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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 375 450
Rank change year-on-year +3 +75 -20
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 50 59 138
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.25% 0.38% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.21% 3.09% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 31 42 110
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,799 £44,750
25th Percentile £61,761 £51,563 £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 £67,500
90th Percentile £105,000 - £82,750
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 2,260 1,909 5,085
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.11% 12.27% 14.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,163 1,149 3,272
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,355 £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 23 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 25 (50.00%) Azure
2 17 (34.00%) AWS
3 9 (18.00%) AWS Direct Connect
3 9 (18.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 7 (14.00%) SaaS
5 6 (12.00%) OpenShift
6 3 (6.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (6.00%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (4.00%) GCP
8 1 (2.00%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 50 (100.00%) BGP
2 49 (98.00%) Firewall
3 30 (60.00%) WAN
4 28 (56.00%) LAN
5 26 (52.00%) VXLAN
6 25 (50.00%) VPN
7 24 (48.00%) Network Security
7 24 (48.00%) SD-WAN
8 22 (44.00%) Cisco ISE
8 22 (44.00%) MPLS
9 17 (34.00%) WLAN
10 16 (32.00%) DNS
10 16 (32.00%) Wi-Fi
11 13 (26.00%) Cisco ASA
11 13 (26.00%) Cisco Nexus
11 13 (26.00%) NX-OS
12 12 (24.00%) TCP/IP
12 12 (24.00%) Wireless
13 11 (22.00%) IPsec
13 11 (22.00%) VLAN
General
1 13 (26.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.00%) Finance
3 3 (6.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.00%) Banking
4 2 (4.00%) Marketing
4 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.00%) Retail
5 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 38 (76.00%) Network Engineer
2 20 (40.00%) Senior
3 10 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 10 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 8 (16.00%) Cisco Engineer
4 8 (16.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 8 (16.00%) Firewall Engineer
5 7 (14.00%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 7 (14.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (14.00%) Network Operations Engineer
5 7 (14.00%) Network Specialist
5 7 (14.00%) Operations Engineer
5 7 (14.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 7 (14.00%) Senior Network Specialist
6 6 (12.00%) Network Security Specialist
6 6 (12.00%) Security Specialist
6 6 (12.00%) Senior Network Security Specialist
6 6 (12.00%) Senior Security Specialist
7 4 (8.00%) Network Security Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.00%) 802.1X
2 3 (6.00%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.00%) LDAP
3 1 (2.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 7 (14.00%) Management Information System
3 6 (12.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (8.00%) PKI
4 4 (8.00%) Security Posture
5 3 (6.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (4.00%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.00%) Linux
2 1 (2.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (32.00%) Zero Trust
3 15 (30.00%) Network Segmentation
4 14 (28.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 14 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (26.00%) Load Balancing
6 9 (18.00%) Cloud Security
7 7 (14.00%) Kalman Filter
7 7 (14.00%) Runbook
8 6 (12.00%) Analytics
8 6 (12.00%) Containerisation
8 6 (12.00%) DevOps
8 6 (12.00%) High Availability
8 6 (12.00%) Information Security
8 6 (12.00%) Roadmaps
9 5 (10.00%) Coaching
9 5 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (10.00%) Mentoring
9 5 (10.00%) Project Delivery
9 5 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.00%) Bicep
1 3 (6.00%) Python
2 1 (2.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (12.00%) CCNP
1 6 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (8.00%) Azure Certification
2 4 (8.00%) CCNA
2 4 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.00%) CCIE
3 2 (4.00%) CCSA
3 2 (4.00%) CCSE
3 2 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.00%) Degree
4 1 (2.00%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (28.00%) FortiGate
2 6 (12.00%) Kubernetes
3 3 (6.00%) Terraform
4 1 (2.00%) Ansible
4 1 (2.00%) CASB
4 1 (2.00%) Check_MK
4 1 (2.00%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (74.00%) Cisco
2 28 (56.00%) Palo Alto
3 20 (40.00%) Fortinet
4 17 (34.00%) Meraki
5 16 (32.00%) SolarWinds
6 15 (30.00%) CheckPoint
7 11 (22.00%) F5
8 9 (18.00%) Dynatrace
9 7 (14.00%) Arista
9 7 (14.00%) ServiceNow
10 6 (12.00%) Juniper
10 6 (12.00%) Zscaler
11 3 (6.00%) Aruba
12 1 (2.00%) Citrix
12 1 (2.00%) Microsoft
12 1 (2.00%) SonicWALL
12 1 (2.00%) VMware