OSPF Jobs in the North West

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 228 280 323
Rank change year-on-year +52 +43 -122
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 62 22 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.64% 0.28% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.42% 1.36% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 59 18 15
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,000 £40,700
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +33.33% +5.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £78,750 £65,625
90th Percentile £55,000 £82,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £50,250 £52,500 £59,483
% change year-on-year -4.29% -11.74% +8.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,143 1,616 1,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.79% 20.29% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 874 681 734
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £45,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +3.87% +0.56%
75th Percentile £62,188 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for OSPF in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for OSPF in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the North West 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
Manchester +67 47 £40,000 -20.00% 6
Cheshire -9 8 £36,250 -22.87%
Merseyside +6 7 £48,000 -39.05%
OSPF
England

OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (19.35%) Azure
2 7 (11.29%) AWS
3 4 (6.45%) GCP
4 3 (4.84%) IaaS
4 3 (4.84%) PaaS
4 3 (4.84%) SaaS
5 2 (3.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 58 (93.55%) BGP
2 45 (72.58%) WAN
3 43 (69.35%) MPLS
4 41 (66.13%) LAN
5 38 (61.29%) TCP/IP
6 33 (53.23%) Wi-Fi
7 31 (50.00%) Ethernet
8 30 (48.39%) Wireless
9 26 (41.94%) Internet
10 25 (40.32%) DHCP
10 25 (40.32%) DSL
11 23 (37.10%) Firewall
12 16 (25.81%) VPN
13 13 (20.97%) Network Security
14 10 (16.13%) IPsec
14 10 (16.13%) SSL
15 9 (14.52%) SD-WAN
16 8 (12.90%) VLAN
17 7 (11.29%) DNS
17 7 (11.29%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) JIRA
1 4 (6.45%) Rational DOORS
General
1 14 (22.58%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.23%) Law
3 2 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 53 (85.48%) Network Engineer
2 19 (30.65%) IP Engineer
2 19 (30.65%) IP Network Engineer
3 13 (20.97%) Cisco Engineer
3 13 (20.97%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 13 (20.97%) Juniper Engineer
4 12 (19.35%) Network Support
5 6 (9.68%) Network Support Engineer
5 6 (9.68%) Support Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) Architect
6 4 (6.45%) Network Architect
6 4 (6.45%) Senior
6 4 (6.45%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Firewall Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Presales Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Presales Network Engineer
8 1 (1.61%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.45%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.45%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (4.84%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.84%) PKI
3 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 19 (30.65%) VyOS
2 5 (8.06%) Linux
3 1 (1.61%) Windows
3 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 11 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (11.29%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (8.06%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (8.06%) Network Architecture
5 4 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (6.45%) Mentoring
5 4 (6.45%) Network Virtualisation
5 4 (6.45%) Requirements Management
5 4 (6.45%) Validation
5 4 (6.45%) Verification and Validation
6 3 (4.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (4.84%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (4.84%) Network Management
6 3 (4.84%) Presales
6 3 (4.84%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (4.84%) Reverse Engineering
6 3 (4.84%) Web Filtering
7 2 (3.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (3.23%) Knowledge Transfer
Qualifications
1 48 (77.42%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (58.06%) CCNA
3 27 (43.55%) JNCIA
4 19 (30.65%) CCNP
5 6 (9.68%) CCDP
5 6 (9.68%) Degree
5 6 (9.68%) JNCIP
6 4 (6.45%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) HNC
6 4 (6.45%) HND
7 3 (4.84%) Security Cleared
8 2 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.61%) CCIE
System Software
1 4 (6.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (1.61%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.61%) Icinga
1 1 (1.61%) Nagios
Vendors
1 55 (88.71%) Cisco
2 41 (66.13%) Juniper
3 37 (59.68%) Fortinet
4 31 (50.00%) Nokia
5 25 (40.32%) Ruckus Wireless
6 19 (30.65%) Vyatta
7 5 (8.06%) SolarWinds
7 5 (8.06%) VMware
8 4 (6.45%) Google
8 4 (6.45%) Meraki
8 4 (6.45%) Thales
9 3 (4.84%) Huawei
9 3 (4.84%) Palo Alto
10 2 (3.23%) Aerohive Networks
10 2 (3.23%) Barracuda Networks
10 2 (3.23%) HP
10 2 (3.23%) Microsoft
10 2 (3.23%) NETGEAR
10 2 (3.23%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (1.61%) ZyXEL