HSRP Contract Job Trends in England

Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring HSRP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 490 547
Rank change year-on-year -26 +57 +207
Contract jobs citing HSRP 8 38 45
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.028% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.24% 0.98% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 13 28
10th Percentile £198 £453 £300
25th Percentile £231 £463 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £563 £450
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +25.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £356 £625 £476
90th Percentile £383 £685 £588
UK median daily rate £300 £563 £450
% change year-on-year -46.67% +25.00% -14.29%

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 3,271 3,889 5,577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.63% 12.17% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,092 2,237 3,514
10th Percentile £214 £240 £220
25th Percentile £357 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £613
90th Percentile £688 £688 £701
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 147 306
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.87 £17.28
25th Percentile £20.32 £26.25 £23.02
Median hourly rate £34.00 £57.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -40.87% +1.79% +35.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.26 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -29.98% -14.04% +37.73%

HSRP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HSRP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

HSRP job vacancy trend in England

HSRP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HSRP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HSRP

HSRP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HSRP in England over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HSRP in England

HSRP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HSRP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing HSRP

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 14 October 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
London +18 4 £400 -31.18% 3
South West +19 2 - -
North of England -45 2 £200 -63.64% 1
North West -31 1 - - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £200 -
HSRP
UK

HSRP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) BGP
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) OSPF
3 6 (75.00%) EIGRP
4 5 (62.50%) WAN
5 4 (50.00%) IPsec
5 4 (50.00%) VPN
5 4 (50.00%) VRRP
6 3 (37.50%) LAN
6 3 (37.50%) WLAN
7 2 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (25.00%) Internet
7 2 (25.00%) MPLS
7 2 (25.00%) Network Security
7 2 (25.00%) SD-WAN
7 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
7 2 (25.00%) Wireless
8 1 (12.50%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (12.50%) NGFW
8 1 (12.50%) Spanning Tree
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Junior
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Cisco Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Network Implementation Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) SCADA
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (25.00%) High Availability
2 2 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Bill of Materials
3 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
3 1 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (12.50%) Network Design
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Two-Factor Authentication
3 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (37.50%) CCNA
2 3 (37.50%) CCNP
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) CISSP
4 1 (12.50%) JNCIA
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (12.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) CheckPoint
2 3 (37.50%) Palo Alto
3 2 (25.00%) Aruba
3 2 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (25.00%) Juniper
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 1 (12.50%) Arista
4 1 (12.50%) CA Agile Central
4 1 (12.50%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (12.50%) F5
4 1 (12.50%) Mellanox
4 1 (12.50%) Meraki
4 1 (12.50%) NVIDIA
4 1 (12.50%) Zscaler