The first table below looks at the demand for VRRP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VRRP over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
Rank 805 854 795
Rank change year-on-year
+49 -59
Permanent jobs citing VRRP 59 46 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.054% 0.038% 0.061%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.281% 0.214% 0.389%
Number of salaries quoted 56 46 74
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £33,500 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £67,500 £56,250
UK excluding London average salary £43,750 £40,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -4.76%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
21011 21540 19275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.32% 17.56% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 16969 17949 15959
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 £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%

VRRP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

VRRP Jobs Demand Trend

VRRP
Salary Trend

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

VRRP Salary Trend

VRRP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VRRP over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

VRRP Salary Histogram

VRRP
Top 25 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VRRP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +46 50 £50,000 -
London +62 31 £50,000 -
South East +12 16 £52,500 +5.00%
Staines +28 9 £57,500 -14.81%
City of London +27 9 £55,000 -1.34%
Surrey +17 9 £57,500 -14.81%
Wales 0 8 £32,500 -7.14%
South Wales 0 8 £32,500 -7.14%
Berkshire +9 6 £40,000 +50.94%
Cardiff - 6 £32,500 -
Maidenhead +18 3 £40,000 +50.94%
Reading - 2 £40,000 -
Ealing - 2 £50,000 -
East of England +7 1 £37,500 -25.00%
Hampshire +5 1 £25,000 -31.03%
South Yorkshire +5 1 £100,000 +122.22%
Caerphilly -6 1 £55,000 +64.17%
Yorkshire -8 1 £100,000 +122.22%
Basingstoke -12 1 £25,000 -16.66%
Bedfordshire -12 1 £37,500 -25.00%
South West - 1 £38,250 -
Somerset - 1 £38,250 -
Slough - 1 £47,500 -
Shepton Mallet - 1 £38,250 -
Sheffield - 1 £100,000 -

VRRP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing VRRP 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 VRRP.

1 105 (84.68%) BGP
2 93 (75.00%) OSPF
3 90 (72.58%) Cisco
4 81 (65.32%) VPN
5 80 (64.52%) Firewall
6 76 (61.29%) HSRP
7 74 (59.68%) Cisco Certification
8 69 (55.65%) CCNP
9 63 (50.81%) EIGRP
10 61 (49.19%) MPLS
11 55 (44.35%) Juniper
12 54 (43.55%) WAN
12 54 (43.55%) LAN
13 53 (42.74%) IPsec
14 52 (41.94%) VLAN
14 52 (41.94%) DNS
15 48 (38.71%) SSL
16 43 (34.68%) Linux
17 42 (33.87%) CCNA
18 37 (29.84%) Ethernet
19 36 (29.03%) Windows
20 34 (27.42%) Cisco ASA
21 33 (26.61%) CheckPoint
22 31 (25.00%) DHCP
23 30 (24.19%) Cisco Nexus
24 29 (23.39%) Network Design
25 28 (22.58%) Blue Coat
26 27 (21.77%) VMware
26 27 (21.77%) UNIX
26 27 (21.77%) Wireless

VRRP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing VRRP 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 VRRP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (8.065%) CSS
2 9 (7.258%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.613%) Memcached
Application Platforms
1 9 (7.258%) Apache
1 9 (7.258%) Lotus Notes
1 9 (7.258%) WebSphere Application Server
1 9 (7.258%) IBM Connections
2 8 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2010
2 8 (6.452%) Lync
2 8 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2007
2 8 (6.452%) MS Exchange
3 2 (1.613%) nginx
3 2 (1.613%) Confluence
3 2 (1.613%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (1.613%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (1.613%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (1.613%) IIS
3 2 (1.613%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.613%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (0.806%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 17 (13.71%) MS Excel
2 10 (8.065%) MS Visio
3 5 (4.032%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 105 (84.68%) BGP
2 93 (75.00%) OSPF
3 81 (65.32%) VPN
4 80 (64.52%) Firewall
5 76 (61.29%) HSRP
6 63 (50.81%) EIGRP
7 61 (49.19%) MPLS
8 54 (43.55%) WAN
8 54 (43.55%) LAN
9 53 (42.74%) IPsec
10 52 (41.94%) VLAN
10 52 (41.94%) DNS
11 48 (38.71%) SSL
12 37 (29.84%) Ethernet
13 34 (27.42%) Cisco ASA
14 31 (25.00%) DHCP
15 30 (24.19%) Cisco Nexus
16 27 (21.77%) Wireless
17 23 (18.55%) FWSM
17 23 (18.55%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.258%) MySQL
2 6 (4.839%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (4.839%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (4.839%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (4.839%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.613%) Informix
Development Applications
1 12 (9.677%) Subversion
2 11 (8.871%) Git (software)
3 2 (1.613%) JIRA
General
1 24 (19.35%) Finance
2 16 (12.90%) Telecoms
3 8 (6.452%) Banking
4 7 (5.645%) Investment Banking
5 5 (4.032%) Advertising
6 2 (1.613%) Games
7 1 (0.806%) Marketing
7 1 (0.806%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 64 (51.61%) Network Engineer
2 28 (22.58%) Network Support
3 23 (18.55%) Support Engineer
3 23 (18.55%) Administrator
3 23 (18.55%) Systems Administrator
4 20 (16.13%) Network Support Engineer
5 14 (11.29%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 13 (10.48%) Senior Network Engineer
7 10 (8.065%) Consultant
8 8 (6.452%) Cisco Support
9 7 (5.645%) Infrastructure Specialist
9 7 (5.645%) Network Administrator
9 7 (5.645%) Senior Network Support
10 6 (4.839%) Pre Sales Consultant
10 6 (4.839%) Cisco Engineer
11 5 (4.032%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 4 (3.226%) Network Specialist
12 4 (3.226%) Senior Cisco Support
12 4 (3.226%) Implementation Engineer
12 4 (3.226%) Cisco Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.258%) Enterprise Storage
2 6 (4.839%) Blog
3 4 (3.226%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.613%) Clustering
4 2 (1.613%) SecurID
4 2 (1.613%) iPhone
4 2 (1.613%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.613%) Online Games
4 2 (1.613%) PKI
4 2 (1.613%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.613%) Blackberry
4 2 (1.613%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.613%) Open Source
4 2 (1.613%) iPad
4 2 (1.613%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.806%) Firmware
5 1 (0.806%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.806%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 43 (34.68%) Linux
2 36 (29.03%) Windows
3 27 (21.77%) UNIX
4 14 (11.29%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (8.065%) Solaris
5 10 (8.065%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (6.452%) OpenBSD
7 6 (4.839%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (4.032%) Ubuntu
9 3 (2.419%) CentOS
9 3 (2.419%) Debian
10 2 (1.613%) Windows 7
10 2 (1.613%) Windows Vista
10 2 (1.613%) MVS
10 2 (1.613%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.806%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (23.39%) Network Design
2 24 (19.35%) ITIL
2 24 (19.35%) Network Management
3 15 (12.10%) Load Balancing
4 14 (11.29%) Time Management
5 10 (8.065%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (6.452%) Infrastructure Management
7 5 (4.032%) Capacity Management
7 5 (4.032%) Service Delivery
7 5 (4.032%) Business Continuity
8 4 (3.226%) Investment Management
8 4 (3.226%) Project Management
8 4 (3.226%) Validation
9 3 (2.419%) BCP
9 3 (2.419%) Performance Management
9 3 (2.419%) Penetration Testing
10 2 (1.613%) Scrum
10 2 (1.613%) Systems Analysis
10 2 (1.613%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 2 (1.613%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.10%) Python
1 15 (12.10%) Perl
2 10 (8.065%) Bash shell
3 9 (7.258%) PowerShell
3 9 (7.258%) Ruby
4 8 (6.452%) PHP
5 4 (3.226%) Shell Script
5 4 (3.226%) SQL
6 2 (1.613%) Java
Qualifications
1 74 (59.68%) Cisco Certification
2 69 (55.65%) CCNP
3 42 (33.87%) CCNA
4 20 (16.13%) Degree
5 17 (13.71%) Check Point Certification
6 16 (12.90%) CCIE
7 15 (12.10%) RHCE
8 10 (8.065%) JNCIE
9 7 (5.645%) CCIP
10 6 (4.839%) JNCIS
10 6 (4.839%) CCSE
10 6 (4.839%) CCSA
11 5 (4.032%) JNCIP
11 5 (4.032%) JNCIA
12 4 (3.226%) RHCT
13 2 (1.613%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (1.613%) CISA
13 2 (1.613%) CISSP
14 1 (0.806%) CCSP
14 1 (0.806%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.677%) SLA
2 2 (1.613%) QA
3 1 (0.806%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.806%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 25 (20.16%) ProxySG
2 24 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (9.677%) Active Directory
4 8 (6.452%) Squid
5 6 (4.839%) Samba
5 6 (4.839%) NFS
6 2 (1.613%) Snort
6 2 (1.613%) ISA Server
6 2 (1.613%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.613%) UAG
6 2 (1.613%) Forefront TMG
6 2 (1.613%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (20.16%) CiscoWorks
2 15 (12.10%) Nagios
3 11 (8.871%) Puppet
4 9 (7.258%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 9 (7.258%) Cacti
4 9 (7.258%) WSUS
5 2 (1.613%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (1.613%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.613%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 90 (72.58%) Cisco
2 55 (44.35%) Juniper
3 33 (26.61%) CheckPoint
4 28 (22.58%) Blue Coat
5 27 (21.77%) VMware
6 18 (14.52%) F5
7 16 (12.90%) Microsoft
8 12 (9.677%) Infoblox
8 12 (9.677%) Imperva
8 12 (9.677%) McAfee
9 11 (8.871%) Foundry
10 9 (7.258%) Lotus
10 9 (7.258%) HP
10 9 (7.258%) IBM
11 8 (6.452%) Red Hat
12 5 (4.032%) Dell
12 5 (4.032%) BT
12 5 (4.032%) Huawei
13 4 (3.226%) Nokia
14 3 (2.419%) Ericsson
London
Strong working knowledge on Radius technology Knowledge of routing technologies (RIP, OSPF, BGP, VRRP, Multicast)... In depth working experience of Checkpoint Firewalls and Bluecoat Proxy technologies... Desirable Skills...
Roc Search
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Cisco - 3750, 3800, 7200, 6500, Nexus: - EIGRP, BGP, OSPF (desirable). - VLANs. - HSRP/VRRP. - MPLS (managed VPN)... - Firewall rule management... - SSL VPN. Desirable Experience for the Network Engineer (Cisco,...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £70 to £80,000 per annum plus excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
CCIE qualification Core Competencies and essential skills: LAN and WAN Network Implementation and Support Connectivity to Major Exchanges and Clients Cisco - 3750, 3800, 7200, 6500, Nexus * EIGRP, BGP,...
Real Staffing
Salary: £55000 - £80000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
We are currently recruiting for an Experienced Network Support Engineer who will be responsible for supporting bespoke Ethernet Networks and Managed Services. You will have strong MPLS/VPLS/...
Exponential-e
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
South West
Network Engineer, Cisco, Aruba, HP, Wireless, LAN, WAN, STP, ARP, VRRP, OSPF, SNMP, Multicast, RADIUS, NPS, Wireless Network Engineer, Mitel, Juniper, Brocade... The Wireless Network Engineer's key...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £55000.00
Posted: 21 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
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: 21 May 2013
South West
Key skills and experience: Experience of installing, configuring and troubleshooting of network systems such as HP, Aruba, HP, Mitel, Juniper, Brocade, etc... Aruba, HP, Wireless, LAN, WAN, STP,...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £50000.00
Posted: 17 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
You'll need Systems Administration experience of infrastructure services, based on Linux (Debian/Ubuntu/CentOS) and OpenBSD. ISP networking knowledge of BGP, OSPF, DWDM, VRRP,HSRP, IPsec, all...
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 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: 21 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Installation, configuration and troubleshooting Layer 2, 3 and 4 protocols (STP, LLDP-MED, ARP, VRRP, OSPF, SNMP, Multicast, IPsec, TCP, UDP, etc..) *IP topology design and documentation *Migration...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
West London
VMware VCP... - MySQL, PostgreSQL. - Samba, OpenLDAP, Kerberos, BIND/DNS, Squid, Apache... - Experience of Cisco ASA, Switches, LAN/WAN/Wireless, VPN, VLAN, VRRP... - CCNA... - Ubuntu, Windows 2003/2008... - Atlassian...
OpenBet Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 7 May 2013
Chiswick, West London, United Kingdom
Accredited as one of Britain's best companies to work for, OpenBet is rapidly growing its online gaming powerhouse with offices in the UK and across the globe...
OpenBet
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013