OSPF Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring OSPF skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OSPF over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 455 509
Rank change year-on-year +79 +54 +184
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 56 128 153
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.38% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.80% 2.43% 3.21%
Number of salaries quoted 42 110 143
10th Percentile £43,799 £44,750 £43,100
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,121 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -28.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £63,438 £82,500
90th Percentile £91,750 £72,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £50,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.95% -8.18% -7.54%

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 3,109 5,274 4,765
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.95% 15.58% 11.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,624 3,414 3,541
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -4.76%

OSPF
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

OSPF trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing OSPF.

OSPF salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

OSPF
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing OSPF over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

OSPF salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 27 (48.21%) Azure
2 22 (39.29%) AWS
3 8 (14.29%) AWS Direct Connect
4 4 (7.14%) AWS CloudFormation
4 4 (7.14%) SaaS
4 4 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.57%) Serverless
6 1 (1.79%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.79%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 48 (85.71%) BGP
2 40 (71.43%) Firewall
3 36 (64.29%) WAN
4 28 (50.00%) VPN
5 25 (44.64%) MPLS
6 23 (41.07%) IPsec
7 22 (39.29%) LAN
8 18 (32.14%) SD-WAN
8 18 (32.14%) WLAN
9 17 (30.36%) Wireless
10 16 (28.57%) Cisco ISE
11 15 (26.79%) Cisco ASA
12 14 (25.00%) EIGRP
12 14 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (23.21%) TCP/IP
14 11 (19.64%) Cisco Firepower
15 10 (17.86%) DNS
15 10 (17.86%) VLAN
16 9 (16.07%) DHCP
17 8 (14.29%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (3.57%) JMeter
General
1 8 (14.29%) Police
2 7 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.71%) Finance
4 4 (7.14%) Social Skills
5 3 (5.36%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.57%) Local Government
6 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.79%) Banking
7 1 (1.79%) Games
7 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (53.57%) Network Engineer
2 18 (32.14%) Senior
3 13 (23.21%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (16.07%) Cisco Engineer
4 9 (16.07%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 8 (14.29%) Lead
6 7 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (10.71%) Operations Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) Developer
8 5 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) Senior Developer
8 5 (8.93%) Senior Software Developer
8 5 (8.93%) Software Developer
9 4 (7.14%) Infoblox Engineer
9 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
9 4 (7.14%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (7.14%) Network Operations Engineer
10 3 (5.36%) Cisco Network Consultant
10 3 (5.36%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (17.86%) 802.1X
2 4 (7.14%) JSON
2 4 (7.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (44.64%) Data Centre
2 8 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 6 (10.71%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.57%) PKI
4 2 (3.57%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.79%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.36%) Linux
2 2 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (25.00%) Change Management
2 12 (21.43%) Network Management
3 11 (19.64%) Cloud Security
3 11 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (17.86%) Network Design
5 8 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (14.29%) Network Architecture
6 6 (10.71%) Customer Requirements
6 6 (10.71%) Inventory Management
6 6 (10.71%) Kalman Filter
6 6 (10.71%) Line Management
6 6 (10.71%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (10.71%) Task Automation
6 6 (10.71%) Technical Analysis
7 5 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (8.93%) Performance Optimisation
7 5 (8.93%) Product Management
7 5 (8.93%) Product Requirements
7 5 (8.93%) Roadmaps
7 5 (8.93%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.50%) Python
2 3 (5.36%) C++
3 2 (3.57%) Bash
3 2 (3.57%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.57%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (32.14%) Security Cleared
2 15 (26.79%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (21.43%) CCNP
4 11 (19.64%) SC Cleared
5 7 (12.50%) CCIE
6 5 (8.93%) CCNA
7 4 (7.14%) DV Cleared
8 2 (3.57%) AWS Certification
8 2 (3.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.50%) QA
2 3 (5.36%) PCI DSS
3 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.79%) GDPR
4 1 (1.79%) HIPAA
System Software
1 5 (8.93%) Firmware
2 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (14.29%) Ansible
2 5 (8.93%) Terraform
3 3 (5.36%) FortiGate
4 2 (3.57%) Iperf
4 2 (3.57%) Puppet
Vendors
1 41 (73.21%) Cisco
2 23 (41.07%) SolarWinds
3 19 (33.93%) CheckPoint
4 14 (25.00%) Palo Alto
5 11 (19.64%) Juniper
6 10 (17.86%) Fortinet
7 9 (16.07%) F5
8 8 (14.29%) Dynatrace
8 8 (14.29%) Infoblox
9 7 (12.50%) Meraki
10 5 (8.93%) Microsoft
11 4 (7.14%) Riverbed
12 3 (5.36%) Arista
12 3 (5.36%) LogicMonitor
12 3 (5.36%) McAfee
13 2 (3.57%) Avaya
13 2 (3.57%) Dell
13 2 (3.57%) ForeScout
13 2 (3.57%) SevOne
13 2 (3.57%) VMware