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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 373 413
Rank change year-on-year -16 +40 -47
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 54 53 95
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.24% 0.32% 0.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.27% 2.70% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 32 35 70
10th Percentile £48,926 £47,459 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,761 £52,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,000 £65,000 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +13.54% +4.09%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £73,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £56,121 £55,000
% change year-on-year +33.64% +2.04% -

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 2,380 1,964 3,828
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.47% 11.82% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,318 1,199 2,013
10th Percentile £29,625 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £81,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -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 13 August 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 (3.70%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (38.89%) Azure
2 12 (22.22%) AWS
3 6 (11.11%) OpenShift
4 3 (5.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (5.56%) GCP
4 3 (5.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.85%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.85%) Cloudflare
5 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 52 (96.30%) BGP
2 48 (88.89%) Firewall
3 32 (59.26%) LAN
4 31 (57.41%) WAN
5 25 (46.30%) Network Security
5 25 (46.30%) VPN
6 23 (42.59%) VXLAN
7 19 (35.19%) SD-WAN
8 18 (33.33%) DNS
9 17 (31.48%) Cisco Nexus
9 17 (31.48%) MPLS
10 16 (29.63%) Cisco ISE
10 16 (29.63%) TCP/IP
11 14 (25.93%) Wireless
12 13 (24.07%) VLAN
13 12 (22.22%) Ethernet VPN
14 10 (18.52%) WLAN
15 9 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (12.96%) DHCP
16 7 (12.96%) EIGRP
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.85%) Git
General
1 18 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.11%) Finance
3 5 (9.26%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.41%) Banking
4 4 (7.41%) Marketing
4 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.41%) Retail
5 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (74.07%) Network Engineer
2 20 (37.04%) Senior
3 10 (18.52%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (12.96%) Network Specialist
4 7 (12.96%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 7 (12.96%) Senior Network Specialist
5 6 (11.11%) Network Security Specialist
5 6 (11.11%) Security Specialist
5 6 (11.11%) Senior Network Security Specialist
5 6 (11.11%) Senior Security Specialist
6 5 (9.26%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (9.26%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Network Architect
8 3 (5.56%) Network Security Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Network Support
8 3 (5.56%) Network Support Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Security Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.81%) 802.1X
2 3 (5.56%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.85%) Jinja
3 1 (1.85%) LDAP
3 1 (1.85%) REST
3 1 (1.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 6 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (7.41%) PKI
3 4 (7.41%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (5.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.56%) Linux
1 3 (5.56%) Windows
1 3 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (31.48%) Infrastructure as Code
2 12 (22.22%) Load Balancing
3 11 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (18.52%) Zero Trust
5 9 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 8 (14.81%) Project Delivery
7 7 (12.96%) Collaborative Culture
7 7 (12.96%) Network Design
7 7 (12.96%) Network Segmentation
7 7 (12.96%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (11.11%) Analytics
8 6 (11.11%) CI/CD
8 6 (11.11%) Containerisation
8 6 (11.11%) DevOps
8 6 (11.11%) High Availability
8 6 (11.11%) Information Security
8 6 (11.11%) Roadmaps
8 6 (11.11%) Validation
9 5 (9.26%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.67%) Python
2 3 (5.56%) Bicep
3 1 (1.85%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (25.93%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (22.22%) CCNP
3 9 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 6 (11.11%) CCNA
4 6 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 4 (7.41%) Azure Certification
6 3 (5.56%) CCDP
6 3 (5.56%) CCIE
6 3 (5.56%) SC Cleared
7 2 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (3.70%) CCIE Data Center
8 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) SLA
2 2 (3.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (11.11%) VMware NSX
2 5 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.70%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (31.48%) FortiGate
2 7 (12.96%) Ansible
3 6 (11.11%) Kubernetes
4 4 (7.41%) Terraform
5 1 (1.85%) CASB
5 1 (1.85%) Check_MK
5 1 (1.85%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (75.93%) Cisco
2 33 (61.11%) Palo Alto
3 14 (25.93%) Fortinet
4 11 (20.37%) F5
5 10 (18.52%) Arista
6 9 (16.67%) Juniper
6 9 (16.67%) SolarWinds
7 8 (14.81%) Meraki
7 8 (14.81%) VMware
8 7 (12.96%) Aruba
8 7 (12.96%) CheckPoint
9 6 (11.11%) Zscaler
10 4 (7.41%) SonicWALL
11 3 (5.56%) Citrix
11 3 (5.56%) Forcepoint
12 2 (3.70%) Veeam
13 1 (1.85%) Dynatrace
13 1 (1.85%) Microsoft
13 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow