OSPF Jobs in the East of England

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring OSPF skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OSPF over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 222 221
Rank change year-on-year +44 -1 +52
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 7 5 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.21% 0.081% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.82% 0.48% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 11
10th Percentile £40,000 £58,174 £38,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £61,250 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.80% +4.17% -2.04%
75th Percentile £59,750 £63,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £50,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.95% -7.34% -9.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 852 1,046 1,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.24% 16.93% 20.81%
Number of salaries quoted 243 796 402
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,920 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,642 £28,979 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,225
England median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the East of England

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Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSPF in the East of England.

Salary trend for OSPF in the East of England

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Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for OSPF in the East of England

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Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the East of England region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Hertfordshire +35 5 £42,000 -39.05%
Suffolk -21 1 £65,000 +4.00% 1
Bedfordshire - 1 £52,000 -
OSPF
England

OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) AutoCAD
1 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
2 6 (85.71%) BGP
2 6 (85.71%) SD-WAN
3 5 (71.43%) Spanning Tree
3 5 (71.43%) VLAN
3 5 (71.43%) VoIP
3 5 (71.43%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (57.14%) EIGRP
4 4 (57.14%) Unified Communications
4 4 (57.14%) Wireshark
5 3 (42.86%) LAN
5 3 (42.86%) MPLS
5 3 (42.86%) Wireless
6 2 (28.57%) 802.11
6 2 (28.57%) DHCP
6 2 (28.57%) H.323
6 2 (28.57%) IPsec
6 2 (28.57%) RTP
6 2 (28.57%) VPN
6 2 (28.57%) VRRP
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Local Government
2 1 (14.29%) Aviation
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
1 4 (57.14%) Senior Network Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Network Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Telephony Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Network Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Juniper Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Network Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Network Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Voice Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
1 1 (14.29%) PKI
1 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
1 1 (14.29%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Network Design
3 2 (28.57%) Network Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Maintenance
4 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) Presales
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (14.29%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
1 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) Fortinet
2 5 (71.43%) HP
3 4 (57.14%) SolarWinds
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) Mitel
4 2 (28.57%) Red Box
5 1 (14.29%) Arista
5 1 (14.29%) Aruba
5 1 (14.29%) Avaya
5 1 (14.29%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (14.29%) F5
5 1 (14.29%) Juniper
5 1 (14.29%) Meru Networks
5 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
5 1 (14.29%) Riverbed
5 1 (14.29%) VMware