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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 270 302
Rank change year-on-year -121 +32 +54
Contract jobs citing OSPF 58 105 89
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.29% 0.78% 0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.49% 7.74% 5.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 61 57
10th Percentile £400 £388 £247
25th Percentile £425 £423 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -23.01%
75th Percentile £600 £584 £550
90th Percentile £750 £663 £650
England median daily rate £500 £480 £495
% change year-on-year +4.17% -3.03% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £36.63 -
25th Percentile £71.25 £37.19 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £38.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +87.10% - -
75th Percentile £73.75 £39.69 -
90th Percentile - £39.88 -
England median hourly rate £64.63 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +61.56% +110.53% -44.93%

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 1,660 1,356 1,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.17% 10.05% 9.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,059 859 981
10th Percentile £295 £289 £250
25th Percentile £404 £404 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £713 £713
England median daily rate £500 £492 £508
% change year-on-year +1.63% -3.05% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 34 19
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.60 £20.40
25th Percentile £20.00 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.96% -28.14% +13.82%
75th Percentile £73.75 £46.81 £55.88
90th Percentile £102.50 £61.95 £66.38
England median hourly rate £32.50 £41.23 £57.35
% change year-on-year -21.16% -28.12% +1.52%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -27 6 £500 -23.55% 2
South London -10 1 - - 1
West London -34 1 £525 +31.17%
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 1 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 29 (50.00%) Azure
2 15 (25.86%) AWS
3 8 (13.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 7 (12.07%) GitHub
5 6 (10.34%) GCP
6 2 (3.45%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (3.45%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.72%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 58 (100.00%) BGP
2 38 (65.52%) Firewall
3 31 (53.45%) WAN
4 26 (44.83%) VLAN
5 24 (41.38%) VPN
6 20 (34.48%) MPLS
7 17 (29.31%) LAN
7 17 (29.31%) SD-WAN
8 14 (24.14%) Multicast
9 13 (22.41%) Network Security
10 12 (20.69%) Wireless
11 11 (18.97%) IPsec
12 10 (17.24%) EIGRP
13 9 (15.52%) Cisco ISE
14 8 (13.79%) DNS
14 8 (13.79%) VXLAN
15 7 (12.07%) DHCP
15 7 (12.07%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 7 (12.07%) TCP/IP
16 6 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Git
1 1 (1.72%) JIRA
1 1 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (32.76%) Finance
2 13 (22.41%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.34%) Retail
3 6 (10.34%) Telecoms
4 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.90%) Financial Institution
6 3 (5.17%) Banking
6 3 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.45%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.72%) Law
Job Titles
1 44 (75.86%) Network Engineer
2 17 (29.31%) Senior
3 16 (27.59%) Senior Network Engineer
4 8 (13.79%) Cisco Engineer
4 8 (13.79%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Designer
5 6 (10.34%) Network Designer
5 6 (10.34%) Senior Cisco Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) Network Security Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) Security Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Network Support
7 3 (5.17%) Network Support Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Support Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) Data Network Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) IT Support
8 2 (3.45%) Operations Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) Operations Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.41%) Terraform
2 5 (8.62%) REST
3 2 (3.45%) 802.1X
3 2 (3.45%) eBPF
3 2 (3.45%) SAML
4 1 (1.72%) LDAP
4 1 (1.72%) NETCONF
4 1 (1.72%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 24 (41.38%) Data Centre
2 8 (13.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (5.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (3.45%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.90%) Linux
2 2 (3.45%) Windows
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.14%) Zero Trust
2 12 (20.69%) Cloud Security
2 12 (20.69%) Migration
3 10 (17.24%) Network Design
4 9 (15.52%) High Availability
4 9 (15.52%) Low Latency
4 9 (15.52%) Validation
5 8 (13.79%) Runbook
6 7 (12.07%) Change Control
6 7 (12.07%) Procure-to-Pay
6 7 (12.07%) Project Delivery
7 6 (10.34%) ITIL
7 6 (10.34%) Network Segmentation
7 6 (10.34%) Network Virtualisation
7 6 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (8.62%) DevOps
8 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Automation
8 5 (8.62%) Load Balancing
8 5 (8.62%) Network Monitoring
8 5 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (41.38%) Python
2 2 (3.45%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.72%) Bash
Qualifications
1 11 (18.97%) CCNP
1 11 (18.97%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (10.34%) CCIE
2 6 (10.34%) Degree
3 4 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.45%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.45%) CCIE Security
4 2 (3.45%) CISSP
5 1 (1.72%) CCNA
5 1 (1.72%) CWNA
5 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.72%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.72%) VCAP
5 1 (1.72%) VCDX
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (36.21%) Ansible
2 10 (17.24%) FortiGate
3 3 (5.17%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.72%) CASB
4 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (81.03%) Cisco
2 29 (50.00%) Palo Alto
3 21 (36.21%) Fortinet
4 14 (24.14%) Arista
5 13 (22.41%) F5
6 11 (18.97%) Juniper
7 9 (15.52%) Zscaler
8 6 (10.34%) Meraki
9 4 (6.90%) SolarWinds
10 3 (5.17%) CheckPoint
10 3 (5.17%) LogicMonitor
10 3 (5.17%) Nokia
11 2 (3.45%) VMware
12 1 (1.72%) Bloomberg
12 1 (1.72%) Forcepoint
12 1 (1.72%) IBM
12 1 (1.72%) NetScout
12 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow
12 1 (1.72%) SevOne
12 1 (1.72%) Splunk