OSPF Contract Job Trends in London

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring OSPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 252 295
Rank change year-on-year -105 +43 +78
Contract jobs citing OSPF 72 122 90
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.36% 0.89% 0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.61% 8.66% 5.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 69 65
10th Percentile £400 £325 £250
25th Percentile £417 £408 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% - -24.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £538
90th Percentile £800 £657 £610
England median daily rate £500 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £38.75 -
England median hourly rate £71.33 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +78.33% +110.53% -68.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,563 1,409 1,583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.86% 10.31% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,016 920 1,056
10th Percentile £300 £275 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £619
90th Percentile £728 £716 £724
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 29 37
10th Percentile £17.69 £19.33 £15.09
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £16.86
Median hourly rate £26.75 £30.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +36.36% -39.79%
75th Percentile £53.75 £52.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.25 £62.00
England median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £49.50
% change year-on-year -40.62% -9.09% -

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in London

OSPF
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing OSPF

OSPF
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSPF in London over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OSPF in London

OSPF
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing OSPF

OSPF
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the London region over the 6 months to 27 July 2026. 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
Central London -23 5 £450 -31.19% 2
West London -36 1 £525 +31.25%
OSPF
England

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 3 (4.17%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 30 (41.67%) Azure
2 16 (22.22%) AWS
3 11 (15.28%) GCP
4 7 (9.72%) GitHub
5 6 (8.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (2.78%) OpenShift
6 2 (2.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 72 (100.00%) BGP
2 53 (73.61%) Firewall
3 38 (52.78%) WAN
4 26 (36.11%) VPN
5 25 (34.72%) VLAN
6 24 (33.33%) LAN
6 24 (33.33%) Network Security
7 22 (30.56%) MPLS
8 20 (27.78%) Multicast
9 18 (25.00%) SD-WAN
10 13 (18.06%) Cisco IOS
10 13 (18.06%) EIGRP
10 13 (18.06%) VXLAN
11 11 (15.28%) Wireless
12 10 (13.89%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (13.89%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (13.89%) IPsec
13 9 (12.50%) Ethernet VPN
13 9 (12.50%) HSRP
14 8 (11.11%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Git
General
1 23 (31.94%) Finance
2 13 (18.06%) Social Skills
3 10 (13.89%) Financial Institution
4 8 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (9.72%) Banking
5 7 (9.72%) Telecoms
6 6 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (8.33%) Retail
7 3 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.78%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.39%) Law
Job Titles
1 43 (59.72%) Network Engineer
2 21 (29.17%) Senior
3 13 (18.06%) Senior Network Engineer
4 8 (11.11%) Architect
5 6 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
5 6 (8.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (6.94%) Designer
6 5 (6.94%) Network Designer
6 5 (6.94%) Network Security Engineer
6 5 (6.94%) Security Engineer
6 5 (6.94%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 5 (6.94%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (4.17%) Data Centre Architect
8 2 (2.78%) Administrator
8 2 (2.78%) Cloud Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) Cloud Network Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) Data Architect
8 2 (2.78%) GCP Engineer
8 2 (2.78%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.56%) Jinja
1 4 (5.56%) REST
2 3 (4.17%) 802.1X
3 2 (2.78%) eBPF
3 2 (2.78%) SAML
4 1 (1.39%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (40.28%) Data Centre
2 8 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.78%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.39%) Anti-Spyware
5 1 (1.39%) BYOD
5 1 (1.39%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.56%) Linux
1 4 (5.56%) Windows
2 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (19.44%) Zero Trust
2 12 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 11 (15.28%) Low Latency
3 11 (15.28%) Migration
3 11 (15.28%) Network Design
4 10 (13.89%) Runbook
5 9 (12.50%) AI
5 9 (12.50%) Load Balancing
5 9 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
5 9 (12.50%) Validation
6 8 (11.11%) Analytics
6 8 (11.11%) DevOps
6 8 (11.11%) High Availability
6 8 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (9.72%) Agile
7 7 (9.72%) Change Control
7 7 (9.72%) Performance Management
7 7 (9.72%) Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (9.72%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 25 (34.72%) Python
2 3 (4.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.39%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (27.78%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (20.83%) CCNP
3 14 (19.44%) CCIE
4 5 (6.94%) Degree
5 4 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.17%) Azure Certification
6 3 (4.17%) CISSP
7 2 (2.78%) CCIE Security
7 2 (2.78%) VCAP
7 2 (2.78%) VCDX
8 1 (1.39%) CCNA
8 1 (1.39%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.39%) CWNA
8 1 (1.39%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.39%) JNCIP
8 1 (1.39%) JNCIS
8 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.39%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (33.33%) Ansible
2 14 (19.44%) Terraform
3 12 (16.67%) FortiGate
4 4 (5.56%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.39%) CASB
5 1 (1.39%) QRadar
5 1 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (77.78%) Cisco
2 31 (43.06%) Palo Alto
3 22 (30.56%) Fortinet
4 21 (29.17%) F5
5 18 (25.00%) Arista
6 16 (22.22%) Juniper
7 12 (16.67%) Zscaler
8 7 (9.72%) CheckPoint
9 5 (6.94%) VMware
10 4 (5.56%) Meraki
11 3 (4.17%) LogicMonitor
11 3 (4.17%) Nokia
11 3 (4.17%) SolarWinds
12 2 (2.78%) Citrix
12 2 (2.78%) Google
13 1 (1.39%) Bloomberg
13 1 (1.39%) Microsoft
13 1 (1.39%) ServiceNow
13 1 (1.39%) SevOne
13 1 (1.39%) Splunk