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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 323 247 299
Rank change year-on-year -76 +52 +163
Contract jobs citing OSPF 57 106 91
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.40% 0.76% 0.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.60% 7.70% 4.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 61 57
10th Percentile £304 £356 £329
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £520 £563
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -7.56% +17.19%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £720
90th Percentile £626 £775 £855
England median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £31.63 £26.58
25th Percentile - £32.19 £30.06
Median hourly rate - £33.75 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year - -5.59% -30.48%
75th Percentile - £34.69 £49.88
90th Percentile - £34.88 £69.90
England median hourly rate - £32.50 £33.72
% change year-on-year - -3.62% +2.18%

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 1,239 1,376 1,867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.65% 9.86% 10.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 805 839 1,262
10th Percentile £284 £266 £213
25th Percentile £413 £403 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £637
90th Percentile £700 £738 £745
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 13 61
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.80 £18.93
25th Percentile - £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% +5.69% +23.00%
75th Percentile £26.40 £40.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.78 £43.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +121.53%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 4 £575 -15.60% 3
West London - 2 £380 - 2
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 5 (8.77%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.02%) Confluence
3 2 (3.51%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (8.77%) MS Visio
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.54%) Azure
2 9 (15.79%) AWS
3 4 (7.02%) GCP
4 3 (5.26%) Route 53
4 3 (5.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (3.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.51%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.75%) Akamai
6 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.75%) IaaS
6 1 (1.75%) PaaS
6 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (100.00%) BGP
2 38 (66.67%) Firewall
3 27 (47.37%) WAN
4 22 (38.60%) Network Security
5 19 (33.33%) VPN
6 17 (29.82%) LAN
7 15 (26.32%) EIGRP
8 13 (22.81%) IPsec
8 13 (22.81%) SD-WAN
9 12 (21.05%) TCP/IP
10 11 (19.30%) DNS
10 11 (19.30%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (17.54%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (17.54%) MPLS
11 10 (17.54%) VXLAN
11 10 (17.54%) Wireless
12 9 (15.79%) Cisco IOS
12 9 (15.79%) Ethernet VPN
13 8 (14.04%) NX-OS
14 7 (12.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 7 (12.28%) Git
2 3 (5.26%) GitLab
3 2 (3.51%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (21.05%) Public Sector
1 12 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.54%) Finance
3 4 (7.02%) Military
3 4 (7.02%) Retail
4 3 (5.26%) Financial Institution
4 3 (5.26%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Banking
6 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.75%) Legal
6 1 (1.75%) Police
Job Titles
1 40 (70.18%) Network Engineer
2 10 (17.54%) Architect
2 10 (17.54%) Cisco Engineer
2 10 (17.54%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 9 (15.79%) Senior
4 7 (12.28%) Juniper Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Network Architect
5 6 (10.53%) Network Security Engineer
5 6 (10.53%) Security Engineer
5 6 (10.53%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (8.77%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (7.02%) Lead
8 3 (5.26%) Consultant
8 3 (5.26%) Lead Network Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Network Security Architect
8 3 (5.26%) Network Specialist
8 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Security Architect
8 3 (5.26%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 3 (5.26%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.53%) 802.1X
2 4 (7.02%) Jinja
2 4 (7.02%) VML
3 3 (5.26%) SAML
4 2 (3.51%) CSS
4 2 (3.51%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (35.09%) Data Centre
2 9 (15.79%) PKI
3 2 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (3.51%) Operational Technology
3 2 (3.51%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.75%) EMC VMAX
4 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.75%) SCADA
4 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.02%) Linux
1 4 (7.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (28.07%) Migration
2 11 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (17.54%) Performance Tuning
4 9 (15.79%) Load Balancing
5 8 (14.04%) Agile
5 8 (14.04%) Change Management
5 8 (14.04%) ITIL
5 8 (14.04%) Kalman Filter
6 7 (12.28%) Network Monitoring
6 7 (12.28%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (10.53%) DevOps
7 6 (10.53%) Runbook
7 6 (10.53%) Security Architecture
7 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (8.77%) High Availability
8 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (8.77%) Low Latency
8 5 (8.77%) Performance Management
8 5 (8.77%) TOGAF
9 4 (7.02%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 22 (38.60%) Python
2 7 (12.28%) Bash
3 5 (8.77%) C++
3 5 (8.77%) Perl
4 2 (3.51%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.75%) Go
5 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (47.37%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (40.35%) CCNP
3 17 (29.82%) CCIE
4 14 (24.56%) Security Cleared
5 13 (22.81%) SC Cleared
6 6 (10.53%) CCSE
6 6 (10.53%) JNCIA
6 6 (10.53%) JNCIE
6 6 (10.53%) JNCIS
7 5 (8.77%) JNCIP
8 3 (5.26%) Degree
9 2 (3.51%) CISSP
10 1 (1.75%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.75%) CCDE
10 1 (1.75%) CCIE Data Center
10 1 (1.75%) CCNA
10 1 (1.75%) CCSA
10 1 (1.75%) CWNA
10 1 (1.75%) GIAC
10 1 (1.75%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) SLA
2 1 (1.75%) GDPR
2 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.75%) NIST
2 1 (1.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (10.53%) Firmware
2 3 (5.26%) Docker
3 2 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.51%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.51%) KVM
3 2 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.51%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 20 (35.09%) Ansible
2 10 (17.54%) Terraform
3 8 (14.04%) FortiGate
4 3 (5.26%) Kubernetes
4 3 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (71.93%) Cisco
2 18 (31.58%) Juniper
3 17 (29.82%) F5
3 17 (29.82%) Fortinet
4 15 (26.32%) CheckPoint
5 14 (24.56%) Arista
6 13 (22.81%) Palo Alto
7 11 (19.30%) Zscaler
8 9 (15.79%) Aruba
9 7 (12.28%) Meraki
10 6 (10.53%) Remedy
10 6 (10.53%) ServiceNow
11 4 (7.02%) Splunk
12 3 (5.26%) Extreme Networks
13 2 (3.51%) Broadcom
13 2 (3.51%) Dell
13 2 (3.51%) Netskope
13 2 (3.51%) NVIDIA
13 2 (3.51%) SolarWinds
13 2 (3.51%) Symantec