OSPF Job Trends in the South East

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring OSPF skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 215 301
Rank change year-on-year -66 +86 -7
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 21 70 98
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.14% 0.90% 0.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.72% 5.73% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 20 64 57
10th Percentile £39,825 £32,500 £43,100
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.51% +0.95% +6.06%
75th Percentile £80,000 £58,813 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,750 £66,250 £98,000
England median annual salary £74,500 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +40.57% +0.95% -4.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,223 1,222 2,782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.34% 15.63% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 936 743 1,896
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £30,650 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +4.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in the South East

OSPF
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OSPF.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OSPF

OSPF
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in the South East over the 6 months to 15 June 2026.

Salary histogram for OSPF in the South East

OSPF
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 June 2026. 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
Hampshire -65 13 £77,500 +46.23% 3
Surrey -29 4 £45,000 +28.57% 2
Thames Valley +4 2 £42,500 -19.05% 1
Buckinghamshire -8 2 £42,500 -5.56% 1
Kent - 2 £28,000 -
OSPF
England

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 21 (100.00%) VPN
2 19 (90.48%) BGP
3 18 (85.71%) Firewall
4 16 (76.19%) WAN
5 15 (71.43%) LAN
6 11 (52.38%) Network Security
7 9 (42.86%) SD-WAN
7 9 (42.86%) Wireless
8 8 (38.10%) MPLS
9 7 (33.33%) NGFW
10 6 (28.57%) Ethernet VPN
11 5 (23.81%) VXLAN
12 4 (19.05%) IPsec
12 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
12 4 (19.05%) VLAN
12 4 (19.05%) VoIP
13 3 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
13 3 (14.29%) Multicast
14 2 (9.52%) Software-Defined Networking
14 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Telecoms
3 3 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Network Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Cisco Consultant
2 5 (23.81%) Cisco Network Consultant
2 5 (23.81%) Consultant
2 5 (23.81%) Network Consultant
2 5 (23.81%) WAN Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Junior
4 2 (9.52%) Junior Network Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) REST
2 3 (14.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (61.90%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 8 (38.10%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Network Design
2 6 (28.57%) White-Box Testing
3 5 (23.81%) Network Management
3 5 (23.81%) Network Segmentation
4 4 (19.05%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (9.52%) Computer Science
5 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (9.52%) ITIL
5 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.52%) Project Planning
6 1 (4.76%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Automation
6 1 (4.76%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (38.10%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (80.95%) CCNP
3 12 (57.14%) Security Cleared
4 10 (47.62%) DV Cleared
5 8 (38.10%) CCNA
6 4 (19.05%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Docker
1 3 (14.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (61.90%) Ansible
2 8 (38.10%) FortiGate
2 8 (38.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (76.19%) Cisco
2 11 (52.38%) Fortinet
3 6 (28.57%) Mellanox
3 6 (28.57%) NVIDIA
4 5 (23.81%) Meraki
5 3 (14.29%) VMware
6 2 (9.52%) Aruba
6 2 (9.52%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (9.52%) WatchGuard
7 1 (4.76%) Juniper