OSPF Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring OSPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 68 70
Rank change year-on-year +10 +2 +34
Contract jobs citing OSPF 5 5 13
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.85% 0.78% 1.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% 6.49% 15.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile - - £402
25th Percentile £413 £390 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £405 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% -10.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £470 £420 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 50 77 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.49% 12.05% 9.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 38 51
10th Percentile £258 £190 £130
25th Percentile £413 £423 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £524 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.09% +30.88% -15.79%
75th Percentile £500 £611 £588
90th Percentile £559 £661 £700
Scotland median daily rate £425 £450 £536
% change year-on-year -5.56% -16.04% +22.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £20.68
25th Percentile - - £27.31
Median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year - +91.08% +9.26%
75th Percentile - - £50.81
90th Percentile - - £57.23
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £47.00 £59.03
% change year-on-year +59.57% -20.38% +264.83%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

OSPF
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing OSPF

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 5 (100.00%) BGP
1 5 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco ISE
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (40.00%) LAN
3 2 (40.00%) VLAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Network Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Network Design
2 2 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNP
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CCIE
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco