OSPF Job Trends in Somerset

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring OSPF skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 44 40
Rank change year-on-year -13 -4 +40
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 2 3 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.35% 0.64% 2.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.56% 6.38% 9.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 8
10th Percentile £55,378 - £45,125
25th Percentile £55,669 £55,184 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,110 £56,121 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.76% +15.12% -39.06%
75th Percentile £58,570 £57,057 £51,780
90th Percentile £58,872 - £54,996
South West median annual salary £54,560 £56,121 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +12.24% +11.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 78 47 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 13.68% 10.09% 23.68%
Number of salaries quoted 27 18 72
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,313 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £54,660 £45,093
Median % change year-on-year -40.54% +21.22% -13.77%
75th Percentile £57,029 £64,889 £68,125
90th Percentile £74,000 £72,000 £70,000
South West median annual salary £34,000 £52,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -34.62% +6.12% +3.16%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Somerset

OSPF
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing OSPF.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing OSPF

OSPF
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Portishead -6 2 £57,110 +1.76%
OSPF
South West

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) SNMP
1 2 (100.00%) SSH
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) SolarWinds