The first table below looks at the demand for HSRP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HSRP over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
Rank - 121 125
Contract jobs citing HSRP 0 17 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire - 0.540% 0.330%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 1.567% 1.437%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £260 £419
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -37.91%
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £293 £413
% change year-on-year
+6.92% -29.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
625 1085 696
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 26.03% 34.43% 23.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 217 197
Average daily rate £285 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £200 £202
10% offered a daily rate of more than £432 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 47 58
Average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £134.90 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
HSRP
South East

HSRP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HSRP across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire HSRP Jobs Demand Trend

HSRP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HSRP across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire HSRP Daily Rate Trend

HSRP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing HSRP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited HSRP.

1 15 (100.00%) OSPF
1 15 (100.00%) BGP
2 14 (93.33%) VPN
2 14 (93.33%) VRRP
3 12 (80.00%) MPLS
3 12 (80.00%) Ethernet
3 12 (80.00%) Network Design
4 11 (73.33%) Capacity Planning
4 11 (73.33%) Radio Access Network
4 11 (73.33%) RSVP
4 11 (73.33%) Telecoms
5 7 (46.67%) MS Office
6 5 (33.33%) LTE
6 5 (33.33%) 4G
6 5 (33.33%) Project Planning
7 4 (26.67%) SNMP
7 4 (26.67%) Cisco
7 4 (26.67%) Firewall
7 4 (26.67%) DHCP
8 3 (20.00%) Finance
8 3 (20.00%) Blue Coat
8 3 (20.00%) CSS
8 3 (20.00%) VMS
8 3 (20.00%) CCNP
8 3 (20.00%) CCNA
8 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (20.00%) Nokia
8 3 (20.00%) CheckPoint
8 3 (20.00%) Network Management
8 3 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus

HSRP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing HSRP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited HSRP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (20.00%) CSS
Applications
1 7 (46.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 15 (100.00%) OSPF
1 15 (100.00%) BGP
2 14 (93.33%) VPN
2 14 (93.33%) VRRP
3 12 (80.00%) MPLS
3 12 (80.00%) Ethernet
4 11 (73.33%) Radio Access Network
4 11 (73.33%) RSVP
5 5 (33.33%) LTE
5 5 (33.33%) 4G
6 4 (26.67%) SNMP
6 4 (26.67%) Firewall
6 4 (26.67%) DHCP
7 3 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (20.00%) GLBP
7 3 (20.00%) VLAN
7 3 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (20.00%) Network Security
7 3 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (6.667%) TACACS
General
1 11 (73.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (93.33%) Network Engineer
2 11 (73.33%) Network Design Engineer
2 11 (73.33%) Design Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Network Support
3 2 (13.33%) Network Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Network Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Consultant
4 1 (6.667%) Team Leader
4 1 (6.667%) Network Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Network Design
2 11 (73.33%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (33.33%) Project Planning
4 3 (20.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) CCNP
1 3 (20.00%) CCNA
1 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Cisco
2 3 (20.00%) Blue Coat
2 3 (20.00%) Nokia
2 3 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (20.00%) NetScout
2 3 (20.00%) TippingPoint