OSPF Contracts in Cumbria

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria requiring OSPF skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OSPF over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 26 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Contract jobs citing OSPF 34 14 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 17.44% 5.41% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.01% 30.43% -
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 0
10th Percentile £475 £451 -
25th Percentile £493 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £514 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.92% - -
75th Percentile £588 £516 -
90th Percentile £630 £538 -
North West median daily rate £525 £440 £425
% change year-on-year +19.32% +3.53% +84.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 103 46 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 52.82% 17.76% 28.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 36 10
10th Percentile £363 £463 £424
25th Percentile £425 £515 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £463
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +29.73% -3.65%
75th Percentile £588 £667 £487
90th Percentile £638 £672 £543
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £41.23 -
North West median hourly rate £24.59 £26.75 £31.25
% change year-on-year -8.09% -14.40% +68.92%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in Cumbria

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSPF in Cumbria.

Daily rate trend for OSPF in Cumbria

OSPF
Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSPF in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OSPF in Cumbria

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Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness +14 32 £575 +11.65% 1
OSPF
North West

OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Communications & Networking
1 34 (100.00%) BGP
2 32 (94.12%) HSRP
2 32 (94.12%) IPsec
3 30 (88.24%) EIGRP
4 24 (70.59%) Cisco ASA
4 24 (70.59%) Cisco Firepower
5 22 (64.71%) Firewall
6 6 (17.65%) Network Security
6 6 (17.65%) VPN
6 6 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (14.71%) NetScaler
8 4 (11.76%) Broadband
8 4 (11.76%) Converged Networks
8 4 (11.76%) LAN
8 4 (11.76%) WAN
9 2 (5.88%) Cisco Wireless
9 2 (5.88%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (5.88%) Wireless
10 1 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
General
1 6 (17.65%) Public Sector
2 2 (5.88%) Legal
3 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 31 (91.18%) Network Engineer
2 12 (35.29%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Senior
3 3 (8.82%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (5.88%) Architect
4 2 (5.88%) Network Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) ITSM
2 7 (20.59%) Network Management
3 6 (17.65%) ITIL
4 4 (11.76%) Load Balancing
5 3 (8.82%) Network Design
6 2 (5.88%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (5.88%) Threat Detection
7 1 (2.94%) Incident Management
7 1 (2.94%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 32 (94.12%) SC Cleared
1 32 (94.12%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.76%) CCNA
2 4 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.94%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) Cisco
2 26 (76.47%) Palo Alto
3 19 (55.88%) CheckPoint
4 7 (20.59%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.94%) Citrix