EIGRP Contract Job Trends in England

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring EIGRP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 453 538
Rank change year-on-year -25 +85 +162
Contract jobs citing EIGRP 41 73 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.25% 1.84% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 47 38
10th Percentile £350 £385 £364
25th Percentile £403 £423 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £528 £538 £626
90th Percentile £598 £625 £745
UK median daily rate £453 £494 £450
% change year-on-year -8.35% +9.72% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £19.70
25th Percentile £56.25 £18.50 £21.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £19.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +202.63% -24.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £58.75 £19.50 £30.75
90th Percentile - - £33.90
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £28.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year +101.75% -3.39% +34.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

EIGRP 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,291 3,974 5,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.83% 12.06% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,064 2,323 3,600
10th Percentile £227 £242 £225
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% +1.50% -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £618
90th Percentile £688 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 215 285
10th Percentile £15.28 £14.82 £16.76
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.45 £24.34
Median hourly rate £41.50 £57.35 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -27.64% +1.52% +34.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £78.00 £75.00 £76.06
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £51.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -16.67% -9.72% +36.12%

EIGRP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for EIGRP in England

EIGRP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing EIGRP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing EIGRP

EIGRP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EIGRP in England over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for EIGRP in England

EIGRP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing EIGRP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing EIGRP

EIGRP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EIGRP within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -2 21 £450 -10.00% 3
North of England -27 9 £413 -15.73% 4
West Midlands -5 7 £525 +5.00% 6
North West -9 7 £600 +17.76% 4
Midlands -12 7 £525 +5.00% 7
South West - 2 - -
North East -2 1 £250 -41.18%
South East -5 1 - - 4
Yorkshire - 1 £200 -
EIGRP
UK

EIGRP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (21.95%) AWS
2 5 (12.20%) Azure
3 3 (7.32%) GCP
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 41 (100.00%) BGP
2 40 (97.56%) OSPF
3 28 (68.29%) Firewall
4 19 (46.34%) IPsec
5 17 (41.46%) DNS
6 16 (39.02%) WAN
7 14 (34.15%) Network Security
7 14 (34.15%) VLAN
8 12 (29.27%) HSRP
9 11 (26.83%) Cisco ASA
9 11 (26.83%) SD-WAN
10 10 (24.39%) DHCP
10 10 (24.39%) LAN
10 10 (24.39%) VPN
10 10 (24.39%) Wireless
11 9 (21.95%) SSL
11 9 (21.95%) WLAN
12 8 (19.51%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (19.51%) DMVPN
13 6 (14.63%) Spanning Tree
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Git
1 1 (2.44%) GitLab
1 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (24.39%) Public Sector
2 7 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Finance
3 4 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (75.61%) Network Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 6 (14.63%) Juniper Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Network Security Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Security Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Automation Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Lead
7 2 (4.88%) Lead Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Network Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Product Owner
7 2 (4.88%) WAN Engineer
8 1 (2.44%) Firewall Engineer
8 1 (2.44%) Junior Cisco Engineer
8 1 (2.44%) Junior Network Engineer
8 1 (2.44%) Security Administrator
8 1 (2.44%) Senior Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.44%) JSON
2 1 (2.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) Data Centre
2 6 (14.63%) PKI
3 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.44%) CMDB
4 1 (2.44%) Life Science
4 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Linux
2 1 (2.44%) CatOS
2 1 (2.44%) Unix
2 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (31.71%) Network Monitoring
2 8 (19.51%) ITIL
3 6 (14.63%) Kalman Filter
3 6 (14.63%) Patch Management
4 5 (12.20%) Change Management
5 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.32%) High Availability
6 3 (7.32%) Incident Management
6 3 (7.32%) Load Balancing
6 3 (7.32%) Matrix Organization
6 3 (7.32%) Network Design
6 3 (7.32%) Network Management
7 2 (4.88%) Agile
7 2 (4.88%) Coaching
7 2 (4.88%) Mentoring
7 2 (4.88%) Product Backlog
7 2 (4.88%) Product Management
7 2 (4.88%) Runbook
7 2 (4.88%) Scrum
7 2 (4.88%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) Python
2 7 (17.07%) Bash
3 6 (14.63%) C++
3 6 (14.63%) Perl
4 1 (2.44%) Go
4 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (58.54%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (46.34%) CCNP
2 19 (46.34%) Security Cleared
3 11 (26.83%) SC Cleared
4 7 (17.07%) JNCIA
4 7 (17.07%) JNCIS
5 5 (12.20%) CCNA
5 5 (12.20%) CCSA
5 5 (12.20%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.88%) CCIE
6 2 (4.88%) CCSE
7 1 (2.44%) CCDE
7 1 (2.44%) DBS Check
7 1 (2.44%) JNCIE
7 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Def Stans
1 1 (2.44%) GDPR
1 1 (2.44%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (24.39%) Firmware
2 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) CA Spectrum
2 3 (7.32%) Ansible
2 3 (7.32%) Nagios
3 2 (4.88%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (4.88%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (2.44%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (95.12%) Cisco
2 22 (53.66%) Juniper
3 16 (39.02%) CheckPoint
3 16 (39.02%) SolarWinds
4 11 (26.83%) Palo Alto
5 9 (21.95%) Meraki
6 7 (17.07%) F5
7 4 (9.76%) Fortinet
8 3 (7.32%) Arista
8 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
9 2 (4.88%) Oracle
9 2 (4.88%) Salesforce
9 2 (4.88%) VMware
10 1 (2.44%) Bloomberg
10 1 (2.44%) Refinitiv
10 1 (2.44%) Remedy
10 1 (2.44%) Ruckus Wireless
10 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow