OSPF Jobs in England

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for OSPF skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OSPF over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 541 623 698
Rank change year-on-year +82 +75 -192
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 312 302 502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.34% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.59% 2.15% 2.79%
Number of salaries quoted 249 247 356
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,300 £32,625
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -10.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,250 £82,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £59,483
% change year-on-year -5.45% -7.54% +8.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,050 14,014 17,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.03% 15.80% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,523 7,180 10,349
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,394 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

OSPF
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in England

OSPF
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSPF in England.

Salary trend for OSPF in England

OSPF
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for OSPF in England

OSPF
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the England region over the 6 months to 15 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +1 81 £52,750 +13.44% 15
London +84 78 £70,000 +7.69% 32
North of England +51 75 £42,500 -9.57% 20
North West +47 62 £40,000 -42.86% 14
Midlands +20 55 £48,500 -19.17% 6
West Midlands +49 54 £48,500 -16.74% 3
South West -10 24 £48,500 -3.00% 5
Yorkshire +72 16 £49,000 +8.89% 5
East of England -3 5 £62,500 +4.17% 4
North East -18 3 £62,500 +56.25% 2
East Midlands -23 1 £60,000 -14.29% 3
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UK

OSPF
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (2.56%) Skype for Business
2 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 54 (17.31%) Azure
2 44 (14.10%) AWS
3 14 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.85%) AWS Direct Connect
4 12 (3.85%) IaaS
5 7 (2.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 7 (2.24%) PaaS
5 7 (2.24%) SaaS
6 5 (1.60%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.28%) GCP
8 2 (0.64%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.64%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.64%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.64%) OpenDNS
8 2 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.32%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.32%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 278 (89.10%) BGP
2 174 (55.77%) WAN
3 153 (49.04%) MPLS
4 151 (48.40%) LAN
5 149 (47.76%) Firewall
6 107 (34.29%) TCP/IP
7 102 (32.69%) SD-WAN
8 101 (32.37%) VPN
8 101 (32.37%) Wireless
9 80 (25.64%) VLAN
10 66 (21.15%) EIGRP
11 63 (20.19%) DNS
12 61 (19.55%) DHCP
13 51 (16.35%) IPsec
13 51 (16.35%) Network Security
14 48 (15.38%) Ethernet
15 47 (15.06%) Wi-Fi
16 46 (14.74%) Internet
17 43 (13.78%) WLAN
18 42 (13.46%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.60%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.32%) InfluxDB
3 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.32%) MySQL
3 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.28%) JIRA
1 4 (1.28%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 57 (18.27%) Social Skills
2 26 (8.33%) Law
3 24 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.37%) Telecoms
5 17 (5.45%) Finance
6 10 (3.21%) Retail
7 9 (2.88%) Legal
8 5 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.60%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.28%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.28%) Military
9 4 (1.28%) Publishing
10 3 (0.96%) Banking
11 2 (0.64%) Billing
11 2 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Electronics
11 2 (0.64%) Front Office
11 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.64%) Police
12 1 (0.32%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 161 (51.60%) Network Engineer
2 50 (16.03%) Senior
3 46 (14.74%) Analyst
3 46 (14.74%) Network Analyst
4 38 (12.18%) Senior Network Engineer
5 34 (10.90%) Network Operations Analyst
5 34 (10.90%) Operations Analyst
6 25 (8.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (8.01%) Network Support
7 21 (6.73%) Architect
7 21 (6.73%) Cisco Engineer
7 21 (6.73%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 18 (5.77%) IP Engineer
8 18 (5.77%) IP Network Engineer
8 18 (5.77%) Support Engineer
9 16 (5.13%) Network Specialist
10 14 (4.49%) Juniper Engineer
11 13 (4.17%) Lead
11 13 (4.17%) Network Architect
11 13 (4.17%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (15.71%) 802.1X
2 8 (2.56%) SAML
3 7 (2.24%) HTML
3 7 (2.24%) XML
4 5 (1.60%) XMPP
5 4 (1.28%) Akka
6 3 (0.96%) CSS
7 2 (0.64%) LAMP
7 2 (0.64%) V-Ray
8 1 (0.32%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 75 (24.04%) Data Centre
2 25 (8.01%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.85%) Public Cloud
5 11 (3.53%) Virtual Team
6 10 (3.21%) Client/Server
6 10 (3.21%) PKI
7 8 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (2.24%) Clustering
8 7 (2.24%) FMCG
9 6 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.60%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.60%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.28%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.96%) Hedge funds
12 3 (0.96%) Smart City
13 2 (0.64%) Fibre Optics
13 2 (0.64%) Molecular Biology
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.94%) Linux
2 18 (5.77%) VyOS
2 18 (5.77%) Windows
3 9 (2.88%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.56%) Unix
5 7 (2.24%) Android
5 7 (2.24%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.64%) Debian
7 2 (0.64%) VMS
7 2 (0.64%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.32%) CentOS
8 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (14.10%) Network Design
2 42 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (13.14%) Customer Service
4 39 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 32 (10.26%) ITIL
6 31 (9.94%) Network Management
7 29 (9.29%) Network Monitoring
8 28 (8.97%) Load Balancing
9 25 (8.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 25 (8.01%) Network Architecture
10 21 (6.73%) High Availability
10 21 (6.73%) Information Security
11 18 (5.77%) Network Virtualisation
11 18 (5.77%) Technical Leadership
12 17 (5.45%) Project Delivery
12 17 (5.45%) Roadmaps
13 16 (5.13%) Change Management
14 15 (4.81%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (4.17%) DevOps
16 12 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.05%) Python
2 21 (6.73%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.88%) Bash
4 1 (0.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 156 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 102 (32.69%) CCNP
3 90 (28.85%) CCNA
4 55 (17.63%) CCIE
5 49 (15.71%) Security Cleared
6 42 (13.46%) CCDP
7 31 (9.94%) JNCIA
8 26 (8.33%) Degree
9 16 (5.13%) SC Cleared
10 9 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (2.56%) CCIE Routing and Switching
11 8 (2.56%) JNCIP
11 8 (2.56%) JNCIS
12 5 (1.60%) HNC
12 5 (1.60%) HND
12 5 (1.60%) JNCIE
13 4 (1.28%) Chartered Engineer
14 3 (0.96%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.96%) MCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.41%) SLA
2 10 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.64%) GDPR
System Software
1 25 (8.01%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.13%) Firmware
3 13 (4.17%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.60%) Docker
4 5 (1.60%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.28%) vCloud
5 4 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.96%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 2 (0.64%) pfSense
7 2 (0.64%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 45 (14.42%) FortiGate
2 13 (4.17%) Ansible
2 13 (4.17%) Puppet
3 10 (3.21%) Terraform
4 8 (2.56%) Nagios
4 8 (2.56%) Progress Chef
4 8 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.24%) Failover Clustering
6 6 (1.92%) Icinga
6 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.60%) Kubernetes
7 5 (1.60%) SolarWinds Orion
7 5 (1.60%) WSUS
8 3 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.64%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.64%) Grafana
9 2 (0.64%) Nessus
9 2 (0.64%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.32%) Kibana
Vendors
1 199 (63.78%) Cisco
2 126 (40.38%) Juniper
3 78 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 36 (11.54%) Nokia
5 32 (10.26%) Meraki
5 32 (10.26%) Microsoft
6 29 (9.29%) CheckPoint
6 29 (9.29%) Palo Alto
7 27 (8.65%) F5
8 26 (8.33%) Ruckus Wireless
9 23 (7.37%) SolarWinds
10 21 (6.73%) Aruba
11 18 (5.77%) VMware
11 18 (5.77%) Vyatta
12 14 (4.49%) McAfee
13 11 (3.53%) Arista
13 11 (3.53%) Extreme Networks
13 11 (3.53%) HP
14 10 (3.21%) Google
15 8 (2.56%) Ribbon