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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 376 430
Rank change year-on-year -28 +54 -10
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 47 55 123
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.22% 0.33% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.99% 2.81% 2.66%
Number of salaries quoted 29 37 100
10th Percentile £46,500 £43,799 £45,450
25th Percentile £61,761 £52,000 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +13.04% -1.71%
75th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,000 - £72,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +31.82% +3.77% -3.64%

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 2,365 1,955 4,619
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.04% 11.86% 15.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,280 1,193 2,847
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
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 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.77%

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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 17 July 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 (48.94%) Azure
2 16 (34.04%) AWS
3 6 (12.77%) AWS Direct Connect
3 6 (12.77%) OpenShift
3 6 (12.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 4 (8.51%) SaaS
5 3 (6.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (6.38%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (4.26%) GCP
7 1 (2.13%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 47 (100.00%) BGP
2 46 (97.87%) Firewall
3 28 (59.57%) WAN
4 27 (57.45%) LAN
5 24 (51.06%) VPN
6 23 (48.94%) SD-WAN
6 23 (48.94%) VXLAN
7 22 (46.81%) Network Security
8 20 (42.55%) MPLS
9 18 (38.30%) Cisco ISE
10 16 (34.04%) DNS
11 14 (29.79%) TCP/IP
11 14 (29.79%) WLAN
12 13 (27.66%) Cisco Nexus
12 13 (27.66%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (25.53%) Wireless
14 10 (21.28%) VLAN
15 9 (19.15%) Cisco ASA
15 9 (19.15%) NX-OS
16 8 (17.02%) IPsec
General
1 15 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.77%) Finance
3 5 (10.64%) Telecoms
4 4 (8.51%) Banking
4 4 (8.51%) Marketing
4 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.51%) Retail
5 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (74.47%) Network Engineer
2 19 (40.43%) Senior
3 9 (19.15%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (14.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (14.89%) Network Specialist
4 7 (14.89%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 7 (14.89%) Senior Network Specialist
5 6 (12.77%) Network Security Specialist
5 6 (12.77%) Security Specialist
5 6 (12.77%) Senior Network Security Specialist
5 6 (12.77%) Senior Security Specialist
6 5 (10.64%) Cisco Engineer
6 5 (10.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 5 (10.64%) Firewall Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) Network Operations Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) Operations Engineer
8 3 (6.38%) Network Architect
8 3 (6.38%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.89%) 802.1X
2 3 (6.38%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.13%) LDAP
3 1 (2.13%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (40.43%) Data Centre
2 6 (12.77%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (8.51%) Management Information System
3 4 (8.51%) PKI
3 4 (8.51%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.26%) Linux
2 1 (2.13%) Windows
2 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) Infrastructure as Code
1 14 (29.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (27.66%) Load Balancing
2 13 (27.66%) Zero Trust
3 12 (25.53%) Network Segmentation
4 11 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (14.89%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (12.77%) Analytics
6 6 (12.77%) Cloud Security
6 6 (12.77%) Containerisation
6 6 (12.77%) DevOps
6 6 (12.77%) Information Security
6 6 (12.77%) Project Delivery
6 6 (12.77%) Roadmaps
7 5 (10.64%) CI/CD
7 5 (10.64%) Coaching
7 5 (10.64%) High Availability
7 5 (10.64%) Mentoring
7 5 (10.64%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (8.51%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.64%) Python
2 3 (6.38%) Bicep
3 1 (2.13%) Bash
Qualifications
1 8 (17.02%) CCNP
1 8 (17.02%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (12.77%) CCNA
3 4 (8.51%) Azure Certification
3 4 (8.51%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.26%) CCIE
4 2 (4.26%) CCSA
4 2 (4.26%) CCSE
4 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.26%) Degree
5 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (6.38%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (29.79%) FortiGate
2 6 (12.77%) Kubernetes
3 3 (6.38%) Ansible
3 3 (6.38%) Terraform
4 1 (2.13%) CASB
4 1 (2.13%) Check_MK
4 1 (2.13%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (72.34%) Cisco
2 29 (61.70%) Palo Alto
3 19 (40.43%) Fortinet
4 13 (27.66%) Meraki
5 12 (25.53%) CheckPoint
5 12 (25.53%) F5
5 12 (25.53%) SolarWinds
6 7 (14.89%) Arista
7 6 (12.77%) Dynatrace
7 6 (12.77%) Juniper
7 6 (12.77%) Zscaler
8 4 (8.51%) ServiceNow
9 3 (6.38%) Aruba
9 3 (6.38%) Citrix
9 3 (6.38%) VMware
10 1 (2.13%) Microsoft
10 1 (2.13%) SonicWALL