OSPF Jobs in the South East

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 246 280 388
Rank change year-on-year +34 +108 -16
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 108 81 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.72% 0.70% 0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.64% 3.66% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 66 57 63
10th Percentile £40,638 - £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +1.94% -0.96%
75th Percentile £63,438 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%

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 2,328 2,213 3,525
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.42% 19.10% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,452 1,346 2,049
10th Percentile £26,660 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for OSPF in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for OSPF in the South East

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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 26 July 2024. 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 -9 44 £55,000 +0.92% 5
Thames Valley +18 31 £50,000 +4.17% 3
Berkshire +18 25 £44,175 -1.83% 3
Surrey - 20 £137,500 - 2
East Sussex - 7 £55,000 -
West Sussex +24 6 £52,500 - 3
Oxfordshire -15 6 £65,000 +18.18%
OSPF
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.89%) AWS
2 5 (4.63%) Azure
3 4 (3.70%) Cloudflare
3 4 (3.70%) Mimecast
4 2 (1.85%) AWS Direct Connect
4 2 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.93%) GCP
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (83.33%) BGP
2 55 (50.93%) EIGRP
3 53 (49.07%) Firewall
4 41 (37.96%) Cisco ASA
5 34 (31.48%) IPsec
5 34 (31.48%) VPN
6 29 (26.85%) Cisco Firepower
7 25 (23.15%) DMVPN
7 25 (23.15%) WAN
8 24 (22.22%) RIP
8 24 (22.22%) SSL
9 23 (21.30%) VLAN
10 21 (19.44%) Network Security
11 20 (18.52%) TCP/IP
12 16 (14.81%) Ethernet VPN
13 15 (13.89%) LAN
13 15 (13.89%) VXLAN
14 14 (12.96%) DNS
15 13 (12.04%) Cisco Nexus
15 13 (12.04%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.70%) MariaDB
1 4 (3.70%) MySQL
1 4 (3.70%) NoSQL
1 4 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 23 (21.30%) Social Skills
2 7 (6.48%) Finance
3 4 (3.70%) Legal
3 4 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (2.78%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.85%) Electronics
5 2 (1.85%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.93%) Billing
6 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (56.48%) Network Engineer
2 17 (15.74%) Network Specialist
3 14 (12.96%) Senior
3 14 (12.96%) Senior Network Engineer
4 11 (10.19%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 9 (8.33%) Network Support
6 8 (7.41%) Architect
7 7 (6.48%) Firewall Specialist
7 7 (6.48%) Network Architect
8 6 (5.56%) Network Support Engineer
8 6 (5.56%) Support Engineer
9 5 (4.63%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 5 (4.63%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 4 (3.70%) 3rd Line Support
10 4 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
10 4 (3.70%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.70%) Lead
10 4 (3.70%) Network Team Leader
10 4 (3.70%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (31.48%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 35 (32.41%) Data Centre
2 13 (12.04%) Driving Licence
3 12 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (6.48%) Public Cloud
4 7 (6.48%) Virtual Team
5 5 (4.63%) PKI
6 4 (3.70%) Algorithms
6 4 (3.70%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.85%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.85%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.85%) Molecular Biology
8 1 (0.93%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.33%) Linux
2 7 (6.48%) Windows
3 6 (5.56%) Android
3 6 (5.56%) Apple iOS
4 5 (4.63%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.70%) Debian
5 4 (3.70%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (27.78%) Network Design
2 23 (21.30%) Mentoring
3 21 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (16.67%) Network Management
5 17 (15.74%) Agile
6 14 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (12.04%) Creative Thinking
8 10 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (9.26%) ITIL
8 10 (9.26%) Network Monitoring
9 9 (8.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 9 (8.33%) Decision-Making
9 9 (8.33%) Information Security
10 8 (7.41%) Network Architecture
11 7 (6.48%) High Availability
11 7 (6.48%) Infrastructure as Code
12 6 (5.56%) Fintech
12 6 (5.56%) Prototyping
12 6 (5.56%) Roadmaps
13 5 (4.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 62 (57.41%) Security Cleared
2 42 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (28.70%) CCNP
4 18 (16.67%) DV Cleared
5 16 (14.81%) CCNA
6 10 (9.26%) SC Cleared
7 8 (7.41%) JNCIA
8 6 (5.56%) CCIE
9 5 (4.63%) JNCIS
10 4 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (3.70%) Degree
10 4 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (3.70%) JNCIE
11 2 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.93%) CCSA
12 1 (0.93%) CCSE
12 1 (0.93%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.04%) SLA
2 5 (4.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (15.74%) Firmware
2 5 (4.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.70%) Docker
3 4 (3.70%) NFS
3 4 (3.70%) pfSense
3 4 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (3.70%) vSphere
4 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.93%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (25.93%) FortiGate
2 10 (9.26%) Terraform
3 7 (6.48%) Ansible
4 4 (3.70%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 69 (63.89%) Juniper
2 68 (62.96%) Cisco
3 28 (25.93%) Fortinet
4 18 (16.67%) McAfee
5 10 (9.26%) Extreme Networks
6 8 (7.41%) Palo Alto
7 7 (6.48%) CheckPoint
7 7 (6.48%) Citrix
8 6 (5.56%) F5
9 5 (4.63%) Aruba
9 5 (4.63%) Meraki
9 5 (4.63%) Microsoft
9 5 (4.63%) VMware
10 4 (3.70%) NetApp
10 4 (3.70%) QNAP
10 4 (3.70%) Synology
10 4 (3.70%) Ubiquiti
11 3 (2.78%) Mellanox
11 3 (2.78%) NVIDIA
11 3 (2.78%) SolarWinds