OSPF Job Trends in Southampton

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring OSPF skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 64 -
Rank change year-on-year +23 - -
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 6 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 1.09% 0.35% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.00% 1.87% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £56,875 £48,875 -
25th Percentile £72,500 £50,938 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £56,250 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £60,938 -
90th Percentile - £62,625 -
Hampshire median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +36.36% -12.00% +38.89%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 50 107 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 9.07% 18.84% 10.95%
Number of salaries quoted 38 75 40
10th Percentile £30,350 £22,300 £25,250
25th Percentile £35,313 £41,875 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% +66.15% -35.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £47,813
90th Percentile £77,500 £71,750 £65,250
Hampshire median annual salary £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% +5.26%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

OSPF job vacancy trend in Southampton

OSPF
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing OSPF.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing OSPF

OSPF
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in Southampton over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for OSPF in Southampton

OSPF
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 6 (100.00%) BGP
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
2 5 (83.33%) LAN
2 5 (83.33%) MPLS
2 5 (83.33%) SD-WAN
2 5 (83.33%) VPN
2 5 (83.33%) VXLAN
2 5 (83.33%) WAN
2 5 (83.33%) Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco Consultant
1 5 (83.33%) Cisco Network Consultant
1 5 (83.33%) Consultant
1 5 (83.33%) Network Consultant
1 5 (83.33%) WAN Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Network Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Support
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Support
2 1 (16.67%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Network Management
1 5 (83.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CCNP
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CCNA
Systems Management
1 6 (100.00%) FortiGate
2 5 (83.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco
1 6 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 6 (100.00%) Meraki
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft