Hybrid/Remote OSPF Job Trends

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring OSPF skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 344 389
Rank change year-on-year -5 +45 +159
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 27 79 152
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.52% 0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.67% 4.09% 4.07%
Number of salaries quoted 10 45 134
10th Percentile £56,818 £43,799 £42,650
25th Percentile £57,218 £51,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,875 £60,000 £50,886
Median % change year-on-year +18.13% +17.91% -27.31%
75th Percentile £81,875 £85,000 £66,875
90th Percentile £100,500 £91,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £55,000 £51,193
% change year-on-year +22.73% +7.44% -6.92%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,615 1,933 3,732
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.89% 12.65% 13.44%
Number of salaries quoted 933 1,143 3,244
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £39,742
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +1.85% -2.88%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OSPF and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

OSPF job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OSPF.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OSPF

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing OSPF over the 6 months to 23 February 2026.

OSPF salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 19 (70.37%) Azure
2 15 (55.56%) AWS
3 12 (44.44%) AWS Direct Connect
4 9 (33.33%) SaaS
4 9 (33.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (7.41%) OCI
6 1 (3.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (3.70%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 27 (100.00%) BGP
2 25 (92.59%) Firewall
3 23 (85.19%) WAN
4 21 (77.78%) SD-WAN
5 17 (62.96%) VPN
6 16 (59.26%) Cisco ASA
6 16 (59.26%) Cisco ISE
6 16 (59.26%) MPLS
6 16 (59.26%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (55.56%) LAN
8 14 (51.85%) IPsec
8 14 (51.85%) VXLAN
9 13 (48.15%) WLAN
10 12 (44.44%) Cisco Firepower
10 12 (44.44%) NX-OS
11 11 (40.74%) Network Security
12 9 (33.33%) NetScaler
13 7 (25.93%) VLAN
14 5 (18.52%) Wireless
15 4 (14.81%) EIGRP
General
1 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Finance
3 3 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Police
5 1 (3.70%) Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Law
5 1 (3.70%) Marketing
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Retail
5 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (88.89%) Network Engineer
2 12 (44.44%) Cisco Engineer
2 12 (44.44%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Firewall Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Network Operations Engineer
3 9 (33.33%) Operations Engineer
4 8 (29.63%) Senior
5 7 (25.93%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (18.52%) AWS Engineer
6 5 (18.52%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Engineering Manager
7 2 (7.41%) Network Engineering Manager
7 2 (7.41%) Network Manager
8 1 (3.70%) Deployment Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Security Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Cisco Consultant
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 15 (55.56%) Data Centre
2 9 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 4 (14.81%) Cloud Native
4 2 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence
4 2 (7.41%) e-Learning
5 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Cloud Security
1 11 (40.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 11 (40.74%) Network Segmentation
2 10 (37.04%) Zero Trust
3 9 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
3 9 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (33.33%) Runbook
4 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
5 4 (14.81%) Line Management
5 4 (14.81%) Mentoring
5 4 (14.81%) Project Delivery
6 3 (11.11%) Change Control
6 3 (11.11%) Migration
7 2 (7.41%) Change Management
7 2 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (7.41%) High Availability
7 2 (7.41%) ITIL
7 2 (7.41%) Project Management
7 2 (7.41%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (7.41%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Python
2 2 (7.41%) Bash
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) CCNP
1 11 (40.74%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (18.52%) Degree
3 4 (14.81%) Azure Certification
3 4 (14.81%) CCIE
3 4 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (7.41%) CCNA
4 2 (7.41%) CCSA
4 2 (7.41%) CCSE
4 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.70%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.70%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.41%) Firmware
3 1 (3.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) Terraform
2 3 (11.11%) Ansible
3 2 (7.41%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (7.41%) FortiGate
4 1 (3.70%) Nagios
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Cisco
2 16 (59.26%) Fortinet
2 16 (59.26%) SolarWinds
3 14 (51.85%) CheckPoint
3 14 (51.85%) Meraki
4 11 (40.74%) Dynatrace
4 11 (40.74%) Palo Alto
5 9 (33.33%) ServiceNow
6 4 (14.81%) F5
6 4 (14.81%) VMware
7 2 (7.41%) Dell
7 2 (7.41%) Zscaler
8 1 (3.70%) Arista
8 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
8 1 (3.70%) Sophos