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

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 281 310
Rank change year-on-year +53 +29 -103
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 61 23 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.64% 0.28% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.38% 1.41% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59 19 18
10th Percentile £35,500 £46,000 £40,725
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £72,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +37.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 £80,625 £68,438
90th Percentile £55,000 £82,500 £71,625
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year -4.76% -6.67% +2.27%

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 1,133 1,629 1,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.84% 20.08% 13.47%
Number of salaries quoted 878 693 756
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -
75th Percentile £62,188 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £74,125 £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 19 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 19 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 +70 46 £40,000 -20.00% 3
Cheshire +1 8 £36,250 -22.87% 1
Merseyside +5 7 £48,000 -40.00% 1
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 (19.67%) Azure
2 7 (11.48%) AWS
3 4 (6.56%) GCP
4 3 (4.92%) IaaS
4 3 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.92%) PaaS
4 3 (4.92%) SaaS
5 2 (3.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 56 (91.80%) BGP
2 44 (72.13%) WAN
3 42 (68.85%) MPLS
4 41 (67.21%) LAN
5 37 (60.66%) TCP/IP
6 33 (54.10%) Wi-Fi
7 31 (50.82%) Ethernet
8 28 (45.90%) Wireless
9 26 (42.62%) DHCP
9 26 (42.62%) Internet
10 25 (40.98%) DSL
11 22 (36.07%) Firewall
12 14 (22.95%) VPN
13 12 (19.67%) Network Security
14 10 (16.39%) IPsec
14 10 (16.39%) SSL
15 8 (13.11%) SD-WAN
16 7 (11.48%) DNS
16 7 (11.48%) EIGRP
16 7 (11.48%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) JIRA
1 4 (6.56%) Rational DOORS
General
1 13 (21.31%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.28%) Law
3 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 51 (83.61%) Network Engineer
2 19 (31.15%) IP Engineer
2 19 (31.15%) IP Network Engineer
3 13 (21.31%) Cisco Engineer
3 13 (21.31%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 13 (21.31%) Juniper Engineer
4 12 (19.67%) Network Support
5 6 (9.84%) Network Support Engineer
5 6 (9.84%) Support Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Architect
6 4 (6.56%) Network Architect
6 4 (6.56%) Senior
6 4 (6.56%) Senior Network Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Azure Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Firewall Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Presales Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Presales Network Engineer
8 1 (1.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.56%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (4.92%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.92%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 19 (31.15%) VyOS
2 4 (6.56%) Linux
3 1 (1.64%) Windows
3 1 (1.64%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.64%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (52.46%) Customer Service
2 11 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (11.48%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (8.20%) Network Architecture
5 4 (6.56%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (6.56%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (6.56%) Network Virtualisation
5 4 (6.56%) Requirements Management
5 4 (6.56%) Validation
5 4 (6.56%) Verification and Validation
6 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (4.92%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (4.92%) Mentoring
6 3 (4.92%) Presales
6 3 (4.92%) Reverse Engineering
6 3 (4.92%) Web Filtering
7 2 (3.28%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (3.28%) Knowledge Transfer
7 2 (3.28%) Network Management
7 2 (3.28%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 46 (75.41%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (57.38%) CCNA
3 27 (44.26%) JNCIA
4 17 (27.87%) CCNP
5 6 (9.84%) CCDP
5 6 (9.84%) Degree
5 6 (9.84%) JNCIP
6 4 (6.56%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) HNC
6 4 (6.56%) HND
7 3 (4.92%) Security Cleared
8 2 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (6.56%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.64%) Icinga
2 1 (1.64%) Nagios
Vendors
1 54 (88.52%) Cisco
2 41 (67.21%) Juniper
3 35 (57.38%) Fortinet
4 31 (50.82%) Nokia
5 25 (40.98%) Ruckus Wireless
6 19 (31.15%) Vyatta
7 5 (8.20%) VMware
8 4 (6.56%) Google
8 4 (6.56%) SolarWinds
8 4 (6.56%) Thales
9 3 (4.92%) Meraki
9 3 (4.92%) Microsoft
9 3 (4.92%) Palo Alto
10 2 (3.28%) Aerohive Networks
10 2 (3.28%) Barracuda Networks
10 2 (3.28%) HP
10 2 (3.28%) Huawei
10 2 (3.28%) NETGEAR
10 2 (3.28%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (1.64%) MikroTik