OSPF Contracts in the Midlands

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for OSPF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OSPF over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 155 190
Rank change year-on-year +25 +35 -42
Contract jobs citing OSPF 6 9 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.22% 0.26% 0.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.21% 1.75% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 13
10th Percentile £529 £369 -
25th Percentile £534 £444 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £500 £323
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +55.04% -14.00%
75th Percentile £584 £589 £425
90th Percentile £586 £622 £480
England median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

OSPF is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 494 513 562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.87% 14.92% 11.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 337 391
10th Percentile £200 £250 £166
25th Percentile £313 £313 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +12.64% -0.13%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £500
90th Percentile £688 £700 £600
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 32
10th Percentile £12.28 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.25 £13.69
Median hourly rate £14.27 £20.71 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.08% +18.31% +16.67%
75th Percentile £24.35 £28.50 £20.88
90th Percentile £28.75 £40.25 £23.20
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.66 £23.91
% change year-on-year +114.36% -21.96% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSPF in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for OSPF in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OSPF in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for OSPF in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +23 4 - - 4
East Midlands - 2 £563 - 4
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) BGP
2 5 (83.33%) Firewall
3 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
4 3 (50.00%) VPN
5 2 (33.33%) HSRP
5 2 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (33.33%) MPLS
5 2 (33.33%) Network Security
5 2 (33.33%) VLAN
5 2 (33.33%) WAN
6 1 (16.67%) CATAPAN
6 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (16.67%) IPsec
6 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
6 1 (16.67%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (16.67%) Spanning Tree
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Network Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Architect
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Network Design
2 2 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CCNP
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CCNA
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) HIPAA
1 2 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco
1 3 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (33.33%) Juniper
3 1 (16.67%) F5
3 1 (16.67%) Fortinet