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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 371 441
Rank change year-on-year -3 +70 +4
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 48 57 135
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.24% 0.36% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.13% 2.97% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 30 40 108
10th Percentile £47,000 £43,669 £45,350
25th Percentile £61,761 £51,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,000 £61,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.35% +11.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £105,000 - £85,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +36.79% +0.95% -4.55%

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 2,254 1,921 5,014
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.06% 12.28% 14.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,173 1,160 3,211
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.63% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,776 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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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 26 June 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 23 (47.92%) Azure
2 16 (33.33%) AWS
3 8 (16.67%) AWS Direct Connect
3 8 (16.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 6 (12.50%) OpenShift
4 6 (12.50%) SaaS
5 3 (6.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (4.17%) GCP
7 1 (2.08%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 48 (100.00%) BGP
2 47 (97.92%) Firewall
3 28 (58.33%) WAN
4 27 (56.25%) LAN
5 25 (52.08%) VXLAN
6 24 (50.00%) VPN
7 23 (47.92%) Network Security
7 23 (47.92%) SD-WAN
8 21 (43.75%) Cisco ISE
8 21 (43.75%) MPLS
9 16 (33.33%) DNS
9 16 (33.33%) WLAN
10 15 (31.25%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (27.08%) Cisco Nexus
12 12 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
12 12 (25.00%) NX-OS
12 12 (25.00%) TCP/IP
12 12 (25.00%) Wireless
13 11 (22.92%) VLAN
14 10 (20.83%) IPsec
General
1 13 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.58%) Finance
3 3 (6.25%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.17%) Banking
4 2 (4.17%) Marketing
4 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.17%) Retail
5 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 19 (39.58%) Senior
3 9 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (18.75%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (14.58%) Cisco Engineer
4 7 (14.58%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 7 (14.58%) Firewall Engineer
4 7 (14.58%) Network Specialist
4 7 (14.58%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 7 (14.58%) Senior Network Specialist
5 6 (12.50%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 6 (12.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (12.50%) Network Operations Engineer
5 6 (12.50%) Network Security Specialist
5 6 (12.50%) Operations Engineer
5 6 (12.50%) Security Specialist
5 6 (12.50%) Senior Network Security Specialist
5 6 (12.50%) Senior Security Specialist
6 4 (8.33%) Network Security Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.58%) 802.1X
2 3 (6.25%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.08%) LDAP
3 1 (2.08%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (39.58%) Data Centre
2 6 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.33%) PKI
3 4 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (4.17%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Linux
2 1 (2.08%) Windows
2 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (31.25%) Zero Trust
3 14 (29.17%) Infrastructure as Code
3 14 (29.17%) Network Segmentation
4 13 (27.08%) Load Balancing
4 13 (27.08%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (16.67%) Cloud Security
6 6 (12.50%) Analytics
6 6 (12.50%) Containerisation
6 6 (12.50%) DevOps
6 6 (12.50%) High Availability
6 6 (12.50%) Information Security
6 6 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
6 6 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 6 (12.50%) Runbook
7 5 (10.42%) CI/CD
7 5 (10.42%) Coaching
7 5 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (10.42%) Mentoring
7 5 (10.42%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.25%) Bicep
1 3 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (2.08%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (12.50%) CCNP
1 6 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (8.33%) Azure Certification
2 4 (8.33%) CCNA
2 4 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.17%) CCIE
3 2 (4.17%) CCSA
3 2 (4.17%) CCSE
3 2 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.17%) Degree
4 1 (2.08%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (29.17%) FortiGate
2 6 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 3 (6.25%) Terraform
4 1 (2.08%) Ansible
4 1 (2.08%) CASB
4 1 (2.08%) Check_MK
4 1 (2.08%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (72.92%) Cisco
2 28 (58.33%) Palo Alto
3 19 (39.58%) Fortinet
4 16 (33.33%) Meraki
5 14 (29.17%) SolarWinds
6 13 (27.08%) CheckPoint
7 11 (22.92%) F5
8 8 (16.67%) Dynatrace
9 7 (14.58%) Arista
10 6 (12.50%) Juniper
10 6 (12.50%) ServiceNow
10 6 (12.50%) Zscaler
11 3 (6.25%) Aruba
12 1 (2.08%) Citrix
12 1 (2.08%) Microsoft
12 1 (2.08%) SonicWALL
12 1 (2.08%) VMware