OSPF Job Trends in Reading

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring OSPF skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 69 89
Rank change year-on-year - +20 +20
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 0 8 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading - 1.10% 1.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 9.64% 7.59%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £40,013 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £41,675 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -50.97% +7.94%
75th Percentile - £52,500 -
90th Percentile - £59,250 -
Berkshire median annual salary - £41,675 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -30.54% +29.03%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 75 83 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 13.02% 11.43% 14.58%
Number of salaries quoted 39 36 137
10th Percentile - £40,013 £33,400
25th Percentile £35,000 £52,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +6.15% -5.40%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £40,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -30.43% +9.52% -4.55%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Reading

OSPF
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing OSPF.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing OSPF