OSPF Job Trends in Leicestershire

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring OSPF skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 0.061% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.89% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £57,246 -
% change year-on-year -3.92% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 112 42 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 6.83% 10.69% 6.96%
Number of salaries quoted 80 23 27
10th Percentile £27,300 £24,600 £27,585
25th Percentile £41,250 £27,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £60,250 £44,250 £46,875
90th Percentile £71,250 £47,500 £52,150
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% -4.37%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

OSPF
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing OSPF.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing OSPF

OSPF
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Leicester - 1 £55,000 - 1
OSPF
East Midlands

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco