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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 400 377 382
Rank change year-on-year -23 +5 -66
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 55 46 109
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.22% 0.28% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.47% 2.61% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 32 28 53
10th Percentile £48,000 £50,744 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,761 £54,513 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £88,438 £84,063 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £111,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% +9.09% -

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 2,229 1,764 3,429
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.01% 10.65% 15.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,359 994 1,540
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £49,000 £40,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +22.50% -20.79% -1.56%

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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 28 September 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 18 (32.73%) Azure
2 10 (18.18%) AWS
3 6 (10.91%) OpenShift
4 3 (5.45%) GCP
5 2 (3.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (3.64%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.82%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 53 (96.36%) BGP
2 45 (81.82%) Firewall
3 35 (63.64%) LAN
3 35 (63.64%) WAN
4 25 (45.45%) Network Security
4 25 (45.45%) VXLAN
5 23 (41.82%) VPN
6 21 (38.18%) DNS
7 19 (34.55%) Cisco Nexus
7 19 (34.55%) TCP/IP
8 18 (32.73%) VLAN
9 17 (30.91%) MPLS
10 16 (29.09%) Ethernet VPN
11 14 (25.45%) SD-WAN
12 13 (23.64%) Wireless
13 12 (21.82%) EIGRP
14 11 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
15 10 (18.18%) DHCP
16 8 (14.55%) WLAN
17 7 (12.73%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 7 (12.73%) Sonatype Nexus
2 5 (9.09%) Git
General
1 17 (30.91%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 10 (18.18%) Banking
3 10 (18.18%) Marketing
3 10 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 10 (18.18%) Retail
4 5 (9.09%) Finance
5 3 (5.45%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.64%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (76.36%) Network Engineer
2 22 (40.00%) Senior
3 13 (23.64%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (12.73%) Network Specialist
4 7 (12.73%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 7 (12.73%) Senior Network Specialist
5 6 (10.91%) Data Centre Engineer
5 6 (10.91%) Network Security Specialist
5 6 (10.91%) Security Specialist
5 6 (10.91%) Senior Network Security Specialist
5 6 (10.91%) Senior Security Specialist
6 4 (7.27%) Data Network Engineer
7 3 (5.45%) Architect
7 3 (5.45%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (5.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (5.45%) Network Architect
7 3 (5.45%) Network Support
7 3 (5.45%) Network Support Engineer
7 3 (5.45%) Support Engineer
7 3 (5.45%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.73%) 802.1X
1 7 (12.73%) Terraform
2 4 (7.27%) YAML
3 2 (3.64%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.82%) Jinja
4 1 (1.82%) LDAP
4 1 (1.82%) REST
4 1 (1.82%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (41.82%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.91%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (7.27%) PKI
3 4 (7.27%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (3.64%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.45%) Linux
1 3 (5.45%) Windows
1 3 (5.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.09%) Cybersecurity
1 16 (29.09%) Infrastructure as Code
2 13 (23.64%) Network Design
3 12 (21.82%) Load Balancing
3 12 (21.82%) Validation
4 11 (20.00%) Change Management
5 10 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (18.18%) CI/CD
5 10 (18.18%) Data Management
5 10 (18.18%) Migration
6 9 (16.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (16.36%) Technical Leadership
6 9 (16.36%) Zero Trust
7 8 (14.55%) Performance Management
8 7 (12.73%) Change Control
8 7 (12.73%) Collaborative Culture
8 7 (12.73%) Inventory Management
8 7 (12.73%) Mentoring
8 7 (12.73%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.27%) Python
2 2 (3.64%) Bicep
3 1 (1.82%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (29.09%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (25.45%) CCNP
3 8 (14.55%) CCNA
3 8 (14.55%) Security Cleared
4 6 (10.91%) DV Cleared
5 3 (5.45%) CCDP
5 3 (5.45%) CCIE
6 2 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.64%) CCIE Data Center
6 2 (3.64%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.82%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.82%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) SLA
2 2 (3.64%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) VMware NSX
2 5 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.64%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.64%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (25.45%) FortiGate
2 11 (20.00%) Ansible
3 6 (10.91%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.82%) CASB
4 1 (1.82%) Check_MK
4 1 (1.82%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (76.36%) Cisco
2 29 (52.73%) Palo Alto
3 13 (23.64%) Fortinet
4 10 (18.18%) Arista
4 10 (18.18%) F5
5 9 (16.36%) Juniper
6 8 (14.55%) VMware
7 7 (12.73%) Aruba
7 7 (12.73%) SolarWinds
8 6 (10.91%) Meraki
8 6 (10.91%) Zscaler
9 5 (9.09%) CheckPoint
10 4 (7.27%) SonicWALL
11 3 (5.45%) Citrix
11 3 (5.45%) Forcepoint
12 2 (3.64%) Veeam
13 1 (1.82%) Microsoft