OSPF Job Trends in Cumbria

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring OSPF skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.26% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.89% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 - -
75th Percentile £54,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £56,500 £46,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year +22.16% +15.63% -20.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 53 50 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 13.87% 10.22% 21.39%
Number of salaries quoted 33 4 14
10th Percentile £13,380 £30,575 -
25th Percentile - £30,688 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £42,250 £39,250
Median % change year-on-year -40.62% +7.64% +12.14%
75th Percentile £34,500 £54,125 £52,500
90th Percentile £80,250 £56,150 £76,500
North West median annual salary £30,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -32.22% -5.26% +5.56%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Cumbria

OSPF
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing OSPF.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing OSPF

OSPF
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barrow-in-Furness - 1 £53,000 -
OSPF
North West

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) HSRP
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto