OSPF Job Trends in Hampshire

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring OSPF skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 83 100
Rank change year-on-year -29 +17 +82
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 11 86 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.44% 3.14% 1.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.45% 15.99% 8.53%
Number of salaries quoted 11 67 13
10th Percentile £51,250 £49,190 £46,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -12.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £77,500 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile - £63,000 £79,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% +5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 319 538 258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.71% 19.66% 14.51%
Number of salaries quoted 248 352 213
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,825 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £46,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,000 £77,500 £72,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Hampshire

OSPF
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing OSPF.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing OSPF

OSPF
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in Hampshire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for OSPF in Hampshire

OSPF
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Southampton +17 6 £75,000 +33.33% 5
Farnborough -8 3 £54,000 -1.82% 1
Basingstoke -19 2 £55,000 +3.77% 2
OSPF
South East

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) BGP
1 11 (100.00%) Firewall
2 8 (72.73%) LAN
2 8 (72.73%) VPN
2 8 (72.73%) WAN
3 5 (45.45%) MPLS
3 5 (45.45%) SD-WAN
3 5 (45.45%) VXLAN
3 5 (45.45%) Wireless
4 3 (27.27%) EIGRP
4 3 (27.27%) IPsec
4 3 (27.27%) Network Security
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (18.18%) HSRP
5 2 (18.18%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (18.18%) WLAN
6 1 (9.09%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (9.09%) NGFW
General
1 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Network Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Cisco Consultant
2 5 (45.45%) Cisco Network Consultant
2 5 (45.45%) Consultant
2 5 (45.45%) Network Consultant
2 5 (45.45%) WAN Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 1 (9.09%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cisco Network Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Support
4 1 (9.09%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Network Segmentation
2 5 (45.45%) Network Management
3 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (9.09%) Line Management
4 1 (9.09%) Load Balancing
4 1 (9.09%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (9.09%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Performance Management
4 1 (9.09%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) CCNP
1 8 (72.73%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (18.18%) CCNA
3 1 (9.09%) CISSP
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) Ansible
1 6 (54.55%) FortiGate
2 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Cisco
2 6 (54.55%) Fortinet
2 6 (54.55%) Meraki
3 4 (36.36%) CheckPoint
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) Palo Alto
5 2 (18.18%) HP
6 1 (9.09%) Citrix
6 1 (9.09%) Mellanox
6 1 (9.09%) NVIDIA