OSPF Jobs in the Midlands

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 239 274 285
Rank change year-on-year +35 +11 +42
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 15 52 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.22% 0.43% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.73% 3.33% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 13 36 29
10th Percentile - - £39,675
25th Percentile £32,500 £46,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £48,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.84% -22.40% +13.64%
75th Percentile £37,500 £55,938 £72,500
90th Percentile - £59,375 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% -8.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 869 1,563 1,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.75% 12.85% 18.90%
Number of salaries quoted 445 1,276 720
10th Percentile £26,945 £25,000 £26,225
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -1.18% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.16% -5.00% -4.76%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the Midlands

OSPF
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for OSPF in the Midlands

OSPF
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for OSPF in the Midlands

OSPF
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
West Midlands +32 15 £35,000 -27.84% 31
OSPF
England

OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 12 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (80.00%) Google Workspace
2 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Cloudflare
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (100.00%) BGP
2 14 (93.33%) VLAN
3 13 (86.67%) Firewall
4 12 (80.00%) DHCP
4 12 (80.00%) DNS
4 12 (80.00%) TCP/IP
4 12 (80.00%) WLAN
5 3 (20.00%) Network Security
5 3 (20.00%) VPN
6 2 (13.33%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (13.33%) LAN
6 2 (13.33%) MPLS
6 2 (13.33%) WAN
7 1 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
7 1 (6.67%) TACACS
7 1 (6.67%) VoIP
7 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (6.67%) Wireless
General
1 12 (80.00%) Automotive
1 12 (80.00%) Retail
1 12 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) IT Engineer
1 12 (80.00%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Network Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Security Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (86.67%) Management Information System
2 12 (80.00%) Smartphone
3 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
4 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 12 (80.00%) Linux
1 12 (80.00%) Mac OS X
1 12 (80.00%) Ubuntu
1 12 (80.00%) Windows
1 12 (80.00%) Windows 10
1 12 (80.00%) Windows Server
1 12 (80.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 12 (80.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Business Case
1 12 (80.00%) Computer Science
1 12 (80.00%) Performance Tuning
1 12 (80.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (13.33%) ITIL
3 1 (6.67%) Availability Management
3 1 (6.67%) Business Continuity
3 1 (6.67%) Change Control
3 1 (6.67%) Change Management
3 1 (6.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (6.67%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (6.67%) Load Balancing
3 1 (6.67%) Network Design
3 1 (6.67%) Network Management
3 1 (6.67%) Release Management
3 1 (6.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) PowerShell
1 12 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) Degree
2 12 (80.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (80.00%) HNC
2 12 (80.00%) HND
2 12 (80.00%) MCSE
2 12 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (13.33%) CCNP
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.67%) AWS Certification
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Cisco
2 14 (93.33%) Fortinet
3 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
4 12 (80.00%) Apple
4 12 (80.00%) Dell
4 12 (80.00%) Google
4 12 (80.00%) Ubiquiti
5 3 (20.00%) Aruba
6 2 (13.33%) CheckPoint
6 2 (13.33%) Meraki
6 2 (13.33%) Palo Alto
7 1 (6.67%) F5
7 1 (6.67%) Juniper