Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring HSRP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited HSRP over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 755 724 1110
Rank change year-on-year -31 +386 -88
Permanent jobs citing HSRP 35 37 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.064% 0.017%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.31% 0.43% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 25 29 20
10th Percentile £55,000 £39,875 £37,403
25th Percentile £58,016 £46,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £57,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% +6.98% +13.16%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £54,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.09% +21.11% -5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 11,151 8,679 17,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.68% 15.07% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 4,050 6,675 10,952
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,768 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,500 £37,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%

HSRP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for HSRP in the UK

HSRP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing HSRP.

Salary trend for HSRP in the UK

HSRP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing HSRP over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for HSRP in the UK

HSRP
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HSRP within the UK over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
England -35 29 £72,500 +45.00% 12
UK excluding London -31 16 £60,000 +10.09% 11
London +27 13 £72,500 -27.50% 3
Work from Home +29 12 £67,500 +35.00% 2
North of England -21 6 £55,000 -31.25% 7
North West -36 6 £55,000 +33.33% 6
South East -36 6 £60,000 +10.09% 1
South West -5 2 £59,919 +52.51% 1
East of England - 2 £61,644 - 1

HSRP
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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (40.00%) Azure
2 4 (11.43%) AWS
2 4 (11.43%) IaaS
2 4 (11.43%) PaaS
2 4 (11.43%) SaaS
3 1 (2.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 35 (100.00%) BGP
2 30 (85.71%) OSPF
3 29 (82.86%) Firewall
4 18 (51.43%) IPsec
5 12 (34.29%) Cisco ASA
5 12 (34.29%) Cisco Firepower
5 12 (34.29%) EIGRP
6 10 (28.57%) Cisco ISE
6 10 (28.57%) NetScaler
6 10 (28.57%) VPN
7 8 (22.86%) IGMP
7 8 (22.86%) Multicast
7 8 (22.86%) VRRP
8 6 (17.14%) 802.11
8 6 (17.14%) BIG-IP
8 6 (17.14%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (11.43%) Unified Communications
9 4 (11.43%) VLAN
9 4 (11.43%) WAN
9 4 (11.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
General
1 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.86%) Banking
2 8 (22.86%) Finance
3 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Games
Job Titles
1 27 (77.14%) Network Engineer
2 5 (14.29%) Architect
3 4 (11.43%) Lead
3 4 (11.43%) Lead Network Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) Network Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Network Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Network Operations Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Senior
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Technical Architect
6 1 (2.86%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.14%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.86%) PKI
2 1 (2.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) CentOS
1 1 (2.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (34.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 12 (34.29%) Network Design
2 10 (28.57%) ITSM
2 10 (28.57%) Network Management
3 9 (25.71%) High Availability
3 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (22.86%) Fintech
4 8 (22.86%) Low Latency
5 6 (17.14%) Analytics
6 4 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (11.43%) Decision-Making
6 4 (11.43%) DevSecOps
6 4 (11.43%) IT Strategy
6 4 (11.43%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (11.43%) Technology Strategy
7 1 (2.86%) Process Improvement
7 1 (2.86%) Software Engineering
7 1 (2.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (2.86%) Strategic Planning
7 1 (2.86%) WFM
Qualifications
1 18 (51.43%) CCNP
1 18 (51.43%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 10 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 8 (22.86%) CCNA
4 6 (17.14%) CCIE
4 6 (17.14%) CISSP
5 3 (8.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) QA
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 9 (25.71%) ZABBIX
2 4 (11.43%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 31 (88.57%) Cisco
2 18 (51.43%) Palo Alto
3 10 (28.57%) Citrix
3 10 (28.57%) SolarWinds
4 8 (22.86%) Arista
4 8 (22.86%) Fortinet
5 6 (17.14%) Aruba
5 6 (17.14%) F5
5 6 (17.14%) HP
6 4 (11.43%) Meraki
7 2 (5.71%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.86%) EMC
8 1 (2.86%) Microsoft
8 1 (2.86%) Red Hat