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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 356 328
Rank change year-on-year +11 -28 +318
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 34 110 174
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.22% 0.56% 0.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.42% 4.55% 5.67%
Number of salaries quoted 23 57 151
10th Percentile £52,637 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £61,875 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £68,750 £64,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £101,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - +4.76%

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 1,405 2,417 3,069
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.10% 12.20% 14.00%
Number of salaries quoted 977 1,394 2,568
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £85,977
UK median annual salary £37,625 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.01% +6.00% -4.76%

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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 16 November 2025.

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 14 (41.18%) Azure
2 11 (32.35%) AWS
3 6 (17.65%) GCP
3 6 (17.65%) OCI
4 3 (8.82%) AWS Direct Connect
4 3 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.94%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 34 (100.00%) BGP
2 30 (88.24%) Firewall
3 22 (64.71%) WAN
4 21 (61.76%) VPN
5 19 (55.88%) SD-WAN
6 13 (38.24%) TCP/IP
7 12 (35.29%) EIGRP
7 12 (35.29%) VLAN
8 11 (32.35%) LAN
9 10 (29.41%) Network Security
10 8 (23.53%) IPsec
10 8 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (23.53%) Wireless
10 8 (23.53%) Wireshark
11 7 (20.59%) Cisco Firepower
11 7 (20.59%) WLAN
12 6 (17.65%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (17.65%) MPLS
13 5 (14.71%) BIG-IP
13 5 (14.71%) Cisco IOS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Finance
3 3 (8.82%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Electronics
4 1 (2.94%) Law
4 1 (2.94%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.94%) Marketing
4 1 (2.94%) Police
4 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (70.59%) Network Engineer
2 10 (29.41%) Senior
3 7 (20.59%) Senior Network Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Cisco Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Lead
6 2 (5.88%) Cisco Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Cisco Network Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) ICT Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Lead Network Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Network Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Network Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Engineering Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Firewall Consultant
7 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Network Engineering Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (2.94%) Switch Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.82%) Cloud Native
2 3 (8.82%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.88%) PKI
4 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.94%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Linux
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (38.24%) Load Balancing
2 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (20.59%) High Availability
3 7 (20.59%) ITIL
3 7 (20.59%) Task Automation
4 6 (17.65%) Process Improvement
4 6 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (14.71%) Incident Response
5 5 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 5 (14.71%) Network Design
5 5 (14.71%) Network Optimisation
6 4 (11.76%) Project Delivery
7 3 (8.82%) Change Control
7 3 (8.82%) Data Protection
7 3 (8.82%) DevOps
7 3 (8.82%) Mentoring
7 3 (8.82%) Migration
7 3 (8.82%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (8.82%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 14 (41.18%) Python
2 3 (8.82%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (38.24%) CCNP
1 13 (38.24%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (11.76%) Azure Certification
3 3 (8.82%) Degree
3 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.88%) CCIE
5 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.94%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) SLA
2 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Firmware
2 3 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.88%) pfSense
4 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.94%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (38.24%) Ansible
2 6 (17.65%) Terraform
3 3 (8.82%) Dell DRAC
4 1 (2.94%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.94%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 26 (76.47%) Cisco
2 16 (47.06%) Palo Alto
3 12 (35.29%) SolarWinds
4 7 (20.59%) Fortinet
5 6 (17.65%) Aruba
5 6 (17.65%) F5
6 5 (14.71%) Meraki
6 5 (14.71%) VMware
7 4 (11.76%) CheckPoint
7 4 (11.76%) Zscaler
8 3 (8.82%) Dell
9 2 (5.88%) Dynatrace
9 2 (5.88%) Infoblox
9 2 (5.88%) Microsoft
10 1 (2.94%) HP
10 1 (2.94%) Juniper
10 1 (2.94%) SAP
10 1 (2.94%) SonicWALL
10 1 (2.94%) Sophos