Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 184 | 201 | 176 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | -25 | +121 |
| Permanent jobs citing OSPF | 2 | 27 | 37 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.049% | 0.42% | 0.80% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 0.42% | 3.35% | 4.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 19 | 29 |
| 10th Percentile | £33,375 | - | £37,875 |
| 25th Percentile | £34,688 | £32,500 | £40,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £38,750 | £42,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.82% | -26.09% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £42,188 | £52,000 | £63,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £43,125 | £62,350 | £78,750 |
| England median annual salary | £56,121 | £54,699 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.60% | -0.55% | -7.54% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands
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 West Midlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 473 | 805 | 896 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 11.64% | 12.47% | 19.38% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 354 | 473 | 531 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,750 | £26,250 | £26,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,750 | £31,250 | £31,875 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £39,000 | £43,227 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.78% | -3.94% | -13.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £55,000 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £70,000 |
| England median annual salary | £35,000 | £50,000 | £51,300 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.00% | -2.53% | -2.29% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Salary Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSPF in the West Midlands.
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Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | +21 | 1 | £42,500 | -31.73% | 1 |
| Staffordshire | +4 | 1 | £35,000 | - | 2 |
| OSPF England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:
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