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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 539 655 701
Rank change year-on-year +116 +46 -196
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 315 307 482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.33% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.60% 2.13% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 254 243 350
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,250 £52,500 £59,483
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -11.74% +8.15%
75th Percentile £62,750 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £50,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.64% - -

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 12,134 14,414 17,659
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.31% 15.46% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8,588 7,484 10,465
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,186
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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +29 83 £52,500 +12.90% 14
London +100 76 £63,264 -2.67% 25
North of England +49 76 £42,500 -9.57% 12
North West +52 62 £40,000 -42.86% 6
Midlands +37 57 £48,500 -19.17% 6
West Midlands +61 56 £48,500 -19.17% 3
South West +10 24 £48,500 -3.00% 8
Yorkshire +68 16 £49,000 +8.89% 5
East of England +4 4 £62,500 -9.09% 3
North East -19 4 £62,500 +47.06% 2
East Midlands -20 1 £60,000 +6.67% 3
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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 (2.54%) Skype for Business
2 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (0.63%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Gunicorn
4 1 (0.32%) nginx
4 1 (0.32%) uWSGI
Applications
1 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 53 (16.83%) Azure
2 46 (14.60%) AWS
3 13 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.81%) AWS Direct Connect
5 10 (3.17%) IaaS
6 7 (2.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (1.59%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.59%) PaaS
7 5 (1.59%) SaaS
8 4 (1.27%) GCP
9 3 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.63%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.63%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.63%) OpenDNS
10 2 (0.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.32%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.32%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 283 (89.84%) BGP
2 177 (56.19%) WAN
3 155 (49.21%) Firewall
3 155 (49.21%) LAN
3 155 (49.21%) MPLS
4 105 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 104 (33.02%) VPN
6 101 (32.06%) SD-WAN
7 100 (31.75%) Wireless
8 79 (25.08%) VLAN
9 65 (20.63%) EIGRP
10 64 (20.32%) DNS
11 62 (19.68%) DHCP
12 53 (16.83%) IPsec
12 53 (16.83%) Network Security
13 47 (14.92%) Internet
14 46 (14.60%) Ethernet
14 46 (14.60%) Wi-Fi
15 44 (13.97%) WLAN
16 39 (12.38%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.59%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.32%) MySQL
3 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.27%) JIRA
1 4 (1.27%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 60 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 25 (7.94%) Law
3 23 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.98%) Telecoms
5 18 (5.71%) Finance
6 9 (2.86%) Legal
6 9 (2.86%) Retail
7 6 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.59%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.27%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.27%) Military
9 4 (1.27%) Publishing
10 3 (0.95%) Banking
11 2 (0.63%) Billing
11 2 (0.63%) Electronics
11 2 (0.63%) Front Office
11 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.63%) Police
12 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 162 (51.43%) Network Engineer
2 51 (16.19%) Senior
3 49 (15.56%) Analyst
3 49 (15.56%) Network Analyst
4 38 (12.06%) Senior Network Engineer
5 36 (11.43%) Network Operations Analyst
5 36 (11.43%) Operations Analyst
6 29 (9.21%) Network Support
7 26 (8.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (6.98%) Support Engineer
9 21 (6.67%) Architect
9 21 (6.67%) Cisco Engineer
9 21 (6.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 20 (6.35%) IP Engineer
10 20 (6.35%) IP Network Engineer
11 17 (5.40%) Network Support Engineer
12 15 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support
12 15 (4.76%) Lead
12 15 (4.76%) Network Specialist
13 14 (4.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (15.87%) 802.1X
2 8 (2.54%) SAML
3 7 (2.22%) HTML
3 7 (2.22%) XML
4 5 (1.59%) XMPP
5 4 (1.27%) Akka
6 3 (0.95%) CSS
7 2 (0.63%) LAMP
7 2 (0.63%) V-Ray
8 1 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 76 (24.13%) Data Centre
2 25 (7.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (4.13%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.81%) Virtual Team
5 11 (3.49%) PKI
5 11 (3.49%) Public Cloud
6 10 (3.17%) Client/Server
7 8 (2.54%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (2.22%) Clustering
8 7 (2.22%) FMCG
9 6 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.59%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.59%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.27%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.95%) Hedge funds
12 3 (0.95%) Smart City
13 2 (0.63%) Molecular Biology
13 2 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.48%) Linux
2 20 (6.35%) Windows
3 19 (6.03%) VyOS
4 10 (3.17%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.54%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.54%) Unix
6 7 (2.22%) Android
7 4 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.95%) VMS
8 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.63%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.63%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.32%) CentOS
10 1 (0.32%) Debian
10 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (13.97%) Network Design
2 42 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (13.02%) Customer Service
4 39 (12.38%) Mentoring
5 30 (9.52%) Network Management
5 30 (9.52%) Network Monitoring
6 28 (8.89%) ITIL
7 27 (8.57%) Load Balancing
8 26 (8.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 25 (7.94%) Network Architecture
10 23 (7.30%) High Availability
11 21 (6.67%) Information Security
12 18 (5.71%) Technical Leadership
13 17 (5.40%) Network Virtualisation
13 17 (5.40%) Project Delivery
13 17 (5.40%) Roadmaps
14 16 (5.08%) Change Management
14 16 (5.08%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (4.13%) Computer Science
15 13 (4.13%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 22 (6.98%) PowerShell
1 22 (6.98%) Python
2 9 (2.86%) Bash
3 1 (0.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 161 (51.11%) Cisco Certification
2 105 (33.33%) CCNP
3 94 (29.84%) CCNA
4 58 (18.41%) CCIE
5 52 (16.51%) Security Cleared
6 44 (13.97%) CCDP
7 33 (10.48%) JNCIA
8 25 (7.94%) Degree
9 17 (5.40%) SC Cleared
10 9 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (2.54%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 8 (2.54%) JNCIP
12 7 (2.22%) JNCIS
13 5 (1.59%) HNC
13 5 (1.59%) HND
13 5 (1.59%) JNCIE
14 4 (1.27%) Chartered Engineer
14 4 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (0.95%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.95%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.35%) SLA
2 10 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.63%) GDPR
System Software
1 25 (7.94%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.08%) Firmware
3 15 (4.76%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.90%) Docker
6 5 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.59%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.27%) vCloud
8 3 (0.95%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.63%) pfSense
9 2 (0.63%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 42 (13.33%) FortiGate
2 13 (4.13%) Ansible
2 13 (4.13%) Puppet
3 10 (3.17%) Terraform
4 8 (2.54%) Nagios
4 8 (2.54%) Progress Chef
4 8 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.22%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (2.22%) Icinga
6 6 (1.90%) Kubernetes
6 6 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.90%) SolarWinds Orion
6 6 (1.90%) WSUS
7 4 (1.27%) Grafana
8 3 (0.95%) Nessus
9 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.63%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.63%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.32%) Kibana
Vendors
1 199 (63.17%) Cisco
2 131 (41.59%) Juniper
3 79 (25.08%) Fortinet
4 37 (11.75%) Nokia
5 32 (10.16%) Meraki
5 32 (10.16%) Palo Alto
6 29 (9.21%) CheckPoint
6 29 (9.21%) Microsoft
7 28 (8.89%) F5
8 27 (8.57%) Ruckus Wireless
9 23 (7.30%) SolarWinds
10 22 (6.98%) Aruba
10 22 (6.98%) VMware
11 19 (6.03%) Vyatta
12 12 (3.81%) Arista
13 11 (3.49%) Extreme Networks
13 11 (3.49%) McAfee
14 10 (3.17%) Google
14 10 (3.17%) HP
15 8 (2.54%) Tufin