HSRP Job Trends in the South West

Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring HSRP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 186 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Permanent jobs citing HSRP 3 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.059% 0.072% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.50% 0.63% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,500 £58,016 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £61,644 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.02% - -
75th Percentile £54,500 £65,272 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £61,644 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.56% +2.74% +14.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 596 478 795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 11.73% 11.53% 16.75%
Number of salaries quoted 345 275 611
10th Percentile £25,202 £30,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £51,058 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.39% +4.20% +3.16%
75th Percentile £48,750 £71,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,250 £84,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

HSRP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

HSRP job vacancy trend in the South West

HSRP
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing HSRP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing HSRP

HSRP
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HSRP within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol - 3 £53,000 -
HSRP
England

HSRP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 3 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) IPsec
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) Riverbed
1 3 (100.00%) VMware