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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 246 279
Rank change year-on-year -89 +33 +162
Contract jobs citing OSPF 62 105 110
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.39% 0.79% 0.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.71% 7.92% 5.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 62 69
10th Percentile £296 £357 £333
25th Percentile £400 £433 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% -4.76% -1.18%
75th Percentile £538 £675 £720
90th Percentile £675 £752 £863
England median daily rate £445 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -15.24% +7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £31.63 £23.55
25th Percentile - £32.19 £24.00
Median hourly rate - £33.75 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.87% +8.77%
75th Percentile - £34.69 £49.88
90th Percentile - £34.88 £69.90
England median hourly rate £71.33 £32.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +119.48% +8.33% -10.45%

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 1,317 1,325 1,847
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.36% 10.00% 10.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 865 819 1,205
10th Percentile £260 £255 £205
25th Percentile £406 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £627 £625
90th Percentile £694 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 13 74
10th Percentile £20.69 - £14.94
25th Percentile £22.21 £24.66 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% +48.94% -8.60%
75th Percentile £28.88 £43.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £94.00 £60.35 £61.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +107.25%

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 2 March 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 2 March 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 -14 3 £300 -52.94% 7
East London - 1 - -
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.84%) Confluence
1 3 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (4.84%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (25.81%) AWS
2 15 (24.19%) Azure
3 9 (14.52%) GCP
4 6 (9.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 5 (8.06%) Route 53
6 3 (4.84%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (4.84%) SaaS
7 2 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (3.23%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (3.23%) Amazon S3
7 2 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (3.23%) AWS Control Tower
7 2 (3.23%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (3.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.61%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.61%) IaaS
8 1 (1.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 62 (100.00%) BGP
2 51 (82.26%) Firewall
3 39 (62.90%) WAN
4 33 (53.23%) Network Security
5 28 (45.16%) LAN
6 22 (35.48%) VPN
7 17 (27.42%) EIGRP
8 16 (25.81%) SD-WAN
9 15 (24.19%) Multicast
10 14 (22.58%) Cisco ASA
11 13 (20.97%) MPLS
12 12 (19.35%) TCP/IP
13 11 (17.74%) Cisco IOS
13 11 (17.74%) DNS
13 11 (17.74%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (16.13%) IPsec
14 10 (16.13%) VLAN
15 9 (14.52%) Cisco Nexus
15 9 (14.52%) Wireless
16 8 (12.90%) NX-OS
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Git
2 2 (3.23%) GitLab
General
1 15 (24.19%) Finance
2 12 (19.35%) Financial Institution
3 11 (17.74%) Social Skills
4 9 (14.52%) Public Sector
5 5 (8.06%) Banking
6 4 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.45%) Military
6 4 (6.45%) Retail
7 3 (4.84%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.84%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.61%) Legal
8 1 (1.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 33 (53.23%) Network Engineer
2 13 (20.97%) Architect
3 11 (17.74%) Senior
4 8 (12.90%) Network Architect
5 4 (6.45%) Network Security Architect
5 4 (6.45%) Network Security Engineer
5 4 (6.45%) Security Architect
5 4 (6.45%) Security Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Lead
6 3 (4.84%) Lead Network Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (4.84%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.23%) Administrator
7 2 (3.23%) Cisco Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) Firewall Engineer
7 2 (3.23%) Network Specialist
7 2 (3.23%) Network Support
7 2 (3.23%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (3.23%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.06%) 802.1X
2 4 (6.45%) VML
3 3 (4.84%) SAML
4 2 (3.23%) AWS CDK
4 2 (3.23%) CSS
4 2 (3.23%) HTML
4 2 (3.23%) Jinja
Miscellaneous
1 19 (30.65%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.68%) PKI
3 3 (4.84%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.84%) SCADA
4 2 (3.23%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.23%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.61%) Anti-Spyware
5 1 (1.61%) EMC VMAX
5 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.45%) Windows
2 3 (4.84%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.58%) Migration
2 13 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (17.74%) Change Management
3 11 (17.74%) Load Balancing
4 10 (16.13%) Network Monitoring
5 9 (14.52%) Performance Management
6 8 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (11.29%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (9.68%) High Availability
8 6 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
8 6 (9.68%) ITIL
8 6 (9.68%) Kalman Filter
8 6 (9.68%) Network Architecture
8 6 (9.68%) Performance Tuning
8 6 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (9.68%) Zero Trust
9 5 (8.06%) Break/Fix
9 5 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (8.06%) SIEM
9 5 (8.06%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.74%) Python
2 3 (4.84%) Bash
3 2 (3.23%) C++
3 2 (3.23%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.23%) Perl
3 2 (3.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (38.71%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (30.65%) CCNP
3 16 (25.81%) CCIE
4 12 (19.35%) Security Cleared
5 11 (17.74%) SC Cleared
6 4 (6.45%) JNCIP
6 4 (6.45%) JNCIS
7 3 (4.84%) CCSE
7 3 (4.84%) CISSP
7 3 (4.84%) Degree
7 3 (4.84%) JNCIA
7 3 (4.84%) JNCIE
8 2 (3.23%) AWS Certification
8 2 (3.23%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.61%) CCNA
9 1 (1.61%) CCSA
9 1 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.61%) CWNA
9 1 (1.61%) GIAC
9 1 (1.61%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) SLA
2 1 (1.61%) GDPR
2 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.61%) NIST
2 1 (1.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (4.84%) Firmware
2 2 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.23%) Docker
2 2 (3.23%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (17.74%) Ansible
2 9 (14.52%) FortiGate
3 8 (12.90%) Terraform
4 3 (4.84%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.61%) QRadar
Vendors
1 45 (72.58%) Cisco
2 23 (37.10%) F5
3 22 (35.48%) Palo Alto
4 18 (29.03%) CheckPoint
5 17 (27.42%) Fortinet
6 15 (24.19%) Juniper
7 11 (17.74%) Zscaler
8 10 (16.13%) Arista
9 9 (14.52%) Aruba
10 7 (11.29%) Meraki
11 5 (8.06%) Splunk
12 4 (6.45%) Remedy
12 4 (6.45%) ServiceNow
13 3 (4.84%) Dell
13 3 (4.84%) Extreme Networks
14 2 (3.23%) AVEVA
14 2 (3.23%) Broadcom
14 2 (3.23%) Databricks
14 2 (3.23%) Netskope
14 2 (3.23%) Solace