OSPF Contracts in Heathrow

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Hillingdon > Heathrow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Heathrow 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 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OSPF 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Heathrow 10.34% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £313 - -
25th Percentile £318 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £403 - -
90th Percentile £446 - -
Hillingdon median daily rate £400 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Heathrow

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 Heathrow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 18 14 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Heathrow 62.07% 35.00% 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 18
10th Percentile £172 £192 -
25th Percentile £220 £215 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 £230 £700
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -67.14% -
75th Percentile £330 £280 £838
90th Percentile £438 £396 -
Hillingdon median daily rate £275 £250 £700
% change year-on-year +10.00% -64.29% +297.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Heathrow

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

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in Heathrow

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Heathrow

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

Daily rate trend for OSPF in Heathrow

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Daily Rate Histogram in Heathrow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSPF in Heathrow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for OSPF in Heathrow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Heathrow 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) EIGRP
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (33.33%) IPsec
3 1 (33.33%) VRRP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Aviation
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Check Point Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Check Point Support
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall Support
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) JNCIA
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) CCSA
2 2 (66.67%) CCSE
2 2 (66.67%) JNCIS
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds