OSPF Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring OSPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 12 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Contract jobs citing OSPF 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 3.37% 4.65% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 50.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £442 - -
25th Percentile £465 £406 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £413 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.36% - -
75th Percentile £499 £419 -
90th Percentile £625 - -
Devon median daily rate £495 £413 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12 2 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 6.74% 4.65% 14.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 19
10th Percentile £407 - £147
25th Percentile £442 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -2.94% -29.17%
75th Percentile £499 £419 £556
90th Percentile £600 - £600
Devon median daily rate £490 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +18.79% -2.94% +6.25%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Exeter

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Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing OSPF

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Daily Rate Histogram in Exeter

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSPF in Exeter over the 6 months to 25 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OSPF in Exeter

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) BGP
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 6 (100.00%) VLAN
1 6 (100.00%) VXLAN
2 5 (83.33%) NX-OS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Network Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Network Design Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Design Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Design Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Commercial Awareness
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Network Design
3 2 (33.33%) Service Design
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCIE
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) F5