OSPF Job Trends in Kent

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring OSPF skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.13% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 - -
75th Percentile £29,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £52,500 £50,489 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.98% -8.20% +4.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 75 113 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 4.95% 15.69% 12.89%
Number of salaries quoted 63 105 131
10th Percentile £26,400 £23,731 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £25,000 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £31,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -21.25% -1.23%
75th Percentile £50,000 £38,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £48,750 £62,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -12.37% +4.30%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Kent

OSPF
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing OSPF.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing OSPF

OSPF
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Kent region over the 6 months to 24 July 2026. 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
West Malling - 2 £28,000 - 1
OSPF
South East

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless Backhaul
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Junior
1 2 (100.00%) Junior Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification