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 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 443 589 654
Rank change year-on-year +146 +65 +71
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 254 327 357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.33% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.88% 2.40% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 219 263 284
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,900
25th Percentile £44,399 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.95% -8.18% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £77,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £48,500 £45,125
% change year-on-year +9.28% +7.48% -14.05%

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 6,543 13,614 16,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.68% 13.87% 15.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,245 9,523 8,270
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,625 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% -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 26 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 26 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 +116 243 £53,000 +5.47% 138
UK excluding London +137 166 £53,000 +9.28% 83
South East +121 94 £53,000 +0.95% 13
London +124 81 £70,000 +7.69% 75
Work from Home +87 54 £56,121 +12.24% 66
North of England +25 23 £55,000 +29.41% 22
Midlands +34 19 £35,000 -27.84% 15
West Midlands +31 19 £35,000 -27.84% 11
South West +109 16 £56,121 +15.71% 6
Yorkshire +70 14 £44,700 -8.78% 8
East of England +68 9 £52,000 -16.80% 5
North West -22 8 £57,500 +43.75% 13
Wales +46 3 £55,000 +18.28% 1
Scotland +127 2 £67,500 +3.85% 16
North East +49 1 £28,000 -55.20% 1

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 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.39%) IIS
2 1 (0.39%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 16 (6.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (6.30%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (5.12%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.39%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 72 (28.35%) Azure
2 54 (21.26%) AWS
3 16 (6.30%) Google Workspace
4 10 (3.94%) GCP
4 10 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.76%) AWS Direct Connect
6 6 (2.36%) SaaS
7 5 (1.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.79%) Cloudflare
10 2 (0.79%) Serverless
11 1 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.39%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.39%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 244 (96.06%) BGP
2 189 (74.41%) Firewall
3 108 (42.52%) WAN
4 95 (37.40%) EIGRP
5 86 (33.86%) Network Security
6 83 (32.68%) MPLS
7 81 (31.89%) TCP/IP
8 80 (31.50%) VPN
9 78 (30.71%) LAN
10 51 (20.08%) VLAN
11 49 (19.29%) SD-WAN
12 48 (18.90%) IPsec
13 45 (17.72%) WLAN
14 43 (16.93%) Cisco ASA
15 39 (15.35%) Wireless
16 34 (13.39%) DHCP
16 34 (13.39%) DNS
17 33 (12.99%) Cisco ISE
18 29 (11.42%) Wi-Fi
19 26 (10.24%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.76%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (0.79%) JMeter
General
1 56 (22.05%) Social Skills
2 18 (7.09%) Finance
2 18 (7.09%) Retail
3 16 (6.30%) Automotive
3 16 (6.30%) Banking
4 15 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.72%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (4.72%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.54%) Police
7 7 (2.76%) Mandarin Language
8 6 (2.36%) Local Government
8 6 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.97%) Advertising
10 3 (1.18%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.79%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.79%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.39%) Aviation
12 1 (0.39%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 159 (62.60%) Network Engineer
2 41 (16.14%) Senior
3 31 (12.20%) Senior Network Engineer
4 27 (10.63%) Network Security Engineer
4 27 (10.63%) Security Engineer
5 22 (8.66%) IT Engineer
6 21 (8.27%) Cisco Engineer
6 21 (8.27%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 18 (7.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 18 (7.09%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 17 (6.69%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
9 16 (6.30%) Systems Engineer
10 15 (5.91%) Lead
11 13 (5.12%) NOC Engineer
12 12 (4.72%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
13 11 (4.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (4.33%) Junior
14 10 (3.94%) 1st Line Engineer
14 10 (3.94%) Cloud Engineer
15 8 (3.15%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.66%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.57%) JSON
2 4 (1.57%) REST
2 4 (1.57%) YAML
3 1 (0.39%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 55 (21.65%) Data Centre
2 31 (12.20%) Management Information System
3 16 (6.30%) Smartphone
4 11 (4.33%) Public Cloud
5 7 (2.76%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.36%) PMI
6 6 (2.36%) Reinsurance
7 5 (1.97%) IoT
8 4 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.18%) IPTV
9 3 (1.18%) PKI
10 2 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.39%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.39%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.39%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.39%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.39%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.06%) Linux
2 21 (8.27%) Windows
3 17 (6.69%) Ubuntu
3 17 (6.69%) Windows 10
3 17 (6.69%) Windows Server
4 16 (6.30%) Mac OS X
4 16 (6.30%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (6.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (16.93%) Network Monitoring
2 37 (14.57%) Network Management
3 33 (12.99%) Network Design
4 31 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (8.27%) Change Management
5 21 (8.27%) Computer Science
5 21 (8.27%) High Availability
6 20 (7.87%) ITIL
7 18 (7.09%) Project Delivery
8 17 (6.69%) Performance Tuning
9 16 (6.30%) Business Case
9 16 (6.30%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (6.30%) Network Architecture
9 16 (6.30%) Systems Engineering
10 15 (5.91%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (5.91%) Incident Management
10 15 (5.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 14 (5.51%) Network Virtualisation
12 13 (5.12%) Root Cause Analysis
13 12 (4.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (11.81%) Python
2 27 (10.63%) PowerShell
3 21 (8.27%) SQL
4 12 (4.72%) Bash
5 3 (1.18%) C++
6 2 (0.79%) R
7 1 (0.39%) C#
7 1 (0.39%) Java
7 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 98 (38.58%) Security Cleared
2 92 (36.22%) Cisco Certification
3 74 (29.13%) SC Cleared
4 72 (28.35%) DV Cleared
5 54 (21.26%) CCNA
5 54 (21.26%) CCNP
6 46 (18.11%) Degree
7 21 (8.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (7.48%) CCIE
9 16 (6.30%) HNC
9 16 (6.30%) HND
9 16 (6.30%) MCSE
9 16 (6.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.36%) JNCIA
10 6 (2.36%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.57%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.79%) JNCIE
13 1 (0.39%) CCSE
13 1 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.76%) QA
2 5 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.97%) PCI DSS
2 5 (1.97%) SLA
3 3 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.79%) GDPR
5 1 (0.39%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.39%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (9.84%) Active Directory
2 24 (9.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (5.51%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.54%) VMware NSX
5 6 (2.36%) Firmware
6 4 (1.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 43 (16.93%) FortiGate
2 23 (9.06%) Ansible
3 12 (4.72%) Terraform
4 10 (3.94%) Kubernetes
5 8 (3.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (3.15%) Nagios
6 7 (2.76%) WSUS
7 2 (0.79%) Iperf
7 2 (0.79%) Puppet
8 1 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.39%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.39%) Cisco UCCX
8 1 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.39%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 201 (79.13%) Cisco
2 115 (45.28%) Fortinet
3 84 (33.07%) Juniper
4 49 (19.29%) SolarWinds
5 45 (17.72%) Palo Alto
6 40 (15.75%) Microsoft
7 38 (14.96%) CheckPoint
8 33 (12.99%) VMware
9 23 (9.06%) F5
10 21 (8.27%) Ubiquiti
11 19 (7.48%) Meraki
12 18 (7.09%) Dell
13 16 (6.30%) Apple
13 16 (6.30%) Google
14 13 (5.12%) Arista
15 10 (3.94%) Riverbed
16 9 (3.54%) Citrix
17 8 (3.15%) McAfee
18 7 (2.76%) Dynatrace
19 6 (2.36%) LogicMonitor