OSPF Jobs in the Thames Valley

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South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for OSPF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OSPF over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 209 200 232
Rank change year-on-year -9 +32 -28
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 39 58 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.58% 0.94% 0.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.15% 5.82% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 33 43 37
10th Percentile £39,380 £41,000 -
25th Percentile £46,500 - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -40.00% +36.36%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 -
90th Percentile £67,000 £78,750 £78,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £47,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.70% -24.80% +13.64%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

OSPF is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 940 996 1,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.97% 16.21% 18.91%
Number of salaries quoted 682 563 760
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £30,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,920 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £46,750 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.89% -5.26% -5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSPF in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for OSPF in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for OSPF in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Berkshire +6 28 £50,000 +11.11% 5
Oxfordshire +3 11 £65,000 +18.18%
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (2.56%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.64%) AWS
2 4 (10.26%) Azure
3 2 (5.13%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (5.13%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (5.13%) IaaS
3 2 (5.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (71.79%) BGP
2 23 (58.97%) Firewall
3 17 (43.59%) DNS
3 17 (43.59%) VPN
4 13 (33.33%) IPsec
4 13 (33.33%) LAN
4 13 (33.33%) WAN
5 10 (25.64%) HSRP
5 10 (25.64%) MPLS
6 8 (20.51%) Wireless
7 7 (17.95%) SD-WAN
7 7 (17.95%) SSL
8 6 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (15.38%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (15.38%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (15.38%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (15.38%) Network Security
8 6 (15.38%) Spanning Tree
8 6 (15.38%) VLAN
9 5 (12.82%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) InfluxDB
1 1 (2.56%) MariaDB
1 1 (2.56%) MySQL
1 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
General
1 6 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.13%) Electronics
2 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
2 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 11 (28.21%) 3rd Line Support
2 11 (28.21%) Network Support
3 8 (20.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) Lead
4 7 (17.95%) Network Team Leader
4 7 (17.95%) Team Leader
5 6 (15.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) Professional Services Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) Network Support Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) Support Engineer
7 4 (10.26%) Firewall Specialist
7 4 (10.26%) Network Specialist
8 3 (7.69%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) Presales Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) Presales Network Engineer
9 2 (5.13%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (30.77%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 8 (20.51%) PKI
3 4 (10.26%) Driving Licence
4 2 (5.13%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.13%) Molecular Biology
4 2 (5.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.82%) Linux
1 5 (12.82%) Windows
2 3 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (5.13%) Android
3 2 (5.13%) Apple iOS
3 2 (5.13%) VMS
3 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.56%) CentOS
4 1 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (20.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 8 (20.51%) Mentoring
2 7 (17.95%) Network Management
3 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (15.38%) Information Security
4 5 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (10.26%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (10.26%) Innovative Thinking
5 4 (10.26%) Network Architecture
6 3 (7.69%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (7.69%) Presales
6 3 (7.69%) Reverse Engineering
6 3 (7.69%) Security Hardening
7 2 (5.13%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (5.13%) Commercialisation
7 2 (5.13%) Disruptive Innovation
7 2 (5.13%) Preventative Maintenance
7 2 (5.13%) Roadmaps
7 2 (5.13%) Server Management
7 2 (5.13%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 15 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (30.77%) CCNP
4 8 (20.51%) SC Cleared
5 3 (7.69%) CCNA
5 3 (7.69%) JNCIA
6 2 (5.13%) CCIE
6 2 (5.13%) Degree
7 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (10.26%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Firmware
2 4 (10.26%) Hyper-V
2 4 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
4 2 (5.13%) Docker
4 2 (5.13%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.56%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Grafana
2 2 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.13%) Nessus
2 2 (5.13%) SolarWinds Orion
2 2 (5.13%) WSUS
3 1 (2.56%) Icinga
3 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (53.85%) Cisco
2 20 (51.28%) Juniper
3 10 (25.64%) Extreme Networks
4 7 (17.95%) Aruba
5 6 (15.38%) F5
5 6 (15.38%) Infoblox
5 6 (15.38%) Palo Alto
6 5 (12.82%) Fortinet
7 4 (10.26%) VMware
8 3 (7.69%) SolarWinds
9 2 (5.13%) Dell
10 1 (2.56%) Meraki
10 1 (2.56%) Microsoft