OSPF Job Trends in Lancashire

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring OSPF skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 74 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.088% 0.13% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.15% 1.03% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £50,750 £45,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year +12.78% +11.11% -19.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 663 97 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 58.26% 12.17% 12.47%
Number of salaries quoted 83 67 53
10th Percentile £13,380 £32,850 £27,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £65,000 £67,500
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 Lancashire

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Lancashire

OSPF
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing OSPF.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing OSPF

OSPF
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Blackburn +5 1 £60,000 -7.69%
OSPF
North West

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification