OSPF Contracts in the UK excluding London

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 303 285 338
Rank change year-on-year -18 +53 +4
Contract jobs citing OSPF 94 159 178
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.66% 0.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.73% 4.42% 4.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 106 107
10th Percentile £313 £363 £253
25th Percentile £350 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £440
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.80% +3.53%
75th Percentile £517 £538 £488
90th Percentile £575 £600 £547
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 5
10th Percentile £19.65 £30.20 -
25th Percentile £21.38 £39.56 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £62.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.48% +138.46% +22.35%
75th Percentile £46.13 £75.94 £51.75
90th Percentile £58.95 £80.33 £53.55
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £77.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -68.39% +181.82% +29.41%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,448 3,601 4,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.61% 15.01% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,978 2,282 2,647
10th Percentile £203 £210 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £438
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% +8.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £600 £584 £540
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.39% +3.55% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 327 236
10th Percentile £13.48 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.47
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -10.42%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.05 £59.38
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year +110.53% -32.74% -0.88%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing OSPF as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OSPF in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for OSPF in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OSPF in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OSPF in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OSPF in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for OSPF in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing OSPF in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for OSPF in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the UK excluding London 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
South East +5 42 £450 -10.00% 15
North of England +30 32 £440 -9.74% 11
North West +31 30 £440 +6.67% 4
South West -4 8 £550 +13.40% 8
Midlands +25 6 £563 +12.50% 8
West Midlands +23 4 - - 4
East of England +9 4 £375 +1.69% 5
North East +21 2 £345 -37.27% 2
Scotland +11 2 £500 +1.01% 10
East Midlands - 2 £563 - 4
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OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.13%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 17 (18.09%) Azure
2 13 (13.83%) AWS
3 4 (4.26%) GCP
4 2 (2.13%) GitHub
4 2 (2.13%) IaaS
4 2 (2.13%) PaaS
4 2 (2.13%) SaaS
5 1 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.06%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 78 (82.98%) BGP
2 51 (54.26%) EIGRP
3 49 (52.13%) Firewall
4 37 (39.36%) VPN
5 28 (29.79%) Cisco ASA
6 27 (28.72%) WAN
7 26 (27.66%) IPsec
8 24 (25.53%) LAN
9 22 (23.40%) Cisco Firepower
9 22 (23.40%) DMVPN
10 19 (20.21%) MPLS
11 18 (19.15%) HSRP
11 18 (19.15%) Spanning Tree
12 17 (18.09%) Cisco ISE
13 16 (17.02%) SNMP
13 16 (17.02%) VLAN
14 15 (15.96%) Cisco Nexus
14 15 (15.96%) TCP/IP
14 15 (15.96%) Wi-Fi
14 15 (15.96%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (2.13%) JIRA
1 2 (2.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (15.96%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (7.45%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.38%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.26%) Finance
Job Titles
1 63 (67.02%) Network Engineer
2 17 (18.09%) Network Specialist
3 15 (15.96%) Senior
3 15 (15.96%) Senior Network Engineer
4 10 (10.64%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 8 (8.51%) Architect
5 8 (8.51%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 7 (7.45%) Cisco Engineer
6 7 (7.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 7 (7.45%) Network Architect
7 6 (6.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 6 (6.38%) Lead
8 5 (5.32%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
8 5 (5.32%) Network Operations Engineer
8 5 (5.32%) Operations Engineer
9 4 (4.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (3.19%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (3.19%) Network Support
10 3 (3.19%) Network Support Engineer
10 3 (3.19%) Senior Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.77%) Jinja
2 4 (4.26%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.70%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.13%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.13%) PKI
2 2 (2.13%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.06%) CMDB
3 1 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.06%) IoT
3 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.77%) Linux
2 9 (9.57%) Windows
3 3 (3.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.66%) Network Design
2 21 (22.34%) ITIL
3 18 (19.15%) Change Management
4 17 (18.09%) Network Management
5 16 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (14.89%) DevOps
7 13 (13.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 13 (13.83%) ITSM
8 8 (8.51%) Customer Service
9 7 (7.45%) Computer Science
9 7 (7.45%) Network Virtualisation
10 6 (6.38%) Mentoring
11 5 (5.32%) High Availability
11 5 (5.32%) Roadmaps
12 4 (4.26%) Capacity Planning
12 4 (4.26%) Load Balancing
12 4 (4.26%) Migration
12 4 (4.26%) Network Monitoring
12 4 (4.26%) Prototyping
12 4 (4.26%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 17 (18.09%) Python
2 12 (12.77%) Perl
2 12 (12.77%) Tcl
3 3 (3.19%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.13%) Bash
Qualifications
1 62 (65.96%) Security Cleared
2 45 (47.87%) Cisco Certification
3 33 (35.11%) CCNA
4 32 (34.04%) SC Cleared
5 31 (32.98%) CCNP
6 25 (26.60%) DV Cleared
7 8 (8.51%) JNCIA
7 8 (8.51%) JNCIS
8 7 (7.45%) Degree
9 4 (4.26%) CCDP
10 3 (3.19%) CCIE
10 3 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (3.19%) VCAP
11 2 (2.13%) AWS Certification
11 2 (2.13%) BC Cleared
11 2 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (1.06%) CCIP
12 1 (1.06%) GIAC
12 1 (1.06%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.13%) HIPAA
1 2 (2.13%) PCI DSS
1 2 (2.13%) QA
2 1 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (13.83%) Firmware
2 9 (9.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (7.45%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.13%) Docker
4 2 (2.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (28.72%) FortiGate
2 14 (14.89%) Ansible
3 3 (3.19%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.19%) Puppet
3 3 (3.19%) Terraform
4 2 (2.13%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (2.13%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (1.06%) Observium
Vendors
1 72 (76.60%) Cisco
2 43 (45.74%) Juniper
3 31 (32.98%) Fortinet
4 25 (26.60%) Palo Alto
5 21 (22.34%) SolarWinds
6 15 (15.96%) F5
7 13 (13.83%) Citrix
8 10 (10.64%) VMware
9 3 (3.19%) Forcepoint
9 3 (3.19%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (3.19%) Zscaler
10 2 (2.13%) ADVA
10 2 (2.13%) Barracuda Networks
10 2 (2.13%) Siemens
10 2 (2.13%) Splunk
11 1 (1.06%) Alcatel-Lucent
11 1 (1.06%) Microsoft
11 1 (1.06%) Nokia
11 1 (1.06%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.06%) WatchGuard