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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 297 356
Rank change year-on-year +37 +59 +140
Contract jobs citing OSPF 102 91 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.76% 0.56% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.68% 6.01% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 58 53
10th Percentile £388 £248 £413
25th Percentile £423 £350 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -20.83% +14.29%
75th Percentile £584 £550 £745
90th Percentile £663 £650 £875
England median daily rate £480 £495 £525
% change year-on-year -3.03% -5.71% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £36.63 - -
25th Percentile £37.19 - £32.00
Median hourly rate £38.75 - £34.00
75th Percentile £39.69 - £36.00
90th Percentile £39.88 - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -44.93% +32.69%

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 1,328 1,514 2,297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.89% 9.38% 10.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 963 1,595
10th Percentile £289 £250 £250
25th Percentile £404 £389 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £713 £721 £750
England median daily rate £490 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -3.45% +1.50% -1.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 19 43
10th Percentile £18.56 £20.40 £18.93
25th Percentile - £23.80 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +13.82% +28.37%
75th Percentile £44.75 £55.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.05 £66.38 £79.50
England median hourly rate £41.50 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -27.64% +1.52% +34.50%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for OSPF 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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
Central London +15 16 £654 +27.61% 1
West London +5 12 £400 -16.83% 1
South London - 3 £600 -
East London +6 2 £543 +145.28%
OSPF
England

OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.96%) Confluence
2 2 (1.96%) nginx
2 2 (1.96%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (3.92%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (28.43%) AWS
2 14 (13.73%) Azure
3 7 (6.86%) Akamai
4 6 (5.88%) GCP
5 2 (1.96%) GitHub
5 2 (1.96%) SaaS
5 2 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.98%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 102 (100.00%) BGP
2 67 (65.69%) Firewall
3 40 (39.22%) WAN
4 37 (36.27%) VPN
5 34 (33.33%) MPLS
6 30 (29.41%) Network Security
7 28 (27.45%) SD-WAN
8 26 (25.49%) IPsec
9 25 (24.51%) DNS
10 24 (23.53%) LAN
11 22 (21.57%) EIGRP
12 21 (20.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 19 (18.63%) Multicast
14 17 (16.67%) Ethernet VPN
14 17 (16.67%) VXLAN
15 16 (15.69%) Cisco ISE
15 16 (15.69%) VLAN
15 16 (15.69%) Wireless
16 15 (14.71%) Cisco Nexus
17 14 (13.73%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 8 (7.84%) Git
2 6 (5.88%) Sonatype Nexus
3 4 (3.92%) GitLab
4 2 (1.96%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.98%) Jenkins
General
1 26 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 21 (20.59%) Finance
3 10 (9.80%) Telecoms
4 9 (8.82%) Documentation Skills
4 9 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 7 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.86%) Banking
6 3 (2.94%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.98%) Law
8 1 (0.98%) Military
8 1 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (68.63%) Network Engineer
2 23 (22.55%) Cisco Engineer
2 23 (22.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 15 (14.71%) Senior
4 12 (11.76%) Juniper Engineer
4 12 (11.76%) WAN Engineer
5 10 (9.80%) Senior Network Engineer
6 9 (8.82%) Consultant
6 9 (8.82%) Network Security Engineer
6 9 (8.82%) Security Engineer
7 8 (7.84%) Python Engineer
8 7 (6.86%) Architect
9 6 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
9 6 (5.88%) Core Network Engineer
10 5 (4.90%) Network Consultant
10 5 (4.90%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (3.92%) Administrator
11 4 (3.92%) Network Administrator
11 4 (3.92%) Network Architect
11 4 (3.92%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.90%) 802.1X
2 4 (3.92%) Jinja
3 3 (2.94%) SAML
4 2 (1.96%) JSON
5 1 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (28.43%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.86%) PKI
3 2 (1.96%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.96%) Operational Technology
3 2 (1.96%) Private Cloud
3 2 (1.96%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.96%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.88%) Linux
2 5 (4.90%) Windows
3 1 (0.98%) CatOS
3 1 (0.98%) Unix
3 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (22.55%) Network Monitoring
2 17 (16.67%) Migration
3 16 (15.69%) Network Segmentation
3 16 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (13.73%) Change Control
5 12 (11.76%) High Availability
6 11 (10.78%) Change Management
7 10 (9.80%) ITIL
7 10 (9.80%) Low Latency
8 9 (8.82%) DevOps
8 9 (8.82%) Kalman Filter
8 9 (8.82%) Validation
9 7 (6.86%) Agile
9 7 (6.86%) CI/CD
10 6 (5.88%) Computer Science
10 6 (5.88%) Infrastructure as Code
10 6 (5.88%) Patch Management
10 6 (5.88%) Performance Tuning
11 5 (4.90%) Network Design
11 5 (4.90%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 44 (43.14%) Python
2 10 (9.80%) Bash
3 7 (6.86%) Perl
4 6 (5.88%) C++
5 2 (1.96%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.98%) Go
Qualifications
1 47 (46.08%) Cisco Certification
2 40 (39.22%) CCNP
3 16 (15.69%) CCIE
4 13 (12.75%) Security Cleared
5 11 (10.78%) JNCIA
5 11 (10.78%) SC Cleared
6 8 (7.84%) CCSA
6 8 (7.84%) Degree
6 8 (7.84%) JNCIS
7 6 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (4.90%) CCNA
8 5 (4.90%) CCSE
8 5 (4.90%) JNCIE
9 4 (3.92%) AWS Certification
9 4 (3.92%) JNCIP
10 2 (1.96%) CCIE Data Center
10 2 (1.96%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.98%) CCDE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.98%) GDPR
1 1 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (0.98%) NIST
1 1 (0.98%) SLA
1 1 (0.98%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (15.69%) Firmware
2 4 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (3.92%) VMware NSX
3 3 (2.94%) Docker
4 2 (1.96%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.96%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.96%) KVM
Systems Management
1 45 (44.12%) Ansible
2 10 (9.80%) Terraform
3 9 (8.82%) FortiGate
4 5 (4.90%) CA Spectrum
5 3 (2.94%) Kubernetes
5 3 (2.94%) Nagios
5 3 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.96%) HAProxy
6 2 (1.96%) Icinga
6 2 (1.96%) Observium
7 1 (0.98%) OpenView
7 1 (0.98%) OPNET
7 1 (0.98%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 72 (70.59%) Cisco
2 40 (39.22%) Juniper
3 33 (32.35%) Fortinet
4 31 (30.39%) Arista
5 27 (26.47%) F5
6 20 (19.61%) CheckPoint
6 20 (19.61%) Palo Alto
7 19 (18.63%) SolarWinds
8 13 (12.75%) Meraki
9 6 (5.88%) Microsoft
9 6 (5.88%) Zscaler
10 5 (4.90%) ServiceNow
10 5 (4.90%) VMware
11 4 (3.92%) Remedy
11 4 (3.92%) Splunk
12 3 (2.94%) Aruba
13 2 (1.96%) Dell
13 2 (1.96%) LogicMonitor
14 1 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
14 1 (0.98%) ForeScout