HSRP Contract Job Trends in the North West

Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring HSRP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 103 113
Rank change year-on-year -67 +10 +31
Contract jobs citing HSRP 2 17 16
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.054% 0.78% 0.64%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.42% 5.33% 5.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 13
10th Percentile £492 £501 £463
25th Percentile £495 £541 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £575 £515
Median % change year-on-year -12.17% +11.65% +14.44%
75th Percentile £510 £600 £519
90th Percentile - £623 £558
England median daily rate £438 £538 £515
% change year-on-year -18.60% +4.37% +14.44%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 480 319 303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 12.95% 14.67% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 185 212
10th Percentile £277 £153 £213
25th Percentile £375 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £450 £507
Median % change year-on-year +10.28% -11.24% +8.45%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £671
90th Percentile £635 £642 £825
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 11
10th Percentile £15.71 £25.02 £20.75
25th Percentile £17.06 £32.54 £30.63
Median hourly rate £17.75 £45.08 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -60.63% -1.74% +175.06%
75th Percentile £32.54 £57.62 £51.45
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.14 £51.91
England median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £48.56
% change year-on-year -40.62% -7.33% -2.88%

HSRP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

HSRP job vacancy trend in the North West

HSRP
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing HSRP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing HSRP

HSRP
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing HSRP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing HSRP

HSRP
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HSRP within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 July 2026. 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
Cheshire - 2 £505 - 2
HSRP
England

HSRP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) IPsec
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto