RSVP Job Trends

Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring RSVP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 672 779 749
Rank change year-on-year +107 -30 +435
Permanent jobs citing RSVP 1 6 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.008% 0.033%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.014% 0.065% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 18
10th Percentile - £61,625 £57,875
25th Percentile £63,750 £67,813 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% -9.38% -5.88%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile - - £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% -26.47%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

RSVP 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,132 9,221 9,503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.57% 12.10% 15.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,960 4,730 6,924
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% +5.56% -5.26%

RSVP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing RSVP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for RSVP in the UK

RSVP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RSVP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing RSVP

RSVP
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RSVP within the UK over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +104 1 £67,500 +12.50% 4
England +92 1 £67,500 -6.90% 5
East of England - 1 £67,500 - 3

RSVP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco