OSPF Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring OSPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 65 57
Rank change year-on-year -13 -8 +56
Contract jobs citing OSPF 13 10 37
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.99% 1.11% 2.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.60% 5.49% 10.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 1
10th Percentile - £363 -
25th Percentile £500 £403 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% +3.53%
75th Percentile £700 £625 £575
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £455 £550 £490
% change year-on-year -17.27% +12.24% -10.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 171 182 337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 13.05% 20.22% 26.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 117 97
10th Percentile £432 £363 £205
25th Percentile £500 £450 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +20.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £569
90th Percentile £658 £675 £643
South East median daily rate £480 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -4.00% +11.11% -6.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 18 32
10th Percentile £47.09 £35.00 £23.23
25th Percentile £50.43 £37.50 £35.00
Median hourly rate £56.00 £62.50 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +7.30% +21.35%
75th Percentile £64.50 £64.69 £70.00
90th Percentile £69.60 £70.38 £77.20
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £61.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +14.08% +2.50% +33.33%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Hampshire

OSPF
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing OSPF

OSPF
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSPF in Hampshire over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OSPF in Hampshire

OSPF
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing OSPF

OSPF
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 21 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
Portsmouth - 4 £700 -
Farnborough - 4 £500 - 1
Southampton - 3 £650 - 1
OSPF
South East

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (7.69%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) BGP
1 13 (100.00%) Firewall
2 11 (84.62%) VPN
3 7 (53.85%) MPLS
3 7 (53.85%) VLAN
4 3 (23.08%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (23.08%) LAN
4 3 (23.08%) Multicast
4 3 (23.08%) Network Security
4 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
4 3 (23.08%) WAN
4 3 (23.08%) Wireshark
5 2 (15.38%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (7.69%) IPsec
6 1 (7.69%) Wireless
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Network Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) IP Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) IP Network Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Tester
4 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Tester
4 2 (15.38%) Validation Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
1 2 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Validation
2 3 (23.08%) Integration Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Network Optimisation
2 3 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
2 3 (23.08%) Test Scripting
3 2 (15.38%) High Availability
3 2 (15.38%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Debt
3 2 (15.38%) Test Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (7.69%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 9 (69.23%) CCNP
2 9 (69.23%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) CCIE
6 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 8 (61.54%) Ansible
2 3 (23.08%) Iperf
2 3 (23.08%) Nmap
3 2 (15.38%) FortiGate
3 2 (15.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Palo Alto
2 9 (69.23%) Cisco
3 7 (53.85%) Fortinet
4 3 (23.08%) CheckPoint
4 3 (23.08%) Juniper
4 3 (23.08%) Nokia
4 3 (23.08%) SolarWinds
5 2 (15.38%) Mellanox
5 2 (15.38%) NVIDIA
6 1 (7.69%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (7.69%) Meraki