Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
South Wales > Newport
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newport requiring OSPF skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OSPF over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 13 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing OSPF | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport | 7.14% | - | - |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 16.67% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £285 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £290 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £295 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South Wales median daily rate | £450 | - | £375 |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Newport
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 Newport.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 24 | 7 | 53 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport | 42.86% | 7.61% | 40.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 4 | 38 |
| 10th Percentile | £151 | £148 | £273 |
| 25th Percentile | £179 | £172 | £364 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £288 | £278 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.60% | -47.14% | -8.70% |
| 75th Percentile | £387 | £389 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £437 | £418 | £650 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £313 | £220 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | +42.05% | -57.07% | +13.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £30.00 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £33.75 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £14.36 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +161.14% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £44.06 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £51.25 | - | - |
| South Wales median hourly rate | £37.50 | £14.36 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +161.14% | - | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Newport
Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newport.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newport
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSPF in Newport.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: