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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 362 413
Rank change year-on-year +25 +51 +96
Contract jobs citing HSRP 27 25 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.23% 0.79% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 18
10th Percentile £243 £359 £363
25th Percentile £314 £420 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +13.89% -2.70%
75th Percentile £588 £515 £477
90th Percentile £639 £549 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £450
% change year-on-year -2.91% +14.44% -10.00%

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 2,197 3,179 3,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.79% 15.58% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,291 1,800 2,215
10th Percentile £200 £202 £205
25th Percentile £325 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £463
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +7.03% +2.78%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 348 213
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.43 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.30 £16.77
Median hourly rate £41.48 £47.50 £47.73
Median % change year-on-year -12.68% -0.48% +107.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £46.25 £40.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +15.63% +23.08% +13.04%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +10 21 £500 -2.91% 4
North West +7 19 £538 +4.37% 1
South West +48 2 - - 1
Wales +6 2 £290 -
Midlands +4 2 £650 - 1
East Midlands - 2 £650 -
Yorkshire - 1 £200 - 3
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 1 (3.70%) AWS
1 1 (3.70%) Azure
1 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (96.30%) OSPF
2 25 (92.59%) BGP
3 23 (85.19%) EIGRP
3 23 (85.19%) IPsec
4 22 (81.48%) Firewall
5 17 (62.96%) Cisco ASA
5 17 (62.96%) Cisco Firepower
6 6 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (11.11%) DNS
7 3 (11.11%) VLAN
7 3 (11.11%) VPN
8 2 (7.41%) 802.11
8 2 (7.41%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (7.41%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (7.41%) LAN
8 2 (7.41%) Network Security
8 2 (7.41%) VRRP
8 2 (7.41%) WAN
8 2 (7.41%) Wireless
8 2 (7.41%) WLAN
General
1 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (88.89%) Network Engineer
2 10 (37.04%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Architect
3 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Network Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Junior
4 1 (3.70%) Junior Cisco Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Junior Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Junior Network Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Senior
4 1 (3.70%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) ITIL
1 6 (22.22%) Network Management
2 3 (11.11%) High Availability
3 2 (7.41%) Computer Science
3 2 (7.41%) Configuration Management
3 2 (7.41%) ITSM
3 2 (7.41%) Network Design
3 2 (7.41%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (7.41%) Patch Management
4 1 (3.70%) Incident Management
4 1 (3.70%) Network Optimisation
4 1 (3.70%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (3.70%) Project Delivery
4 1 (3.70%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 22 (81.48%) Security Cleared
2 20 (74.07%) SC Cleared
3 6 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (14.81%) CCNP
5 2 (7.41%) CCNA
5 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (7.41%) Degree
5 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
6 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Cacti
1 2 (7.41%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Cisco
2 17 (62.96%) CheckPoint
2 17 (62.96%) Palo Alto
3 12 (44.44%) SolarWinds
4 2 (7.41%) F5
4 2 (7.41%) Juniper
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.70%) VMware