OSPF Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warwickshire requiring OSPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OSPF 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 1.09% - 0.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.61% - 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £413 £335 -
% change year-on-year +23.13% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 92 34 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 14.33% 10.69% 16.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 23 33
10th Percentile £300 £405 £210
25th Percentile £331 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -8.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile £496 £675 £688
90th Percentile £601 £788 £775
West Midlands median daily rate £413 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -13.16% +18.75% -19.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 9
10th Percentile - £17.10 -
25th Percentile £56.50 £20.06 £13.50
Median hourly rate £58.00 £25.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +132.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £59.50 £33.49 £23.75
90th Percentile - £38.58 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £58.00 £16.26 £19.95
% change year-on-year +256.70% -18.50% +19.10%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

OSPF
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing OSPF

OSPF
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing OSPF.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing OSPF

OSPF
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Warwick - 7 £413 - 2
OSPF
West Midlands

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Direct Connect
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (14.29%) OCI
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) BGP
1 7 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
2 6 (85.71%) LAN
2 6 (85.71%) VLAN
2 6 (85.71%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (71.43%) 5G
3 5 (71.43%) Cisco ISE
3 5 (71.43%) Internet
3 5 (71.43%) Wireless
3 5 (71.43%) WLAN
4 2 (28.57%) Firewall
4 2 (28.57%) Network Security
5 1 (14.29%) DHCP
5 1 (14.29%) DNS
5 1 (14.29%) EIGRP
5 1 (14.29%) MPLS
5 1 (14.29%) SSL
5 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 1 (14.29%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Network Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) WAN Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Network Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Platform Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Wireless Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Network Segmentation
2 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
4 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Observability
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Runbook
4 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Test Management
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) CCIE
1 5 (71.43%) CCNP
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Grafana
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) Aruba
3 5 (71.43%) Ekahau
4 1 (14.29%) AppDynamics
4 1 (14.29%) Dynatrace
4 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) Meraki
4 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds