Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
North West > Lancashire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 33 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing OSPF | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire | - | - | 1.65% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | - | 16.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £419 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £500 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £531 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £535 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £438 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | +8.57% | +90.22% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancashire
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 Lancashire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 22 | 8 | 24 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire | 12.50% | 3.62% | 9.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 2 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £140 |
| 25th Percentile | £153 | - | £189 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | £200 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +75.00% | -50.00% | -20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £494 | - | £526 |
| 90th Percentile | £538 | - | £606 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £495 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +4.21% | +5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £34.10 | £44.82 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.98 | - | £47.83 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.59 | £45.88 | £52.13 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -46.41% | -11.99% | +31.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £26.19 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £48.95 | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £24.59 | £38.12 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -35.50% | +8.90% | +75.00% |
OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSPF in Lancashire.