OSPF Jobs in London

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 432 500
Rank change year-on-year +113 +68 +165
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 81 79 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.63% 0.33% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.48% 2.42% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 62 73 106
10th Percentile £33,200 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £43,125 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £76,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £98,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £51,250 £54,750
% change year-on-year +3.41% -6.39% -8.75%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,808 3,260 3,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 14.05% 13.78% 11.77%
Number of salaries quoted 936 2,003 2,713
10th Percentile £33,250 £32,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £85,063 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -4.76%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in London

OSPF
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for OSPF in London

OSPF
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for OSPF in London

OSPF
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the London region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
South London - 2 £50,000 - 3
Central London +28 1 £65,000 +4.00% 5
OSPF
England

OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 38 (46.91%) Azure
2 36 (44.44%) AWS
3 13 (16.05%) AWS Direct Connect
4 10 (12.35%) GCP
5 3 (3.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.23%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 81 (100.00%) BGP
2 74 (91.36%) Firewall
3 49 (60.49%) MPLS
3 49 (60.49%) WAN
4 47 (58.02%) VPN
5 39 (48.15%) LAN
6 27 (33.33%) IPsec
7 26 (32.10%) SD-WAN
7 26 (32.10%) WLAN
8 22 (27.16%) Network Security
9 21 (25.93%) Cisco ISE
9 21 (25.93%) Wi-Fi
10 19 (23.46%) Wireless
11 18 (22.22%) TCP/IP
12 13 (16.05%) Cisco ASA
12 13 (16.05%) NX-OS
13 12 (14.81%) Cisco Nexus
13 12 (14.81%) VXLAN
14 11 (13.58%) Cisco Firepower
14 11 (13.58%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 6 (7.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 20 (24.69%) Banking
2 17 (20.99%) Social Skills
3 16 (19.75%) Finance
4 9 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (8.64%) Mandarin Language
5 7 (8.64%) Telecoms
6 6 (7.41%) Investment Banking
7 3 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.23%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.23%) Games
8 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 53 (65.43%) Network Engineer
2 14 (17.28%) Cisco Engineer
2 14 (17.28%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 10 (12.35%) NOC Engineer
4 9 (11.11%) Junior
5 8 (9.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Lead
5 8 (9.88%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Network Operations Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Operations Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Senior
5 8 (9.88%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (7.41%) Azure Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) Automation Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) Cloud Automation Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) Infoblox Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) AWS Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) Head of Networks
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.05%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.23%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (25.93%) Data Centre
2 20 (24.69%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.41%) IPTV
4 4 (4.94%) IoT
4 4 (4.94%) Reinsurance
5 2 (2.47%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.23%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.23%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.23%) Linux
1 1 (1.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (29.63%) Network Monitoring
2 20 (24.69%) Change Management
3 19 (23.46%) High Availability
4 18 (22.22%) Network Management
5 13 (16.05%) Cloud Security
6 12 (14.81%) Root Cause Analysis
7 11 (13.58%) Incident Management
7 11 (13.58%) ITIL
7 11 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (12.35%) Incident Response
9 9 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
9 9 (11.11%) Cost Optimisation
9 9 (11.11%) Network Segmentation
9 9 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 8 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (9.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (9.88%) Penetration Testing
10 8 (9.88%) Process Improvement
10 8 (9.88%) Runbook
11 7 (8.64%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.99%) Python
2 9 (11.11%) Bash
3 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 49 (60.49%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (44.44%) CCNA
3 31 (38.27%) CCNP
4 13 (16.05%) CCIE
4 13 (16.05%) Degree
5 4 (4.94%) JNCIA
6 3 (3.70%) AWS Certification
6 3 (3.70%) CCSA
6 3 (3.70%) CCSE
7 2 (2.47%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.47%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.23%) CCDP
8 1 (1.23%) CEH
8 1 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.23%) JNCIE
8 1 (1.23%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.94%) SLA
2 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.23%) NIST
2 1 (1.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (6.17%) Firmware
2 1 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (11.11%) FortiGate
1 9 (11.11%) Nagios
2 7 (8.64%) Ansible
3 6 (7.41%) Terraform
4 1 (1.23%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 62 (76.54%) Cisco
2 39 (48.15%) SolarWinds
3 25 (30.86%) CheckPoint
4 23 (28.40%) Juniper
4 23 (28.40%) Meraki
5 21 (25.93%) Fortinet
6 20 (24.69%) Palo Alto
7 13 (16.05%) Arista
7 13 (16.05%) Dynatrace
8 11 (13.58%) F5
9 10 (12.35%) Infoblox
10 7 (8.64%) Microsoft
10 7 (8.64%) Riverbed
11 6 (7.41%) Bloomberg
11 6 (7.41%) Refinitiv
12 5 (6.17%) LogicMonitor
13 4 (4.94%) Citrix
14 3 (3.70%) AlgoSec
14 3 (3.70%) ServiceNow
15 2 (2.47%) SevOne