OSPF Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring OSPF skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing OSPF 3 0 15
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.61% - 1.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.91% - 9.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 12
10th Percentile £470 - £473
25th Percentile £481 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £538 - £556
90th Percentile £560 - £575
South West median daily rate £506 £416 £550
% change year-on-year +21.62% -24.32% +25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 103 124 164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 21.11% 21.83% 20.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 84 103
10th Percentile £456 £453 £300
25th Percentile £525 £519 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £582 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% +10.76% -
75th Percentile £703 £671 £606
90th Percentile £725 £734 £673
South West median daily rate £525 £523 £538
% change year-on-year +0.48% -2.79% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 15
10th Percentile - - £43.01
25th Percentile £47.50 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.04%
75th Percentile £52.50 - -
90th Percentile - - £59.00
South West median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -23.08% +15.06% -13.09%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

OSPF
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing OSPF

OSPF
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing OSPF

OSPF
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 11 November 2025. 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
Corsham - 2 £513 - 1
OSPF
South West

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (66.67%) VoIP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) Skype
3 1 (33.33%) Spanning Tree
3 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) JFC
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) NsoIT
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Atlassian
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) McAfee