,733 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -6.80% -1.90%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,225 £78,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the UK

OSPF
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for OSPF in the UK

OSPF
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF over the 6 months to 3 April 2025.

Salary histogram for OSPF in the UK

OSPF
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the UK over the 6 months to 3 April 2025. 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
England +102 248 £53,000 +6.00% 232
UK excluding London +130 169 £53,000 +9.28% 158
South East +123 95 £53,000 +0.95% 42
London +87 79 £72,500 +3.57% 98
Work from Home +108 56 £56,121 +12.24% 67
North of England +38 24 £55,000 +29.41% 43
Midlands +34 24 £35,000 -27.84% 28
West Midlands +3 24 £35,000 -27.84% 16
South West +93 16 £56,121 +15.71% 11
Yorkshire +77 13 £44,700 -12.78% 10
North West -12 10 £57,500 +43.75% 30
East of England +63 8 £47,000 -24.80% 14
Scotland +106 1 £67,500 +3.85% 10
Wales +42 1 £37,733 -18.85% 7
North East +37 1 £28,000 -55.20% 3

OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.39%) IIS
2 1 (0.39%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 19 (7.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (7.42%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.30%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 66 (25.78%) Azure
2 46 (17.97%) AWS
3 19 (7.42%) Google Workspace
4 10 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (2.34%) GCP
5 6 (2.34%) SaaS
6 4 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (1.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (0.78%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (0.78%) Cloudflare
7 2 (0.78%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.78%) IaaS
7 2 (0.78%) Serverless
8 1 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.39%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 245 (95.70%) BGP
2 182 (71.09%) Firewall
3 110 (42.97%) WAN
4 100 (39.06%) EIGRP
5 88 (34.38%) TCP/IP
6 86 (33.59%) Network Security
7 82 (32.03%) MPLS
8 78 (30.47%) VPN
9 77 (30.08%) LAN
10 53 (20.70%) VLAN
11 46 (17.97%) SD-WAN
12 43 (16.80%) WLAN
13 41 (16.02%) IPsec
14 38 (14.84%) Cisco ASA
14 38 (14.84%) DNS
14 38 (14.84%) Wireless
15 37 (14.45%) DHCP
16 29 (11.33%) Cisco ISE
17 27 (10.55%) Cisco Firepower
18 23 (8.98%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.73%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 66 (25.78%) Social Skills
2 21 (8.20%) Retail
3 19 (7.42%) Automotive
4 16 (6.25%) Finance
5 14 (5.47%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.08%) Banking
7 12 (4.69%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.52%) Police
9 8 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.34%) Local Government
10 6 (2.34%) Mandarin Language
10 6 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.95%) Advertising
12 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.78%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.39%) Aviation
13 1 (0.39%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.39%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 158 (61.72%) Network Engineer
2 44 (17.19%) Senior
3 35 (13.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 27 (10.55%) Network Security Engineer
4 27 (10.55%) Security Engineer
5 24 (9.38%) IT Engineer
6 21 (8.20%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 19 (7.42%) Systems Engineer
8 18 (7.03%) Cisco Engineer
8 18 (7.03%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 16 (6.25%) NOC Engineer
10 15 (5.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 15 (5.86%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
11 13 (5.08%) Junior
12 12 (4.69%) Lead
12 12 (4.69%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
13 10 (3.91%) Cloud Engineer
14 9 (3.52%) 1st Line Engineer
14 9 (3.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 8 (3.13%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.59%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.56%) JSON
2 4 (1.56%) YAML
3 3 (1.17%) REST
4 1 (0.39%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 45 (17.58%) Data Centre
2 28 (10.94%) Management Information System
3 19 (7.42%) Smartphone
4 9 (3.52%) Public Cloud
5 7 (2.73%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.34%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (2.34%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.95%) IoT
7 5 (1.95%) PMI
8 2 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.78%) PKI
8 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.39%) Clustering
9 1 (0.39%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.39%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.39%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.39%) IPTV
9 1 (0.39%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 28 (10.94%) Linux
2 26 (10.16%) Windows
3 21 (8.20%) Windows Server
4 20 (7.81%) Ubuntu
4 20 (7.81%) Windows 10
4 20 (7.81%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (7.42%) Mac OS X
5 19 (7.42%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (17.58%) Network Monitoring
2 37 (14.45%) Network Management
3 34 (13.28%) Network Design
4 33 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (8.98%) Computer Science
6 20 (7.81%) Performance Tuning
7 19 (7.42%) Business Case
7 19 (7.42%) High Availability
7 19 (7.42%) Systems Engineering
8 18 (7.03%) ITIL
9 16 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (6.25%) Network Architecture
10 15 (5.86%) Change Management
11 14 (5.47%) Project Delivery
11 14 (5.47%) Roadmaps
12 13 (5.08%) Business Continuity
12 13 (5.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (5.08%) Incident Management
12 13 (5.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 12 (4.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 33 (12.89%) PowerShell
2 27 (10.55%) Python
3 24 (9.38%) SQL
4 10 (3.91%) Bash
5 3 (1.17%) C++
6 2 (0.78%) R
7 1 (0.39%) C#
7 1 (0.39%) Java
7 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 101 (39.45%) Security Cleared
2 96 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
3 77 (30.08%) DV Cleared
4 70 (27.34%) SC Cleared
5 56 (21.88%) CCNA
6 53 (20.70%) CCNP
7 44 (17.19%) Degree
8 22 (8.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (7.81%) CCIE
10 19 (7.42%) HNC
10 19 (7.42%) HND
10 19 (7.42%) MCSE
10 19 (7.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.34%) JNCIA
12 5 (1.95%) PMI Certification
13 4 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.78%) CCIE Routing and Switching
15 2 (0.78%) JNCIE
15 2 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (1.95%) PCI DSS
2 5 (1.95%) QA
2 5 (1.95%) SLA
3 2 (0.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 27 (10.55%) Active Directory
2 23 (8.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (5.47%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.13%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.56%) Docker
5 4 (1.56%) Firmware
6 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (17.19%) FortiGate
2 21 (8.20%) Ansible
3 12 (4.69%) Terraform
4 10 (3.91%) Kubernetes
5 8 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (2.73%) WSUS
7 6 (2.34%) Nagios
8 3 (1.17%) Puppet
9 2 (0.78%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.39%) Cisco Prime
10 1 (0.39%) Cisco UCCX
10 1 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.39%) HAProxy
10 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.39%) SCCM
10 1 (0.39%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 206 (80.47%) Cisco
2 115 (44.92%) Fortinet
3 90 (35.16%) Juniper
4 48 (18.75%) Palo Alto
5 45 (17.58%) Microsoft
6 41 (16.02%) SolarWinds
7 33 (12.89%) CheckPoint
8 30 (11.72%) VMware
9 24 (9.38%) Ubiquiti
10 23 (8.98%) Dell
11 19 (7.42%) Apple
11 19 (7.42%) F5
11 19 (7.42%) Google
12 14 (5.47%) Meraki
13 13 (5.08%) Arista
14 10 (3.91%) Riverbed
15 9 (3.52%) Citrix
16 8 (3.13%) McAfee
17 6 (2.34%) LogicMonitor
18 5 (1.95%) HP