OSPF Contract Job Trends in Essex

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring OSPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OSPF 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.29% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
East of England median daily rate £448 £700 £563
% change year-on-year -36.07% +24.44% +25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 45 9 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 13.01% 7.44% 20.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 8 16
10th Percentile £404 £221 -
25th Percentile £471 £231 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £313 £300
Median % change year-on-year +62.40% +4.17% -43.93%
75th Percentile £600 £350 £400
90th Percentile - £455 £475
East of England median daily rate £495 £520 £413
% change year-on-year -4.81% +26.06% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 4
10th Percentile £15.80 - £18.91
25th Percentile £16.25 - £23.63
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £33.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -56.45%
75th Percentile £73.00 - £48.31
90th Percentile - - £63.28
East of England median hourly rate £63.75 £61.50 £48.56
% change year-on-year +3.66% +26.65% -25.29%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Essex

OSPF
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing OSPF

OSPF
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing OSPF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing OSPF

OSPF
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Essex region over the 6 months to 7 September 2026. 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
Harlow - 1 £475 - 2
OSPF
East of England

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) BYOD
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CWNA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Forcepoint