OSPF Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring OSPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 24 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs citing OSPF 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.38% 1.66% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.33% 12.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £438 £475 -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £425 £450 -
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cardiff

OSPF falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 30 24 26
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 11.36% 13.26% 11.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 16
10th Percentile £190 £213 £185
25th Percentile - £300 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £400 £356
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +12.28% -17.39%
75th Percentile £438 £461 £607
90th Percentile - £487 £673
South Wales median daily rate £313 £313 £363
% change year-on-year - -13.79% -27.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £26.00 -
South Wales median hourly rate £80.00 £37.50 £14.36
% change year-on-year +113.33% +161.14% -

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OSPF relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

OSPF job vacancy trend in Cardiff

OSPF
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing OSPF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing OSPF

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper