OSPF Jobs in England

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 549 621 704
Rank change year-on-year +72 +83 -175
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 314 318 517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.38% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.58% 2.30% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 241 263 355
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,850 £36,100
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £93,550
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £59,483
% change year-on-year -4.55% -7.54% +8.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,179 13,819 18,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.35% 16.40% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 8,546 7,018 10,430
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,244
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in England

OSPF
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for OSPF in England

OSPF
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for OSPF in England

OSPF
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East -5 87 £52,750 +13.44% 19
London +67 82 £70,000 +7.69% 33
North of England +53 77 £42,500 -9.57% 13
North West +34 62 £40,000 -42.86% 8
Midlands +4 50 £48,500 -17.45% 7
West Midlands +15 49 £48,500 -19.17% 6
Yorkshire +49 18 £47,500 +5.56% 5
South West -31 16 £48,500 -3.00% 5
East of England -12 7 £62,500 +4.17% 2
North East -23 3 £62,500 +47.06% 1
East Midlands -25 1 £60,000 +4.35% 1
OSPF
UK

OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (2.55%) Skype for Business
2 7 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 53 (16.88%) Azure
2 45 (14.33%) AWS
3 14 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.82%) AWS Direct Connect
4 12 (3.82%) IaaS
5 10 (3.18%) PaaS
5 10 (3.18%) SaaS
6 8 (2.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (1.59%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.59%) GCP
8 3 (0.96%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.64%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.64%) OpenDNS
9 2 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.32%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.32%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 280 (89.17%) BGP
2 170 (54.14%) WAN
3 159 (50.64%) Firewall
4 154 (49.04%) MPLS
5 144 (45.86%) LAN
6 104 (33.12%) TCP/IP
7 102 (32.48%) SD-WAN
7 102 (32.48%) VPN
8 101 (32.17%) Wireless
9 73 (23.25%) VLAN
10 71 (22.61%) EIGRP
11 61 (19.43%) DHCP
12 57 (18.15%) Network Security
13 56 (17.83%) IPsec
14 55 (17.52%) DNS
15 51 (16.24%) Wi-Fi
16 47 (14.97%) Ethernet
16 47 (14.97%) Internet
17 45 (14.33%) DMVPN
18 43 (13.69%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.59%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.32%) MySQL
3 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.59%) JIRA
2 4 (1.27%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.32%) GitLab
3 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 48 (15.29%) Social Skills
2 27 (8.60%) Law
3 24 (7.64%) Finance
4 21 (6.69%) Telecoms
5 19 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.50%) Retail
7 10 (3.18%) Legal
8 5 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.27%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.27%) Publishing
10 3 (0.96%) Billing
10 3 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.96%) Military
11 2 (0.64%) Banking
11 2 (0.64%) Electronics
11 2 (0.64%) Front Office
11 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.32%) Automotive
12 1 (0.32%) Police
12 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 162 (51.59%) Network Engineer
2 49 (15.61%) Senior
3 42 (13.38%) Analyst
3 42 (13.38%) Network Analyst
4 37 (11.78%) Senior Network Engineer
5 31 (9.87%) Network Operations Analyst
5 31 (9.87%) Operations Analyst
6 27 (8.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 26 (8.28%) Network Support
8 22 (7.01%) Cisco Engineer
8 22 (7.01%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 21 (6.69%) Architect
10 19 (6.05%) Support Engineer
11 18 (5.73%) IP Engineer
11 18 (5.73%) IP Network Engineer
12 17 (5.41%) Network Specialist
13 14 (4.46%) Juniper Engineer
13 14 (4.46%) Lead
13 14 (4.46%) Network Support Engineer
14 13 (4.14%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (15.29%) 802.1X
2 8 (2.55%) SAML
3 7 (2.23%) HTML
3 7 (2.23%) XML
4 5 (1.59%) XMPP
5 4 (1.27%) Akka
6 3 (0.96%) CSS
7 2 (0.64%) LAMP
7 2 (0.64%) V-Ray
8 1 (0.32%) NETCONF
8 1 (0.32%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 77 (24.52%) Data Centre
2 25 (7.96%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (4.14%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.14%) Public Cloud
4 10 (3.18%) Client/Server
4 10 (3.18%) Virtual Team
5 9 (2.87%) Clustering
6 8 (2.55%) PKI
6 8 (2.55%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (2.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (2.23%) FMCG
8 6 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.59%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.59%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.27%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.96%) Smart City
12 2 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.64%) Fibre Optics
12 2 (0.64%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.60%) Linux
2 18 (5.73%) VyOS
3 14 (4.46%) Windows
4 9 (2.87%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.55%) Unix
6 7 (2.23%) Android
6 7 (2.23%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.96%) Debian
8 2 (0.64%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.64%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.32%) VMS
9 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (15.61%) Network Design
2 45 (14.33%) Customer Service
3 39 (12.42%) Mentoring
4 33 (10.51%) Network Management
4 33 (10.51%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (9.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 28 (8.92%) ITIL
7 27 (8.60%) Network Monitoring
8 26 (8.28%) Load Balancing
9 23 (7.32%) Information Security
10 22 (7.01%) High Availability
11 20 (6.37%) Network Architecture
12 19 (6.05%) Network Virtualisation
13 18 (5.73%) Roadmaps
13 18 (5.73%) Technical Leadership
14 17 (5.41%) Project Delivery
15 16 (5.10%) Change Management
16 13 (4.14%) Continuous Improvement
16 13 (4.14%) Cybersecurity
17 12 (3.82%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.64%) Python
2 21 (6.69%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.23%) Bash
4 1 (0.32%) Go
4 1 (0.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 149 (47.45%) Cisco Certification
2 98 (31.21%) CCNP
3 86 (27.39%) CCNA
4 51 (16.24%) Security Cleared
5 48 (15.29%) CCIE
6 38 (12.10%) CCDP
7 30 (9.55%) JNCIA
8 26 (8.28%) Degree
9 16 (5.10%) SC Cleared
10 10 (3.18%) JNCIP
11 9 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.87%) JNCIS
12 8 (2.55%) CCIE Routing and Switching
13 5 (1.59%) HNC
13 5 (1.59%) HND
13 5 (1.59%) JNCIE
14 4 (1.27%) Chartered Engineer
15 3 (0.96%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.96%) MCT
16 2 (0.64%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.69%) SLA
2 8 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.96%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (7.64%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.10%) Firmware
3 13 (4.14%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.27%) Docker
4 4 (1.27%) vCloud
5 3 (0.96%) pfSense
5 3 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.64%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.64%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.32%) NFS
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 51 (16.24%) FortiGate
2 13 (4.14%) Ansible
3 11 (3.50%) Puppet
4 9 (2.87%) Failover Clustering
4 9 (2.87%) Terraform
5 8 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.55%) Progress Chef
5 8 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.91%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.91%) WSUS
7 4 (1.27%) Nagios
7 4 (1.27%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.64%) Backup Exec
8 2 (0.64%) Icinga
9 1 (0.32%) CASB
9 1 (0.32%) Grafana
9 1 (0.32%) Nessus
9 1 (0.32%) SCCM
9 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 205 (65.29%) Cisco
2 128 (40.76%) Juniper
3 84 (26.75%) Fortinet
4 36 (11.46%) Nokia
5 35 (11.15%) Microsoft
5 35 (11.15%) Palo Alto
6 33 (10.51%) Meraki
7 31 (9.87%) CheckPoint
8 29 (9.24%) F5
9 26 (8.28%) Ruckus Wireless
10 24 (7.64%) SolarWinds
11 23 (7.32%) Aruba
12 18 (5.73%) Vyatta
13 17 (5.41%) McAfee
14 16 (5.10%) VMware
15 12 (3.82%) Extreme Networks
15 12 (3.82%) HP
16 11 (3.50%) Arista
17 10 (3.18%) Citrix
17 10 (3.18%) Google