OSPF Jobs in the Thames Valley

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South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 217 208 248
Rank change year-on-year -9 +40 -39
Permanent jobs citing OSPF 33 44 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.47% 0.75% 0.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.39% 4.66% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 26 34 34
10th Percentile £39,690 £41,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £50,000 - £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £45,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -40.00% +30.43%
75th Percentile £64,688 £60,000 -
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,375 £78,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £46,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.90% -15.45% -4.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 974 945 1,466
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.87% 16.13% 20.31%
Number of salaries quoted 681 538 742
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -
75th Percentile £59,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,788 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for OSPF in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OSPF in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for OSPF in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing OSPF in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for OSPF in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSPF within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 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
Berkshire +12 24 £50,000 +11.11% 7
Oxfordshire +10 9 £65,000 +18.18%
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South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 10 (30.30%) AWS
2 3 (9.09%) Azure
3 2 (6.06%) AWS Direct Connect
3 2 (6.06%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (6.06%) IaaS
3 2 (6.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (66.67%) BGP
2 18 (54.55%) Firewall
3 16 (48.48%) DNS
3 16 (48.48%) VPN
4 14 (42.42%) IPsec
5 12 (36.36%) WAN
6 11 (33.33%) LAN
7 10 (30.30%) MPLS
8 8 (24.24%) SD-WAN
8 8 (24.24%) Wireless
9 7 (21.21%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (21.21%) Cisco Firepower
9 7 (21.21%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (21.21%) SSL
10 6 (18.18%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (18.18%) HSRP
10 6 (18.18%) Network Security
10 6 (18.18%) Spanning Tree
10 6 (18.18%) VLAN
11 4 (12.12%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 4 (12.12%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.06%) Electronics
2 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
2 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Billing
3 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (21.21%) 3rd Line Support
2 7 (21.21%) Lead
2 7 (21.21%) Network Engineer
2 7 (21.21%) Network Support
2 7 (21.21%) Network Team Leader
2 7 (21.21%) Team Leader
3 6 (18.18%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
3 6 (18.18%) Professional Services Engineer
4 4 (12.12%) Firewall Specialist
4 4 (12.12%) Network Specialist
5 3 (9.09%) Firewall Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Presales Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Presales Network Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (36.36%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (27.27%) Data Centre
2 7 (21.21%) PKI
3 4 (12.12%) Driving Licence
4 2 (6.06%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
4 2 (6.06%) Molecular Biology
4 2 (6.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Linux
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
2 2 (6.06%) Android
2 2 (6.06%) Apple iOS
2 2 (6.06%) VMS
2 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
2 2 (6.06%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 8 (24.24%) Mentoring
2 6 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (18.18%) Information Security
2 6 (18.18%) Network Management
3 4 (12.12%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (12.12%) Innovative Thinking
3 4 (12.12%) Network Architecture
3 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (9.09%) Presales
4 3 (9.09%) Reverse Engineering
4 3 (9.09%) Security Hardening
5 2 (6.06%) Biology
5 2 (6.06%) Capacity Management
5 2 (6.06%) Change Control
5 2 (6.06%) Computer Science
5 2 (6.06%) Informatics
5 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Monitoring
5 2 (6.06%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (6.06%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 10 (30.30%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (27.27%) CCNP
4 7 (21.21%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.06%) CCIE
5 2 (6.06%) CCNA
5 2 (6.06%) Degree
6 1 (3.03%) CCSA
6 1 (3.03%) CCSE
6 1 (3.03%) CISSP
6 1 (3.03%) JNCIA
6 1 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (12.12%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Firmware
2 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.06%) Docker
2 2 (6.06%) Hyper-V
2 2 (6.06%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Grafana
1 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
1 2 (6.06%) Nessus
1 2 (6.06%) SolarWinds Orion
1 2 (6.06%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (48.48%) Cisco
2 14 (42.42%) Juniper
3 10 (30.30%) Extreme Networks
4 7 (21.21%) Aruba
4 7 (21.21%) F5
4 7 (21.21%) Palo Alto
5 6 (18.18%) Infoblox
6 4 (12.12%) Fortinet
7 2 (6.06%) Dell
7 2 (6.06%) SolarWinds
7 2 (6.06%) VMware
8 1 (3.03%) Blue Coat
8 1 (3.03%) CheckPoint
8 1 (3.03%) McAfee
8 1 (3.03%) Zscaler