Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
West Midlands > Worcestershire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire 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 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 19 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing OSPF | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire | 1.47% | - | - |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 25.00% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £519 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £556 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Worcestershire
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 Worcestershire.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 4 | 10 | 11 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire | 5.88% | 10.87% | 13.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £401 | £480 | £225 |
| 25th Percentile | £477 | £513 | £275 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £544 | £550 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.14% | +22.22% | +5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £594 | £575 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £628 | - | £651 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £450 | £463 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.70% | +8.82% | -2.30% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £17.75 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £18.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £19.25 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £30.00 | £14.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +114.29% | -49.09% | +61.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire
Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing OSPF.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing OSPF.
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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Worcestershire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 25 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malvern | - | 1 | £538 | - | |
| OSPF West Midlands |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:
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