OSPF Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring OSPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 37 50
Rank change year-on-year -7 +13 +20
Contract jobs citing OSPF 2 11 4
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.55% 3.90% 0.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.25% 22.45% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 11 2
10th Percentile - £490 £607
25th Percentile - £525 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £614
Median % change year-on-year - -10.39% +8.63%
75th Percentile - £586 £618
90th Percentile - £630 £618
Buckinghamshire median daily rate - £550 £614
% change year-on-year - -10.39% +11.59%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 32 49 101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 8.84% 17.38% 20.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 38 79
10th Percentile £130 £411 £269
25th Percentile £465 £486 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -0.94% +1.92%
75th Percentile £630 £621 £636
90th Percentile £655 £656 £825
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £550 £518 £528
% change year-on-year +6.16% -1.78% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £23.85
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £36.00 - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 - £24.00
% change year-on-year - - +41.18%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing OSPF.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing OSPF

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Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing OSPF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing OSPF

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
1 2 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Network Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Zscaler