OSPF Job Trends in Blackburn

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Lancashire > Blackburn

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Blackburn requiring OSPF skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 18 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Blackburn 6.25% 1.59% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 50.00% 6.25% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 -
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Blackburn

OSPF falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Blackburn.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6 16 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 12.50% 25.40% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 6 15 6
10th Percentile - - £22,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £41,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +5.56% +87.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,000 -
90th Percentile - £62,500 £47,500
Lancashire median annual salary £26,250 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -47.50% +5.26% +18.75%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Blackburn

OSPF
Salary Trend in Blackburn

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackburn citing OSPF.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackburn citing OSPF

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackburn 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 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Retail
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Network Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 3 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCIE
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification