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 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 352 416
Rank change year-on-year -10 +64 +108
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 28 58 138
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.43% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.55% 3.38% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 11 46 122
10th Percentile £57,000 £43,799 £44,825
25th Percentile £57,312 £51,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,750 £56,810 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.10% +13.62% -31.03%
75th Percentile £91,250 £85,000 £63,438
90th Percentile £105,000 £91,250 £79,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +27.27% +8.91% -8.18%

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 1,809 1,716 3,982
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.73% 12.57% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 960 1,191 3,462
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £30,750
25th Percentile £32,750 £37,338 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,972 £54,321 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +3.47% -8.70%
75th Percentile £71,750 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,625 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £41,000 £53,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -22.64% +9.28% -7.62%

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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 March 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 (67.86%) Azure
2 15 (53.57%) AWS
3 12 (42.86%) AWS Direct Connect
4 9 (32.14%) SaaS
4 9 (32.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (7.14%) OCI
6 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 28 (100.00%) BGP
2 26 (92.86%) Firewall
3 22 (78.57%) WAN
4 20 (71.43%) SD-WAN
5 17 (60.71%) Cisco ASA
5 17 (60.71%) Cisco ISE
6 16 (57.14%) LAN
6 16 (57.14%) MPLS
6 16 (57.14%) VPN
6 16 (57.14%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (53.57%) VXLAN
8 14 (50.00%) WLAN
9 13 (46.43%) IPsec
9 13 (46.43%) NX-OS
10 12 (42.86%) Cisco Firepower
10 12 (42.86%) Network Security
11 9 (32.14%) NetScaler
12 7 (25.00%) VLAN
13 6 (21.43%) Wireless
14 5 (17.86%) EIGRP
General
1 5 (17.86%) Finance
2 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Police
4 1 (3.57%) Banking
4 1 (3.57%) Law
4 1 (3.57%) Marketing
4 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.57%) Retail
4 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (89.29%) Network Engineer
2 12 (42.86%) Cisco Engineer
2 12 (42.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 10 (35.71%) Firewall Engineer
4 9 (32.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (32.14%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
4 9 (32.14%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (32.14%) Network Operations Engineer
4 9 (32.14%) Operations Engineer
5 8 (28.57%) Senior
6 7 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (17.86%) AWS Engineer
7 5 (17.86%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (7.14%) Engineering Manager
8 2 (7.14%) Network Engineering Manager
8 2 (7.14%) Network Manager
8 2 (7.14%) Network Security Engineer
8 2 (7.14%) Security Engineer
9 1 (3.57%) Network Consultant
9 1 (3.57%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 14 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 9 (32.14%) Management Information System
3 3 (10.71%) Cloud Native
4 2 (7.14%) Driving Licence
4 2 (7.14%) e-Learning
5 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Cloud Security
1 11 (39.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 11 (39.29%) Network Segmentation
2 10 (35.71%) Zero Trust
3 9 (32.14%) Kalman Filter
3 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (32.14%) Runbook
4 5 (17.86%) Computer Science
5 4 (14.29%) Line Management
5 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 4 (14.29%) Project Delivery
6 3 (10.71%) High Availability
6 3 (10.71%) Migration
7 2 (7.14%) Change Control
7 2 (7.14%) Change Management
7 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (7.14%) Cost Reduction
7 2 (7.14%) Process Improvement
7 2 (7.14%) Project Management
7 2 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (32.14%) CCNP
1 9 (32.14%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (17.86%) Degree
3 4 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 4 (14.29%) CCIE
3 4 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (7.14%) CCNA
4 2 (7.14%) CCSA
4 2 (7.14%) CCSE
4 2 (7.14%) Master's Degree
4 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.57%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) FortiGate
1 3 (10.71%) Terraform
2 2 (7.14%) Ansible
3 1 (3.57%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (3.57%) Nagios
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) Cisco
2 16 (57.14%) Fortinet
3 15 (53.57%) CheckPoint
3 15 (53.57%) SolarWinds
4 14 (50.00%) Meraki
5 11 (39.29%) Dynatrace
5 11 (39.29%) Palo Alto
6 9 (32.14%) ServiceNow
7 4 (14.29%) F5
8 2 (7.14%) VMware
9 1 (3.57%) Arista
9 1 (3.57%) Dell
9 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
9 1 (3.57%) Sophos
9 1 (3.57%) Zscaler