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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 345 421
Rank change year-on-year -19 +76 +113
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 26 55 134
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.15% 0.42% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.42% 3.34% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8 45 120
10th Percentile £57,087 £43,799 £44,750
25th Percentile £66,781 £51,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,375 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.30% +15.00% -32.20%
75th Percentile £101,250 £85,000 £62,813
90th Percentile £105,000 £91,500 £73,250
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 1,833 1,647 4,184
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.86% 12.67% 13.67%
Number of salaries quoted 951 1,196 3,460
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.72% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -19.05% +8.25% -6.73%

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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 25 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 17 (65.38%) Azure
2 15 (57.69%) AWS
3 11 (42.31%) AWS Direct Connect
4 9 (34.62%) SaaS
4 9 (34.62%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (7.69%) OCI
6 1 (3.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 26 (100.00%) BGP
2 25 (96.15%) Firewall
3 19 (73.08%) SD-WAN
3 19 (73.08%) WAN
4 17 (65.38%) Cisco ASA
4 17 (65.38%) Cisco ISE
4 17 (65.38%) LAN
5 16 (61.54%) MPLS
5 16 (61.54%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (57.69%) VPN
6 15 (57.69%) VXLAN
7 14 (53.85%) WLAN
8 13 (50.00%) NX-OS
9 12 (46.15%) Cisco Firepower
9 12 (46.15%) IPsec
10 10 (38.46%) Network Security
11 9 (34.62%) NetScaler
12 6 (23.08%) VLAN
12 6 (23.08%) Wireless
13 5 (19.23%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 5 (19.23%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Banking
3 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Marketing
3 1 (3.85%) Police
3 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.85%) Retail
3 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (84.62%) Network Engineer
2 10 (38.46%) Cisco Engineer
2 10 (38.46%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 10 (38.46%) Firewall Engineer
2 10 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (34.62%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
3 9 (34.62%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (34.62%) Network Operations Engineer
3 9 (34.62%) Operations Engineer
4 8 (30.77%) Senior
5 6 (23.08%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (19.23%) AWS Engineer
6 5 (19.23%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Engineering Manager
7 2 (7.69%) Network Engineering Manager
7 2 (7.69%) Network Manager
7 2 (7.69%) Network Security Engineer
7 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
8 1 (3.85%) Network Consultant
8 1 (3.85%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) 802.1X
1 1 (3.85%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 13 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 9 (34.62%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.69%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (3.85%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (42.31%) Cloud Security
2 11 (42.31%) Network Segmentation
3 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (38.46%) Zero Trust
4 9 (34.62%) Kalman Filter
4 9 (34.62%) Runbook
5 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
5 4 (15.38%) Project Delivery
6 3 (11.54%) Line Management
6 3 (11.54%) Mentoring
6 3 (11.54%) Migration
6 3 (11.54%) Network Virtualisation
7 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (7.69%) High Availability
7 2 (7.69%) Network Architecture
7 2 (7.69%) Process Improvement
7 2 (7.69%) Project Management
7 2 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (7.69%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Python
2 2 (7.69%) Bash
3 1 (3.85%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) CCNP
1 7 (26.92%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (15.38%) Degree
3 3 (11.54%) CCIE
4 2 (7.69%) Azure Certification
4 2 (7.69%) CCNA
4 2 (7.69%) CCSA
4 2 (7.69%) CCSE
4 2 (7.69%) Master's Degree
4 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) FortiGate
1 3 (11.54%) Terraform
2 2 (7.69%) Ansible
3 1 (3.85%) Nagios
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Cisco
2 16 (61.54%) Fortinet
3 14 (53.85%) CheckPoint
3 14 (53.85%) SolarWinds
4 13 (50.00%) Meraki
5 11 (42.31%) Dynatrace
6 9 (34.62%) Palo Alto
6 9 (34.62%) ServiceNow
7 4 (15.38%) F5
8 1 (3.85%) Arista
8 1 (3.85%) Sophos
8 1 (3.85%) VMware