OSPF Contract Job Trends in East London

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring OSPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 22 35
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 -
Contract jobs citing OSPF 1 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.99% 3.20% 1.83%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.09% 19.05% 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £221 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -57.47% -
London median daily rate £475 £500 £594
% change year-on-year -5.00% -15.79% +23.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East London

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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 11 21 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 10.89% 16.80% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 19 56
10th Percentile £195 £192 £211
25th Percentile £254 £246 £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £400 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -30.43% +137.11%
75th Percentile £507 £550 £605
90th Percentile £606 £636 £764
London median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.15 - -
London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £28.63
% change year-on-year -28.14% +22.27% +14.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in East London

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Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing OSPF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing OSPF

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Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing OSPF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing OSPF

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Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the East London region over the 6 months to 27 December 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
Docklands, London - 1 - -
OSPF
London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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%) Multicast
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Migration Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet