OSPF Job Trends in Manchester

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring OSPF skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 137 160
Rank change year-on-year -15 +23 +89
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 3 49 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.13% 1.21% 0.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.30% 16.90% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3 24 10
10th Percentile £46,550 £29,500 -
25th Percentile £47,000 £31,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £42,500 £43,125
Median % change year-on-year +14.12% -1.45% -13.75%
75th Percentile £54,000 £48,750 £70,750
90th Percentile £56,850 £55,000 £78,500
North West median annual salary £58,750 £40,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year +46.88% -14.89% -6.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 230 290 428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 9.70% 7.15% 15.22%
Number of salaries quoted 113 169 289
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,375 £37,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.11% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £51,250 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £64,500 £72,500 £77,542
North West median annual salary £31,000 £45,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -31.11% -13.46% +13.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in Manchester

OSPF
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing OSPF.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing OSPF

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 3 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) HSRP
2 2 (66.67%) IPsec
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
3 OSPF jobs in Manchester