OSPF Contract Job Trends in Maidstone

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Kent > Maidstone

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Maidstone requiring OSPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OSPF 11 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Maidstone 28.95% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 68.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £431 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 - -
75th Percentile £445 - -
90th Percentile £451 - -
Kent median daily rate £439 - £363
% change year-on-year - - -13.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Maidstone

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 Maidstone.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 16 11 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Maidstone 42.11% 34.38% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 1
10th Percentile £329 £206 -
25th Percentile £406 £224 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £250 £450
Median % change year-on-year +75.50% -44.44% +28.57%
75th Percentile £445 £613 £475
90th Percentile £453 £623 -
Kent median daily rate £440 £275 £425
% change year-on-year +60.00% -35.29% +16.44%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Maidstone

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OSPF relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Maidstone.

OSPF job vacancy trend in Maidstone

OSPF
Daily Rate Trend in Maidstone

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Maidstone citing OSPF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Maidstone citing OSPF

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Maidstone 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:

Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) BGP
1 11 (100.00%) Firewall
1 11 (100.00%) IPsec
1 11 (100.00%) LAN
1 11 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 11 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 11 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 6 (54.55%) Cisco Engineer
2 6 (54.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Project Delivery
2 5 (45.45%) Customer Requirements
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) CCNP
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 11 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) CCNA
2 6 (54.55%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Aruba
1 11 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco
1 11 (100.00%) Palo Alto