The first table below looks at the demand for HSRP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HSRP over the 3 months to 17 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
Rank 714 816 771
Rank change year-on-year
+102 -45
Permanent jobs citing HSRP 144 80 100
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.134% 0.066% 0.081%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.689% 0.377% 0.517%
Number of salaries quoted 130 73 96
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £67,000 £55,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year
- -4.76%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20903 21203 19346
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.39% 17.53% 15.67%
Number of salaries quoted 16903 17681 16007
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%

HSRP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

HSRP Jobs Demand Trend

HSRP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing HSRP within the UK.

HSRP Salary Trend

HSRP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HSRP over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

HSRP Salary Histogram

HSRP
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HSRP within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +96 132 £40,000 -11.11%
South East +40 53 £40,000 -11.11%
London +33 42 £42,500 -15.00%
Hampshire +24 24 £36,000 +20.00%
Basingstoke +10 24 £36,000 +20.00%
City of London +22 18 £38,000 -15.55%
East of England +16 16 £39,750 -20.50%
Newcastle upon Tyne - 15 £40,000 -
North East - 15 £40,000 -
Tyne and Wear - 15 £40,000 -
Wales +6 10 £32,500 -7.14%
South Wales +2 10 £32,500 -7.14%
Oxford - 10 £50,000 -
Cambridge - 10 £37,500 -
Oxfordshire - 10 £50,000 -
Cambridgeshire - 10 £37,500 -
Berkshire +15 9 £43,750 +42.27%
Cardiff - 8 £32,500 -
Staines +23 7 £57,500 -14.81%
Surrey +14 7 £57,500 -14.81%
Hertfordshire - 5 £75,000 -
Maidenhead +20 4 £38,750 +46.22%
Reading +4 4 £62,500 +78.57%
West Yorkshire +2 4 - -
Leeds -15 4 - -
Yorkshire -15 4 - -
South West +6 3 £38,250 +13.33%
Somerset - 3 £38,250 -
Buckinghamshire - 3 £41,500 -
Milton Keynes - 3 £41,500 -

HSRP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited HSRP.

1 201 (93.93%) Cisco
2 153 (71.50%) OSPF
3 148 (69.16%) BGP
4 138 (64.49%) MPLS
5 130 (60.75%) Cisco Certification
6 117 (54.67%) VPN
7 106 (49.53%) VLAN
8 105 (49.07%) Firewall
8 105 (49.07%) CCNP
9 102 (47.66%) LAN
10 100 (46.73%) WAN
11 98 (45.79%) EIGRP
12 94 (43.93%) Juniper
13 81 (37.85%) Ethernet
14 80 (37.38%) IPsec
15 79 (36.92%) Cisco ASA
16 75 (35.05%) VRRP
17 74 (34.58%) Internet
18 63 (29.44%) CCNA
19 62 (28.97%) CheckPoint
20 61 (28.50%) TCP/IP
21 59 (27.57%) Wireless
22 56 (26.17%) DHCP
23 54 (25.23%) Telecoms
23 54 (25.23%) VPLS
24 52 (24.30%) DNS
25 51 (23.83%) IPv6
25 51 (23.83%) VoIP
26 50 (23.36%) SSL
27 49 (22.90%) SNMP

HSRP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited HSRP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (12.15%) CSS
2 3 (1.402%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 11 (5.140%) Lync
2 8 (3.738%) Apache
3 5 (2.336%) MS Exchange
4 4 (1.869%) IIS
5 2 (0.935%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (0.935%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.935%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.935%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (0.935%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.935%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.467%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (7.009%) MS Visio
2 14 (6.542%) MS Excel
3 9 (4.206%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 153 (71.50%) OSPF
2 148 (69.16%) BGP
3 138 (64.49%) MPLS
4 117 (54.67%) VPN
5 106 (49.53%) VLAN
6 105 (49.07%) Firewall
7 102 (47.66%) LAN
8 100 (46.73%) WAN
9 98 (45.79%) EIGRP
10 81 (37.85%) Ethernet
11 80 (37.38%) IPsec
12 79 (36.92%) Cisco ASA
13 75 (35.05%) VRRP
14 74 (34.58%) Internet
15 61 (28.50%) TCP/IP
16 59 (27.57%) Wireless
17 56 (26.17%) DHCP
18 54 (25.23%) VPLS
19 52 (24.30%) DNS
20 51 (23.83%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.804%) MySQL
2 3 (1.402%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.935%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.467%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.467%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.467%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 24 (11.21%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (0.467%) Subversion
General
1 54 (25.23%) Telecoms
2 41 (19.16%) Finance
3 12 (5.607%) Law
4 8 (3.738%) Advertising
4 8 (3.738%) Banking
5 4 (1.869%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.402%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.467%) Marketing
7 1 (0.467%) Retail
7 1 (0.467%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.467%) Legal
Job Titles
1 107 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 31 (14.49%) Network Support
3 26 (12.15%) Support Engineer
4 24 (11.21%) Network Support Engineer
5 23 (10.75%) Administrator
6 21 (9.813%) Network Administrator
7 18 (8.411%) Network Analyst
7 18 (8.411%) Analyst
8 17 (7.944%) Senior Network Engineer
9 16 (7.477%) Consultant
10 15 (7.009%) IP Engineer
11 14 (6.542%) Senior Network Administrator
12 12 (5.607%) Pre Sales Consultant
13 11 (5.140%) Cisco Engineer
14 10 (4.673%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 10 (4.673%) Systems Administrator
14 10 (4.673%) Network Security Engineer
14 10 (4.673%) Security Engineer
14 10 (4.673%) Cisco Support
15 8 (3.738%) Provisioning Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.673%) SaaS
1 10 (4.673%) Mobile App
2 8 (3.738%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (2.336%) Blog
3 5 (2.336%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.869%) Clustering
5 3 (1.402%) Blackberry
5 3 (1.402%) Open Source
6 2 (0.935%) SecurID
6 2 (0.935%) PKI
6 2 (0.935%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.935%) iPhone
6 2 (0.935%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.935%) iPad
6 2 (0.935%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.467%) Social Media
7 1 (0.467%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.467%) Cryptography
7 1 (0.467%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.467%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 48 (22.43%) Linux
2 17 (7.944%) Windows
3 13 (6.075%) UNIX
4 10 (4.673%) Solaris
5 9 (4.206%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (4.206%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (2.804%) OpenBSD
7 5 (2.336%) CentOS
8 4 (1.869%) Debian
8 4 (1.869%) Windows 2000
9 2 (0.935%) MVS
9 2 (0.935%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.467%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.467%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.467%) VMS
10 1 (0.467%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (15.42%) Disaster Recovery
1 33 (15.42%) Network Management
2 26 (12.15%) Network Design
3 20 (9.346%) Load Balancing
4 19 (8.879%) ITIL
5 12 (5.607%) Service Delivery
6 10 (4.673%) Business Development
7 9 (4.206%) Network Architecture
8 8 (3.738%) Project Management
9 7 (3.271%) Information Security
9 7 (3.271%) Validation
9 7 (3.271%) Time Management
9 7 (3.271%) Capacity Management
10 6 (2.804%) Change Management
10 6 (2.804%) PRINCE2
11 5 (2.336%) E-Commerce
11 5 (2.336%) Business Continuity
11 5 (2.336%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (1.869%) Change Control
12 4 (1.869%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.206%) Perl
2 6 (2.804%) PHP
2 6 (2.804%) SQL
2 6 (2.804%) Python
2 6 (2.804%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 130 (60.75%) Cisco Certification
2 105 (49.07%) CCNP
3 63 (29.44%) CCNA
4 25 (11.68%) CCIE
5 18 (8.411%) Degree
6 15 (7.009%) CISSP
7 13 (6.075%) CCIP
7 13 (6.075%) CCDP
8 10 (4.673%) CCSA
9 9 (4.206%) CCSE
10 8 (3.738%) CCVP
10 8 (3.738%) Avaya Certification
10 8 (3.738%) CCSP
11 7 (3.271%) JNCIA
11 7 (3.271%) JNCIS
12 5 (2.336%) JNCIP
12 5 (2.336%) JNCIE
13 4 (1.869%) Check Point Certification
14 3 (1.402%) GIAC
15 2 (0.935%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.477%) PCI DSS
2 9 (4.206%) SLA
3 5 (2.336%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.402%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.935%) QA
System Software
1 14 (6.542%) ProxySG
2 13 (6.075%) Active Directory
3 5 (2.336%) XenServer
4 3 (1.402%) FreeRADIUS
4 3 (1.402%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.935%) Sendmail
5 2 (0.935%) Snort
5 2 (0.935%) Squid
6 1 (0.467%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 47 (21.96%) CiscoWorks
2 28 (13.08%) Nagios
3 11 (5.140%) SolarWinds Orion
3 11 (5.140%) Cisco CUCM
4 8 (3.738%) Cacti
4 8 (3.738%) WhatsUp Gold
4 8 (3.738%) OpenView
5 5 (2.336%) Cisco UCCE
6 4 (1.869%) Cisco IPCC
7 3 (1.402%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.935%) Cisco UCCX
8 2 (0.935%) SCCM
8 2 (0.935%) MOM
9 1 (0.467%) EMC Navisphere
9 1 (0.467%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 201 (93.93%) Cisco
2 94 (43.93%) Juniper
3 62 (28.97%) CheckPoint
4 44 (20.56%) F5
5 33 (15.42%) HP
6 25 (11.68%) SolarWinds
7 24 (11.21%) McAfee
8 20 (9.346%) Mitel
8 20 (9.346%) Avaya
8 20 (9.346%) Huawei
9 17 (7.944%) Blue Coat
10 16 (7.477%) VMware
10 16 (7.477%) Microsoft
11 14 (6.542%) Oracle
11 14 (6.542%) Infoblox
11 14 (6.542%) Imperva
12 13 (6.075%) Riverbed
13 12 (5.607%) Foundry
14 10 (4.673%) BT
14 10 (4.673%) Citrix
City, London
The skills they are interested in for the role are as follows: Cisco Network Engineer (BGP, VRF, OSPF, TCP/IP, DNS, SNMP) - London... Switching: VLAN, gateway redundancy (HSRP...
Morgan Cassidy UK Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
The Network Engineer (Cisco Routers/Switches 6500+, Data Centre) will work in an environment where the vendor of choice is Cisco, although we are always looking at best...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
The Network Engineer (Cisco Routers/Switches 6500+, Data Centre) will work in an environment where the vendor of choice is Cisco, although we are always looking at best...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Staines, Middlesex
Minimum of CCNP certification - Ideally CCIE certified or currently studying towards CCIE... Knowledge & experience around routing and switching technologies such as BGP, EIGRP, IS-IS, STP, HSRP & VRRP...
Zorba Consulting Limited
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus & Oncall
Posted: 17 May 2013
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35K + 5% bonus + 20% shift allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bromley, South East
Brokering agreement across multiple MSPs where shared infrastructure components are used by different programmesProvide a consultation service to the Enterprise Technology Services organisation to pre-empt issues in...
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Salary: £70000.00 - £80000.00 per annum + Bonus, Full Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013