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 29 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 454 435 732
Rank change year-on-year -19 +297 -66
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 351 381 452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.66% 0.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.14% 4.39% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 196 304 316
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,113 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,375 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,750 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% -

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 11,187 8,680 17,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.72% 15.00% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4,078 6,645 10,889
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,250 £37,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%

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 29 October 2024.

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 29 October 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
England -42 339 £55,000 - 68
UK excluding London -45 236 £53,750 +2.38% 45
South East +15 114 £55,000 +4.76% 9
Work from Home -56 108 £62,500 +13.64% 43
London -2 104 £72,500 +16.00% 27
North of England +6 58 £45,000 -4.76% 16
North West -6 45 £46,250 +7.25% 10
Midlands -55 37 £35,000 -41.67% 9
West Midlands -41 33 £35,000 -44.00% 6
Yorkshire +29 13 £45,000 -10.00% 3
East of England -62 12 £70,000 +12.00% 6
South West -59 10 £60,000 +20.00% 4
East Midlands -40 4 - - 3
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Scotland -8 2 - - 4

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 13 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (6.55%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.99%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 62 (17.66%) Azure
2 45 (12.82%) AWS
3 29 (8.26%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (6.55%) SaaS
5 19 (5.41%) Google Workspace
6 10 (2.85%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.71%) Cloudflare
8 6 (1.71%) IaaS
9 5 (1.42%) PaaS
10 4 (1.14%) GCP
10 4 (1.14%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.57%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 1 (0.28%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.28%) OpenShift
12 1 (0.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 330 (94.02%) BGP
2 204 (58.12%) Firewall
3 135 (38.46%) TCP/IP
4 115 (32.76%) WAN
5 112 (31.91%) VPN
6 111 (31.62%) VLAN
7 97 (27.64%) MPLS
8 92 (26.21%) EIGRP
9 74 (21.08%) IPsec
10 66 (18.80%) Network Security
11 65 (18.52%) Cisco ASA
12 59 (16.81%) LAN
13 57 (16.24%) SD-WAN
14 56 (15.95%) Cisco Firepower
15 49 (13.96%) DNS
16 48 (13.68%) Ethernet VPN
17 45 (12.82%) RIP
18 44 (12.54%) Ethernet
19 41 (11.68%) DHCP
20 39 (11.11%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.14%) MariaDB
1 4 (1.14%) MySQL
1 4 (1.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.14%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.85%) Git
3 1 (0.28%) GitLab
3 1 (0.28%) JIRA
General
1 113 (32.19%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.97%) Telecoms
3 30 (8.55%) Finance
4 25 (7.12%) Retail
5 23 (6.55%) Automotive
6 13 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.85%) Banking
8 8 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.14%) Law
11 3 (0.85%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.57%) Legal
12 2 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Billing
13 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Marketing
13 1 (0.28%) Military
13 1 (0.28%) Police
Job Titles
1 202 (57.55%) Network Engineer
2 39 (11.11%) Senior
3 36 (10.26%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 31 (8.83%) Senior Network Engineer
5 29 (8.26%) Consultant
5 29 (8.26%) Network Consultant
6 21 (5.98%) Cisco Consultant
6 21 (5.98%) Cisco Network Consultant
6 21 (5.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 21 (5.98%) Systems Engineer
7 20 (5.70%) Architect
8 19 (5.41%) IT Engineer
8 19 (5.41%) NOC Engineer
9 18 (5.13%) IT Consultant
10 14 (3.99%) IP Engineer
10 14 (3.99%) IP Network Engineer
11 13 (3.70%) Network Specialist
12 12 (3.42%) Junior
13 11 (3.13%) Cisco Engineer
14 10 (2.85%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (17.38%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.28%) NETCONF
2 1 (0.28%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 68 (19.37%) Data Centre
2 20 (5.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 19 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 19 (5.41%) Smartphone
4 17 (4.84%) Driving Licence
5 15 (4.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 13 (3.70%) CMDB
7 8 (2.28%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.42%) Robotics
9 5 (1.42%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.57%) Clustering
11 1 (0.28%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.28%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.28%) NHS
11 1 (0.28%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.97%) Linux
2 28 (7.98%) Windows
3 25 (7.12%) Windows Server
4 23 (6.55%) Ubuntu
5 20 (5.70%) Mac OS X
5 20 (5.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (5.41%) Windows 10
6 19 (5.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.71%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (17.95%) Network Design
3 52 (14.81%) Network Management
4 50 (14.25%) Agile
5 46 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
7 35 (9.97%) ITIL
8 31 (8.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 30 (8.55%) Mentoring
10 29 (8.26%) Customer Service
11 28 (7.98%) Proactive Monitoring
12 27 (7.69%) ITSM
13 25 (7.12%) Computer Science
14 23 (6.55%) Network Architecture
15 20 (5.70%) Systems Engineering
16 19 (5.41%) Business Case
16 19 (5.41%) Decision-Making
16 19 (5.41%) Performance Tuning
17 18 (5.13%) Data Privacy
17 18 (5.13%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 33 (9.40%) PowerShell
2 25 (7.12%) Python
2 25 (7.12%) SQL
3 8 (2.28%) PHP
4 6 (1.71%) Perl
5 5 (1.42%) Bash
6 1 (0.28%) Go
Qualifications
1 175 (49.86%) Cisco Certification
2 114 (32.48%) CCNP
3 96 (27.35%) Security Cleared
4 86 (24.50%) CCNA
5 56 (15.95%) DV Cleared
6 38 (10.83%) Degree
7 28 (7.98%) SC Cleared
8 23 (6.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (6.27%) CCIE
9 22 (6.27%) JNCIP
10 19 (5.41%) HNC
10 19 (5.41%) HND
10 19 (5.41%) MCSE
10 19 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (4.56%) JNCIA
12 12 (3.42%) JNCIS
13 8 (2.28%) CISSP
14 5 (1.42%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.56%) SLA
2 6 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.71%) NIST
3 3 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.28%) GDPR
System Software
1 30 (8.55%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.41%) Firmware
3 10 (2.85%) Hyper-V
4 8 (2.28%) Docker
4 8 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.42%) vSphere
6 4 (1.14%) NFS
6 4 (1.14%) pfSense
6 4 (1.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 41 (11.68%) FortiGate
2 30 (8.55%) Ansible
3 14 (3.99%) Terraform
4 8 (2.28%) WSUS
4 8 (2.28%) ZABBIX
5 7 (1.99%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.14%) Nagios
7 4 (1.14%) SCCM
8 3 (0.85%) Cisco Prime
8 3 (0.85%) Puppet
9 2 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.57%) Icinga
10 1 (0.28%) CASB
10 1 (0.28%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 276 (78.63%) Cisco
2 138 (39.32%) Juniper
3 89 (25.36%) Fortinet
4 61 (17.38%) Palo Alto
5 48 (13.68%) Microsoft
6 30 (8.55%) Meraki
7 28 (7.98%) Dell
7 28 (7.98%) Extreme Networks
7 28 (7.98%) SolarWinds
8 23 (6.55%) Ubiquiti
9 22 (6.27%) Aruba
10 19 (5.41%) Apple
10 19 (5.41%) CheckPoint
10 19 (5.41%) Google
11 18 (5.13%) Sony
12 17 (4.84%) VMware
13 16 (4.56%) Citrix
14 14 (3.99%) Arista
14 14 (3.99%) McAfee
15 12 (3.42%) NVIDIA