HSRP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 372 433
Rank change year-on-year +81 +61 +70
Contract jobs citing HSRP 43 22 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.11% 0.092%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.18% 0.65% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 17 12
10th Percentile £250 £284 £389
25th Percentile £400 £400 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £475 £528
Median % change year-on-year +17.89% -9.95% +11.05%
75th Percentile £588 £515 £644
90th Percentile £638 £517 £700
UK median daily rate £575 £520 £523
% change year-on-year +10.58% -0.48% +4.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,977 3,409 3,583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.48% 16.47% 14.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,206 1,953 2,274
10th Percentile £194 £203 £210
25th Percentile £303 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £490 £520
% change year-on-year -0.51% -5.77% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 359 327
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.45 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.40 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.81% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.06 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.66 £74.05
UK median hourly rate £31.08 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -22.30% +110.53% -30.91%

HSRP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing HSRP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for HSRP in the UK excluding London

HSRP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HSRP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for HSRP in the UK excluding London

HSRP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HSRP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for HSRP in the UK excluding London

HSRP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HSRP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for HSRP in the UK excluding London

HSRP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HSRP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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 +32 34 £575 +11.65% 3
North West +29 32 £575 +11.65% 2
Midlands +20 4 £650 - 1
East Midlands - 4 £650 -
Wales - 3 £290 -
South West +30 1 - - 3
East of England - 1 £250 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £200 - 1
North East - 1 £250 -
HSRP
UK

HSRP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (4.65%) AWS
1 2 (4.65%) Azure
1 2 (4.65%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 42 (97.67%) OSPF
2 40 (93.02%) IPsec
3 39 (90.70%) BGP
4 31 (72.09%) EIGRP
5 27 (62.79%) Firewall
6 24 (55.81%) Cisco ASA
6 24 (55.81%) Cisco Firepower
7 8 (18.60%) Network Security
8 6 (13.95%) VPN
8 6 (13.95%) WAN
8 6 (13.95%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (11.63%) DNS
9 5 (11.63%) LAN
9 5 (11.63%) NetScaler
9 5 (11.63%) VLAN
10 4 (9.30%) 802.11
10 4 (9.30%) Broadband
10 4 (9.30%) Converged Networks
10 4 (9.30%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 4 (9.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
General
1 6 (13.95%) Public Sector
2 2 (4.65%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 38 (88.37%) Network Engineer
2 12 (27.91%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (9.30%) Architect
3 4 (9.30%) Network Architect
4 3 (6.98%) Senior
4 3 (6.98%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) Junior
5 1 (2.33%) Junior Cisco Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) Junior Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) Junior Network Engineer
5 1 (2.33%) Lead
5 1 (2.33%) Lead Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (20.93%) ITSM
2 7 (16.28%) Network Management
3 6 (13.95%) ITIL
4 4 (9.30%) Configuration Management
4 4 (9.30%) Load Balancing
5 3 (6.98%) Computer Science
5 3 (6.98%) High Availability
5 3 (6.98%) Network Design
6 2 (4.65%) Network Optimisation
6 2 (4.65%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (4.65%) Statistics
7 1 (2.33%) Analytics
7 1 (2.33%) Customer Service
7 1 (2.33%) Incident Management
7 1 (2.33%) Mentoring
7 1 (2.33%) Network Monitoring
7 1 (2.33%) Patch Management
7 1 (2.33%) Project Delivery
7 1 (2.33%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (2.33%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 36 (83.72%) Security Cleared
2 35 (81.40%) SC Cleared
3 12 (27.91%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (13.95%) CCNA
4 6 (13.95%) CCNP
5 3 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (6.98%) Degree
6 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.98%) Cacti
2 1 (2.33%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 43 (100.00%) Cisco
2 24 (55.81%) Palo Alto
3 19 (44.19%) CheckPoint
4 15 (34.88%) SolarWinds
5 4 (9.30%) F5
5 4 (9.30%) Juniper
6 2 (4.65%) VMware
7 1 (2.33%) Aruba
7 1 (2.33%) Citrix
7 1 (2.33%) Microsoft