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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 276 283
Rank change year-on-year -119 +7 +45
Contract jobs citing OSPF 59 93 103
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.29% 0.69% 0.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.59% 7.24% 6.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 55 64
10th Percentile £413 £385 £250
25th Percentile £426 £434 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.12% -3.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £644 £579 £650
90th Percentile £850 £663 £764
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £61.58 £36.63 £31.63
25th Percentile £63.19 £37.19 £32.19
Median hourly rate £66.75 £38.75 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year +72.26% +14.81% -0.74%
75th Percentile £70.69 £39.69 £34.69
90th Percentile £72.53 £39.88 £34.88
England median hourly rate £68.75 £40.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +71.88% +23.08% -3.62%

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 1,643 1,285 1,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.12% 9.59% 9.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 821 962
10th Percentile £294 £281 £256
25th Percentile £405 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £624 £630 £636
90th Percentile £725 £711 £725
England median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 36 19
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.66 £23.80
25th Percentile £22.50 - £24.59
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -28.14% +33.33%
75th Percentile £92.50 £39.06 £58.38
90th Percentile £155.00 £59.88 £74.14
England median hourly rate £38.62 £34.00 £57.38
% change year-on-year +13.60% -40.74% +1.57%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -34 8 £575 -12.08% 3
South London -17 1 - -
West London -25 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 (1.69%) Confluence
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.08%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 32 (54.24%) Azure
2 22 (37.29%) AWS
3 13 (22.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 11 (18.64%) GCP
5 8 (13.56%) AWS Direct Connect
6 6 (10.17%) GitHub
7 5 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (8.47%) OCI
7 5 (8.47%) SaaS
8 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
8 2 (3.39%) OpenShift
9 1 (1.69%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 58 (98.31%) BGP
2 32 (54.24%) Firewall
3 30 (50.85%) WAN
4 28 (47.46%) VPN
5 23 (38.98%) VLAN
6 22 (37.29%) MPLS
6 22 (37.29%) SD-WAN
7 18 (30.51%) LAN
8 16 (27.12%) Multicast
9 14 (23.73%) Network Security
10 12 (20.34%) EIGRP
10 12 (20.34%) Wireless
11 11 (18.64%) IPsec
12 10 (16.95%) Cisco ISE
12 10 (16.95%) DNS
12 10 (16.95%) Internet
13 9 (15.25%) TCP/IP
14 8 (13.56%) VXLAN
15 7 (11.86%) Cisco Nexus
15 7 (11.86%) Ethernet VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Git
2 1 (1.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (40.68%) Finance
2 12 (20.34%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.25%) Banking
4 6 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.47%) Retail
6 3 (5.08%) Financial Institution
6 3 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.08%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.39%) Investment Banking
7 2 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 43 (72.88%) Network Engineer
2 13 (22.03%) Senior
3 12 (20.34%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (15.25%) Cisco Engineer
4 9 (15.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Network Security Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Network Support
5 6 (10.17%) Network Support Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Security Engineer
5 6 (10.17%) Support Engineer
6 5 (8.47%) Designer
6 5 (8.47%) IT Engineer
6 5 (8.47%) IT Support
6 5 (8.47%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (8.47%) Lead
6 5 (8.47%) Network Designer
6 5 (8.47%) Network Operations Engineer
6 5 (8.47%) Operations Engineer
6 5 (8.47%) Operations Support Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (18.64%) Terraform
2 2 (3.39%) 802.1X
2 2 (3.39%) eBPF
2 2 (3.39%) REST
2 2 (3.39%) SAML
3 1 (1.69%) JSON
3 1 (1.69%) LDAP
3 1 (1.69%) NETCONF
3 1 (1.69%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 25 (42.37%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (5.08%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (5.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (3.39%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.39%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (3.39%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.69%) CMDB
5 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.69%) IoT
5 1 (1.69%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.08%) Windows
2 1 (1.69%) Linux
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.90%) Zero Trust
2 14 (23.73%) High Availability
3 13 (22.03%) Validation
4 12 (20.34%) Migration
4 12 (20.34%) Runbook
5 11 (18.64%) Low Latency
5 11 (18.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (16.95%) Change Control
6 10 (16.95%) Project Delivery
7 9 (15.25%) Infrastructure as Code
7 9 (15.25%) Network Design
8 8 (13.56%) Cloud Security
8 8 (13.56%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (11.86%) Load Balancing
9 7 (11.86%) Network Segmentation
10 6 (10.17%) Incident Response
10 6 (10.17%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (8.47%) Design Patterns
11 5 (8.47%) Infrastructure Automation
11 5 (8.47%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 26 (44.07%) Python
2 2 (3.39%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.69%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (20.34%) CCNP
1 12 (20.34%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (11.86%) CCIE
3 3 (5.08%) Degree
4 2 (3.39%) CCIE Security
4 2 (3.39%) CISSP
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.69%) CCNA
5 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.69%) CWNA
5 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.08%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (38.98%) Ansible
2 13 (22.03%) FortiGate
3 2 (3.39%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.69%) CASB
4 1 (1.69%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (76.27%) Cisco
2 29 (49.15%) Palo Alto
3 22 (37.29%) Fortinet
4 14 (23.73%) Arista
5 12 (20.34%) F5
6 11 (18.64%) Juniper
7 8 (13.56%) Zscaler
8 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
9 6 (10.17%) Meraki
10 5 (8.47%) Bloomberg
10 5 (8.47%) Oracle
10 5 (8.47%) Reuters
11 4 (6.78%) SolarWinds
12 3 (5.08%) LogicMonitor
13 2 (3.39%) Aruba
13 2 (3.39%) CheckPoint
13 2 (3.39%) ServiceNow
13 2 (3.39%) Splunk
14 1 (1.69%) Dell
14 1 (1.69%) IBM