OSPF Contracts in Glasgow

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 74 80 82
Rank change year-on-year +6 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing OSPF 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.63% 0.23% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.33% 1.98% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £362 £458 -
25th Percentile £363 £469 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £399 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.20% -16.67% +65.52%
75th Percentile - £544 £625
90th Percentile £418 £563 -
Scotland median daily rate £413 £500 £498
% change year-on-year -17.50% +0.50% +11.80%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 60 101 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 7.52% 11.52% 14.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 68 75
10th Percentile £219 £200 £310
25th Percentile £363 £394 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £485 £623 £538
90th Percentile £550 £691 £603
Scotland median daily rate £425 £525 £463
% change year-on-year -19.05% +13.51% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £10.63
Median % change year-on-year - - -51.68%
75th Percentile - - £22.82
90th Percentile - - £54.34
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £22.14 £10.63
% change year-on-year -0.61% +108.23% -77.62%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in Glasgow

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for OSPF in Glasgow

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OSPF in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for OSPF in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) BGP
1 5 (100.00%) LAN
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
1 5 (100.00%) Wireless
2 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
2 3 (60.00%) Capacity Management
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CCNP
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) Juniper
2 4 (80.00%) Palo Alto
3 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (20.00%) Fortinet