The first table below looks at the demand for HSRP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HSRP over the 3 months to 18 June 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.

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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
Rank 515 558 565
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +7
Contract jobs citing HSRP 39 31 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.080% 0.053% 0.035%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.560% 0.341% 0.272%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 4 8
Average daily rate £362 £356 £406
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.54% -12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £282 £280 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £676 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £260 £413
% change year-on-year
+30.76% -36.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6968 9083 8091
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 14.31% 15.64% 13.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3510 4049 3664
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £208 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £490 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 513 620 810
Average hourly rate £23.75 £25.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%

HSRP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

HSRP Daily Rate Trend

HSRP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing HSRP within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

HSRP Daily Rate Histogram

HSRP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HSRP within the UK.

HSRP Hourly Rate Trend

HSRP
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HSRP within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +14 29 £375 +5.26% 18
London +32 18 £375 -3.22% 5
East of England +19 6 £286 - 2
Cambridgeshire +12 6 £286 -
Cardiff - 6 - - 3
South Wales - 6 - - 3
Wales - 6 - - 3
South East +4 4 - - 6
Hampshire - 3 - - 1
Basingstoke - 3 - - 1
Cambridge +11 2 £286 -
West Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
Yorkshire - 2 - - 2
North East - 1 £350 - 2
Tyne and Wear - 1 £350 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £350 - 1
Oxford - - - -
Reading - - - -
Shepton Mallet - - - -
St Albans - - - - 2
Staines - - - -
Watford - - - -
Weybridge - - - -
Wigan - - - -
Bedfordshire - - - -
Berkshire - - - - 2
Brentford - - - -
Bromley - - - -
Caerphilly - - - -

HSRP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 70 (88.61%) Cisco
2 58 (73.42%) OSPF
3 53 (67.09%) BGP
4 49 (62.03%) MPLS
5 45 (56.96%) VPN
6 43 (54.43%) Cisco Certification
7 38 (48.10%) Firewall
8 33 (41.77%) EIGRP
8 33 (41.77%) Cisco ASA
9 31 (39.24%) IPsec
10 30 (37.97%) Telecoms
11 28 (35.44%) CCNA
12 27 (34.18%) CCNP
13 25 (31.65%) VRRP
13 25 (31.65%) VLAN
14 24 (30.38%) LAN
14 24 (30.38%) WAN
14 24 (30.38%) Ethernet
15 21 (26.58%) DNS
16 18 (22.78%) Juniper
17 17 (21.52%) DHCP
17 17 (21.52%) TCP/IP
17 17 (21.52%) Cisco Nexus
18 15 (18.99%) F5
18 15 (18.99%) SNMP
18 15 (18.99%) VoIP
18 15 (18.99%) CheckPoint
18 15 (18.99%) SSL
19 14 (17.72%) Internet
19 14 (17.72%) Network Design

HSRP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 5 (6.329%) CSS
2 3 (3.797%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.861%) MS Exchange
1 7 (8.861%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (5.063%) Apache
3 1 (1.266%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (1.266%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 7 (8.861%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.797%) MS Office
3 1 (1.266%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 58 (73.42%) OSPF
2 53 (67.09%) BGP
3 49 (62.03%) MPLS
4 45 (56.96%) VPN
5 38 (48.10%) Firewall
6 33 (41.77%) Cisco ASA
6 33 (41.77%) EIGRP
7 31 (39.24%) IPsec
8 25 (31.65%) VRRP
8 25 (31.65%) VLAN
9 24 (30.38%) LAN
9 24 (30.38%) WAN
9 24 (30.38%) Ethernet
10 21 (26.58%) DNS
11 17 (21.52%) TCP/IP
11 17 (21.52%) DHCP
11 17 (21.52%) Cisco Nexus
12 15 (18.99%) SNMP
12 15 (18.99%) VoIP
12 15 (18.99%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.266%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.797%) ClearQuest
General
1 30 (37.97%) Telecoms
2 11 (13.92%) Finance
3 10 (12.66%) Banking
4 9 (11.39%) Investment Banking
5 3 (3.797%) Military
6 2 (2.532%) Retail
6 2 (2.532%) Marketing
7 1 (1.266%) French Language
7 1 (1.266%) Back Office
7 1 (1.266%) Legal
7 1 (1.266%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 49 (62.03%) Network Engineer
2 11 (13.92%) Cisco Engineer
3 10 (12.66%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 9 (11.39%) Design Engineer
4 9 (11.39%) Network Design Engineer
5 6 (7.595%) IP Engineer
5 6 (7.595%) Technical Specialist
6 5 (6.329%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (6.329%) IP Network Engineer
7 4 (5.063%) Network Administrator
8 3 (3.797%) Senior Network Administrator
8 3 (3.797%) Network Specialist
8 3 (3.797%) Administrator
8 3 (3.797%) Project Manager
8 3 (3.797%) Consultant
9 2 (2.532%) Analyst
9 2 (2.532%) Technical Project Manager
9 2 (2.532%) Support Specialist
9 2 (2.532%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 2 (2.532%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.595%) EqualLogic
2 3 (3.797%) Device Driver
2 3 (3.797%) SecurID
3 2 (2.532%) Computer Science
3 2 (2.532%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.266%) SaaS
4 1 (1.266%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.66%) Linux
1 10 (12.66%) Windows
2 4 (5.063%) Solaris
2 4 (5.063%) UNIX
3 2 (2.532%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.266%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.266%) VMS
4 1 (1.266%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.266%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.266%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.266%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (17.72%) Network Design
2 11 (13.92%) Network Management
3 10 (12.66%) Capacity Planning
4 9 (11.39%) ITIL
5 7 (8.861%) PRINCE2
5 7 (8.861%) E-Commerce
5 7 (8.861%) Service Delivery
6 6 (7.595%) Software Deployment
7 5 (6.329%) Change Management
8 4 (5.063%) Time Management
8 4 (5.063%) Load Balancing
9 3 (3.797%) Incident Management
9 3 (3.797%) Project Planning
9 3 (3.797%) Integration Testing
10 2 (2.532%) Digital Marketing
10 2 (2.532%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (2.532%) Customer Insight
11 1 (1.266%) Security Management
11 1 (1.266%) Validation
11 1 (1.266%) ERP
Qualifications
1 43 (54.43%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (35.44%) CCNA
3 27 (34.18%) CCNP
4 7 (8.861%) CCIP
4 7 (8.861%) CCIE
4 7 (8.861%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (8.861%) Security Cleared
5 6 (7.595%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (7.595%) SC Cleared
5 6 (7.595%) MCSE
6 5 (6.329%) Degree
7 2 (2.532%) JNCIP
7 2 (2.532%) JNCIE
7 2 (2.532%) CCDP
7 2 (2.532%) CISSP
8 1 (1.266%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.595%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.797%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.266%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (8.861%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (7.595%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.266%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 12 (15.19%) Cisco CUCM
2 7 (8.861%) Cacti
3 6 (7.595%) WhatsUp Gold
3 6 (7.595%) Nagios
4 4 (5.063%) CiscoWorks
5 3 (3.797%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.266%) OpenView
6 1 (1.266%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 70 (88.61%) Cisco
2 18 (22.78%) Juniper
3 15 (18.99%) CheckPoint
3 15 (18.99%) F5
4 8 (10.13%) Microsoft
5 7 (8.861%) VMware
6 6 (7.595%) McAfee
6 6 (7.595%) Altiris
6 6 (7.595%) HP
6 6 (7.595%) Dell
6 6 (7.595%) Zeacom
6 6 (7.595%) SolarWinds
7 5 (6.329%) Foundry
8 3 (3.797%) Riverbed
8 3 (3.797%) M86 Security
8 3 (3.797%) Nokia
8 3 (3.797%) Blue Coat
8 3 (3.797%) SonicWALL
8 3 (3.797%) Mitel
9 2 (2.532%) BT
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To be the ideal candidate for this role you will; -Be an expert in Cisco routing and switching (OSPF, BGP, static routing, HSRP). -Have a professional-level competence...
MINT Recruitment
Rate: Highly Negotiable
Posted: 12 June 2013
Teesside
The WAN TSM will work closely with the WAN Service Delivery Manager and the WAN acceleration TSM. The right candidate for this role will be expected to work...
Gem Partnership
Rate: From £250 to £500 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
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The ideal candidate should have experience delivering support to large scale network security solutions and performing end-to-end implementation of these solutions including core and customer side...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 13 June 2013
Greater Manchester, North West
Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent work experience. CCNP certification preferred. CCNA/CCNP voice is also a plus... IP routing protocols including BGP and OSPF. Router redundancy protocols...
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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