Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for EIGRP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited EIGRP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 653 710
Rank change year-on-year +141 +57 -74
Contract jobs citing EIGRP 86 66 139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.53% 0.90% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 35 81
10th Percentile £337 £318 £325
25th Percentile £425 £378 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% - +4.65%
75th Percentile £519 £625 £500
90th Percentile £550 £665 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £425 £406
% change year-on-year +5.88% +4.62% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile £19.93 £19.93 £21.00
25th Percentile £22.06 £22.06 £23.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £26.25 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +0.96% +33.33%
75th Percentile £24.75 £30.56 £28.75
90th Percentile - £32.78 £29.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.75 £26.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year -17.14% +19.32% +12.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

EIGRP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,616 7,369 9,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.97% 12.32% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,363 4,796 6,383
10th Percentile £205 £231 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 481 362
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.50 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.75 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -14.00%

EIGRP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for EIGRP in the UK

EIGRP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing EIGRP.

Daily rate trend for EIGRP in the UK

EIGRP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EIGRP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for EIGRP in the UK

EIGRP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing EIGRP.

Hourly rate trend for EIGRP in the UK

EIGRP
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EIGRP within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +153 85 £450 -5.26% 19
UK excluding London +77 54 £450 +5.88% 22
South East +40 34 £450 - 8
London +113 32 £475 -20.83% 5
Work from Home +137 23 £488 +16.42% 4
North of England +41 17 £504 +55.08% 4
North West +22 15 £513 +57.69% 2
South West +20 3 £725 +11.54% 1
North East - 2 £345 - 1
Scotland +33 1 £550 -8.33% 8

EIGRP
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:

Applications
1 5 (5.81%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.63%) Azure
2 8 (9.30%) AWS
3 5 (5.81%) OCI
4 2 (2.33%) GCP
5 1 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.16%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 85 (98.84%) BGP
2 82 (95.35%) OSPF
3 55 (63.95%) Firewall
4 36 (41.86%) Cisco ASA
5 30 (34.88%) LAN
6 29 (33.72%) MPLS
7 28 (32.56%) IPsec
8 27 (31.40%) HSRP
9 25 (29.07%) WAN
10 24 (27.91%) DMVPN
11 19 (22.09%) Cisco ISE
12 18 (20.93%) Network Security
12 18 (20.93%) VPN
12 18 (20.93%) Wi-Fi
13 17 (19.77%) Cisco Firepower
14 16 (18.60%) SNMP
14 16 (18.60%) VLAN
15 15 (17.44%) Cisco Nexus
16 13 (15.12%) NetScaler
16 13 (15.12%) Spanning Tree
Development Applications
1 1 (1.16%) JIRA
General
1 10 (11.63%) Finance
2 7 (8.14%) Social Skills
3 6 (6.98%) Financial Institution
4 5 (5.81%) Public Sector
4 5 (5.81%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.16%) Banking
6 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (73.26%) Network Engineer
2 19 (22.09%) Senior
3 18 (20.93%) Network Specialist
3 18 (20.93%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (8.14%) Cisco Engineer
4 7 (8.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 7 (8.14%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 5 (5.81%) Network Operations Engineer
5 5 (5.81%) Operations Engineer
5 5 (5.81%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 5 (5.81%) Support Engineer
6 4 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (4.65%) Network Security Engineer
6 4 (4.65%) Security Engineer
6 4 (4.65%) WAN Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) Cisco Security Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) LAN Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) LAN/WAN Engineer
7 3 (3.49%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.95%) Jinja
2 6 (6.98%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.16%) JSON
3 1 (1.16%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.09%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.16%) IoT
3 1 (1.16%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (39.53%) Network Design
2 18 (20.93%) ITIL
3 16 (18.60%) Change Management
4 14 (16.28%) Network Management
5 12 (13.95%) DevOps
5 12 (13.95%) ITSM
6 9 (10.47%) High Availability
7 8 (9.30%) Network Architecture
8 6 (6.98%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (5.81%) Agile
9 5 (5.81%) Migration
10 4 (4.65%) Network Virtualisation
10 4 (4.65%) Process Management
10 4 (4.65%) Prototyping
10 4 (4.65%) Supplier Management
11 3 (3.49%) Cloud Security
11 3 (3.49%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 3 (3.49%) Performance Optimisation
11 3 (3.49%) Problem-Solving
11 3 (3.49%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 22 (25.58%) Python
2 12 (13.95%) Perl
2 12 (13.95%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 42 (48.84%) Security Cleared
2 38 (44.19%) Cisco Certification
3 32 (37.21%) CCNP
4 31 (36.05%) CCNA
5 20 (23.26%) DV Cleared
6 17 (19.77%) SC Cleared
7 8 (9.30%) JNCIA
8 5 (5.81%) AWS Certification
8 5 (5.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (5.81%) Azure Certification
8 5 (5.81%) JNCIS
9 4 (4.65%) BC Cleared
9 4 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (4.65%) Degree
10 3 (3.49%) CCDP
10 3 (3.49%) CCIP
11 2 (2.33%) CCIE
12 1 (1.16%) CCSE
12 1 (1.16%) CCSP
12 1 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.65%) QA
System Software
1 13 (15.12%) Firmware
2 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (27.91%) FortiGate
2 13 (15.12%) Ansible
3 6 (6.98%) Terraform
4 5 (5.81%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 84 (97.67%) Cisco
2 43 (50.00%) Juniper
3 32 (37.21%) Palo Alto
4 28 (32.56%) Fortinet
5 21 (24.42%) SolarWinds
6 17 (19.77%) CheckPoint
7 13 (15.12%) Citrix
8 11 (12.79%) F5
9 6 (6.98%) Microsoft
10 5 (5.81%) Google
10 5 (5.81%) Infoblox
11 4 (4.65%) Dell
12 3 (3.49%) Alcatel-Lucent
12 3 (3.49%) Aruba
12 3 (3.49%) Nokia
13 2 (2.33%) ADVA
13 2 (2.33%) Arista
13 2 (2.33%) McAfee
13 2 (2.33%) Siemens
14 1 (1.16%) Nokia Networks