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OSPF freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for OSPF – calculated from 30 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.

As of: week 41/2026 · updated weekly
Listings (90 d)
30
Rank 530 of 532 skills
Of which must-have
20 %
Rated for 30 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
The jury's verdict on OSPF

A niche with little data.

OSPF sits at rank 530 of 532, rather at the edge of demand.

Small marketRank 530 of 532 skills, 30 postings in 90 days.
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What is OSPF – and why do companies hire OSPF freelancers?

The postings that mention OSPF fall into these types of project (share of the classified postings):

Infrastructure and operations93 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with OSPF.
Consulting and design7 %
Consulting, concept work, architecture and project leadership around OSPF.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are System Administrator (67 %), DevOps Engineer (17 %), Software Architect (10 %) and Security Specialist (7 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 53 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Who wants OSPF – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior53 %
Mid-level37 %
Junior10 %

Senior dominates (53 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance60 %
Permanent40 %

Freelance dominates (60 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Project language

German87 %
English13 %

German dominates (87 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Current OSPF projects

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention OSPF. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. An AI assigns the project type and role of each posting from its title, category and skills; the shares are counted postings, not estimates, and only appear with enough classified postings.

Basis: 10,534 IT listings in the window

You now know the OSPF market.
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Your CV against 30 OSPF listings – with findings, strengths and an hourly-rate check.