HSRP Contracts in England

Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring HSRP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited HSRP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 420 481 617
Rank change year-on-year +61 +136 +131
Contract jobs citing HSRP 65 61 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.16% 0.071%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.05% 1.22% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 51 22
10th Percentile £250 £338 £372
25th Percentile £475 £463 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £615 £600 £624
90th Percentile £640 £613 £700
UK median daily rate £575 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +10.58% +4.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

HSRP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

HSRP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing HSRP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for HSRP in England

HSRP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HSRP in England.

Daily rate trend for HSRP in England

HSRP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HSRP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HSRP in England

HSRP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HSRP in England.

Hourly rate trend for HSRP in England

HSRP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HSRP within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +40 34 £575 +11.65% 1
North West +36 32 £575 +11.65% 1
London +20 21 £600 - 8
Midlands +24 4 £650 -
East Midlands - 4 £650 -
South West +46 1 - - 3
East of England - 1 £250 - 2
North East - 1 £250 -
Yorkshire - 1 £200 -
HSRP
UK

HSRP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.54%) AWS
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 64 (98.46%) OSPF
2 59 (90.77%) BGP
3 48 (73.85%) Firewall
4 46 (70.77%) IPsec
5 42 (64.62%) EIGRP
6 24 (36.92%) Cisco ASA
6 24 (36.92%) Cisco Firepower
7 19 (29.23%) VRRP
8 15 (23.08%) Network Security
9 12 (18.46%) WAN
10 10 (15.38%) DNS
10 10 (15.38%) IGMP
10 10 (15.38%) LAN
10 10 (15.38%) Multicast
10 10 (15.38%) VPN
11 9 (13.85%) VLAN
12 8 (12.31%) Spanning Tree
13 7 (10.77%) Cisco IOS
13 7 (10.77%) NX-OS
13 7 (10.77%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (10.77%) Banking
3 6 (9.23%) Finance
3 6 (9.23%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.54%) Law
Job Titles
1 56 (86.15%) Network Engineer
2 12 (18.46%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 8 (12.31%) Cisco Engineer
3 8 (12.31%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 7 (10.77%) Architect
4 7 (10.77%) Network Architect
5 6 (9.23%) Deployment Engineer
5 6 (9.23%) Network Deployment Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Senior
6 4 (6.15%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Exchange Engineer
8 1 (1.54%) Data Architect
8 1 (1.54%) Data Centre Architect
8 1 (1.54%) Junior
8 1 (1.54%) Junior Cisco Network Engineer
8 1 (1.54%) Junior Network Engineer
8 1 (1.54%) Lead Network Engineer
8 1 (1.54%) Network Security Architect
8 1 (1.54%) Security Architect
8 1 (1.54%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.85%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.54%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.69%) Hedge funds
3 2 (3.08%) Derivative
4 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.54%) SCADA
4 1 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (18.46%) Low Latency
2 11 (16.92%) Configuration Management
3 9 (13.85%) ITSM
3 9 (13.85%) Network Management
3 9 (13.85%) Network Monitoring
4 8 (12.31%) ITIL
4 8 (12.31%) Service Management
5 7 (10.77%) Matrix Organization
6 5 (7.69%) Load Balancing
6 5 (7.69%) Project Delivery
7 4 (6.15%) Network Design
8 3 (4.62%) Algorithmic Trading
8 3 (4.62%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (3.08%) Computer Science
9 2 (3.08%) Customer Service
9 2 (3.08%) Electronic Trading
9 2 (3.08%) Fintech
9 2 (3.08%) High-Frequency Trading
9 2 (3.08%) Infrastructure Monitoring
9 2 (3.08%) Service-Level Objective
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.69%) Python
2 2 (3.08%) Bash
2 2 (3.08%) Perl
Qualifications
1 38 (58.46%) Security Cleared
2 37 (56.92%) SC Cleared
3 23 (35.38%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (24.62%) CCNP
5 10 (15.38%) CCNA
6 5 (7.69%) Degree
7 3 (4.62%) CCIE
8 2 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.08%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.54%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.54%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.54%) QA
Systems Management
1 9 (13.85%) Ansible
2 5 (7.69%) Puppet
3 4 (6.15%) FortiGate
4 2 (3.08%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (3.08%) ZABBIX
5 1 (1.54%) CA Spectrum
5 1 (1.54%) Cisco LMS
5 1 (1.54%) Netcool
5 1 (1.54%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 65 (100.00%) Cisco
2 29 (44.62%) Palo Alto
3 22 (33.85%) CheckPoint
4 16 (24.62%) SolarWinds
5 13 (20.00%) Fortinet
6 12 (18.46%) Juniper
7 11 (16.92%) Arista
8 9 (13.85%) F5
9 4 (6.15%) Aruba
10 2 (3.08%) IBM
10 2 (3.08%) Meraki
10 2 (3.08%) Microsoft
10 2 (3.08%) Solace
10 2 (3.08%) TIBCO
11 1 (1.54%) Citrix
11 1 (1.54%) Riverbed
11 1 (1.54%) Zscaler