OSPF Jobs in England

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 533 507 727
Rank change year-on-year -26 +220 -124
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 283 357 508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.50% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.84% 3.11% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 210 298 371
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £81,625 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £59,483
% change year-on-year - -7.54% +8.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,962 11,495 18,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.71% 16.17% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,437 6,665 10,966
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in England

OSPF
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for OSPF in England

OSPF
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for OSPF in England

OSPF
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the England region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
South East +34 108 £55,000 +4.76% 15
London +14 76 £70,000 +12.00% 8
North of England +24 56 £45,000 -4.76% 8
North West +19 45 £43,750 -37.50% 4
Midlands -38 31 £48,500 -15.65% 3
West Midlands -8 30 £48,500 -15.65% 2
Yorkshire +56 14 £47,500 +5.56% 3
East of England -13 9 £61,250 +2.08% 4
South West -32 8 £48,500 -3.00% 3
North East -19 3 £62,500 +16.28% 2
East Midlands -40 1 £60,000 +2.13% 1
OSPF
UK

OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (2.83%) Skype for Business
2 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.55%) Azure
2 43 (15.19%) AWS
3 11 (3.89%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.53%) AWS Direct Connect
4 10 (3.53%) SaaS
5 9 (3.18%) IaaS
6 8 (2.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (2.83%) PaaS
7 6 (2.12%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.77%) Cloudflare
8 5 (1.77%) GCP
9 4 (1.41%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 248 (87.63%) BGP
2 171 (60.42%) Firewall
3 118 (41.70%) WAN
4 97 (34.28%) VPN
5 95 (33.57%) MPLS
6 92 (32.51%) EIGRP
7 88 (31.10%) LAN
7 88 (31.10%) TCP/IP
8 71 (25.09%) IPsec
9 70 (24.73%) SD-WAN
9 70 (24.73%) VLAN
10 67 (23.67%) Wireless
11 58 (20.49%) Network Security
12 54 (19.08%) Cisco ASA
13 52 (18.37%) DNS
14 46 (16.25%) Cisco Firepower
14 46 (16.25%) SSL
15 45 (15.90%) DHCP
16 39 (13.78%) DMVPN
17 37 (13.07%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.41%) MariaDB
1 4 (1.41%) MySQL
1 4 (1.41%) NoSQL
1 4 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.35%) GitLab
1 1 (0.35%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.35%) JIRA
General
1 52 (18.37%) Social Skills
2 26 (9.19%) Finance
3 20 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (7.07%) Law
4 16 (5.65%) Retail
4 16 (5.65%) Telecoms
5 6 (2.12%) Automotive
5 6 (2.12%) Legal
5 6 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (1.41%) Financial Institution
7 3 (1.06%) Publishing
8 2 (0.71%) Electronics
8 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.71%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.35%) Banking
9 1 (0.35%) Billing
9 1 (0.35%) Front Office
9 1 (0.35%) Military
9 1 (0.35%) Police
9 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 160 (56.54%) Network Engineer
2 49 (17.31%) Senior
3 34 (12.01%) Senior Network Engineer
4 30 (10.60%) Analyst
4 30 (10.60%) Network Analyst
5 20 (7.07%) Network Operations Analyst
5 20 (7.07%) Operations Analyst
6 19 (6.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (6.36%) Cisco Engineer
8 17 (6.01%) Architect
8 17 (6.01%) Network Specialist
9 16 (5.65%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 15 (5.30%) Network Support
11 11 (3.89%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 11 (3.89%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (3.53%) Network Security Engineer
12 10 (3.53%) Security Engineer
13 9 (3.18%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (3.18%) Lead
13 9 (3.18%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (20.49%) 802.1X
2 8 (2.83%) SAML
3 7 (2.47%) HTML
3 7 (2.47%) XML
4 3 (1.06%) XMPP
5 1 (0.35%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.35%) RESTCONF
Miscellaneous
1 76 (26.86%) Data Centre
2 23 (8.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 17 (6.01%) Management Information System
4 16 (5.65%) Driving Licence
5 13 (4.59%) Public Cloud
6 9 (3.18%) Client/Server
7 8 (2.83%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (2.47%) FMCG
8 7 (2.47%) Virtual Team
9 6 (2.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (2.12%) Smartphone
10 5 (1.77%) PKI
11 4 (1.41%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.41%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.71%) Clustering
12 2 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.71%) Fibre Optics
12 2 (0.71%) Molecular Biology
12 2 (0.71%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (10.95%) Linux
2 16 (5.65%) Windows
3 12 (4.24%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.53%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.83%) Unix
6 7 (2.47%) Debian
6 7 (2.47%) Mac OS X
7 6 (2.12%) Android
7 6 (2.12%) Apple iOS
7 6 (2.12%) VyOS
7 6 (2.12%) Windows 10
7 6 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (17.31%) Network Management
2 40 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (13.43%) Network Design
4 32 (11.31%) ITIL
4 32 (11.31%) Mentoring
5 28 (9.89%) Customer Service
6 23 (8.13%) Load Balancing
7 21 (7.42%) Information Security
7 21 (7.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 21 (7.42%) Network Monitoring
8 20 (7.07%) Agile
9 19 (6.71%) Network Architecture
10 18 (6.36%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (6.36%) Network Virtualisation
11 16 (5.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (5.65%) High Availability
11 16 (5.65%) Roadmaps
12 14 (4.95%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (4.59%) Creative Thinking
14 12 (4.24%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.77%) Python
2 21 (7.42%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.12%) Bash
3 6 (2.12%) SQL
4 1 (0.35%) Go
Qualifications
1 125 (44.17%) Cisco Certification
2 83 (29.33%) CCNP
3 78 (27.56%) Security Cleared
4 72 (25.44%) CCNA
5 29 (10.25%) CCIE
6 23 (8.13%) JNCIA
7 21 (7.42%) Degree
8 20 (7.07%) SC Cleared
9 19 (6.71%) DV Cleared
10 15 (5.30%) CCDP
11 11 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (3.18%) JNCIS
13 8 (2.83%) CCIE Routing and Switching
14 6 (2.12%) HNC
14 6 (2.12%) HND
14 6 (2.12%) JNCIP
14 6 (2.12%) MCSE
14 6 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (1.77%) Network+ Certification
16 4 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (8.83%) SLA
2 7 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.12%) NIST
System Software
1 26 (9.19%) Firmware
2 21 (7.42%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.12%) Hyper-V
3 6 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.41%) Docker
4 4 (1.41%) NFS
4 4 (1.41%) pfSense
4 4 (1.41%) vCloud
4 4 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.41%) vSphere
5 3 (1.06%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (14.84%) FortiGate
2 14 (4.95%) Ansible
3 12 (4.24%) Terraform
4 10 (3.53%) Puppet
5 8 (2.83%) Progress Chef
5 8 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (2.12%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.77%) WSUS
8 4 (1.41%) Nagios
8 4 (1.41%) SCCM
9 3 (1.06%) Icinga
10 2 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.71%) Cisco Prime
10 2 (0.71%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.35%) CASB
11 1 (0.35%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.35%) SolarWinds Orion
11 1 (0.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 193 (68.20%) Cisco
2 118 (41.70%) Juniper
3 71 (25.09%) Fortinet
4 41 (14.49%) Palo Alto
5 36 (12.72%) Microsoft
6 35 (12.37%) CheckPoint
7 26 (9.19%) Meraki
8 24 (8.48%) SolarWinds
9 18 (6.36%) McAfee
10 16 (5.65%) Aruba
11 15 (5.30%) F5
11 15 (5.30%) Google
12 14 (4.95%) Citrix
12 14 (4.95%) Nokia
12 14 (4.95%) VMware
13 13 (4.59%) Dell
14 12 (4.24%) Extreme Networks
14 12 (4.24%) Ubiquiti
15 11 (3.89%) Arista
15 11 (3.89%) Ruckus Wireless