EIGRP Contracts in England

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring EIGRP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited EIGRP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 399 456 594
Rank change year-on-year +57 +138 +73
Contract jobs citing EIGRP 86 86 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.35% 0.23% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.71% 1.72% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 68 31
10th Percentile £265 £335 £313
25th Percentile £369 £424 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% - -
75th Percentile £591 £516 £631
90th Percentile £633 £550 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £438
% change year-on-year +5.56% +2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £19.93 £19.93
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.06 £22.06
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -8.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £19.50 £24.75 £30.56
90th Percentile - - £32.78
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £26.25
% change year-on-year -20.83% -8.57% +0.96%

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 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for EIGRP in England

EIGRP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EIGRP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for EIGRP in England

EIGRP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for EIGRP in England

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 1 May 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
North of England +41 39 £500 -0.79% 3
North West +37 35 £500 -2.44% 3
London +38 33 £400 -15.79% 6
South East +18 6 £600 +33.33% 3
West Midlands - 3 £335 - 4
Midlands - 3 £335 - 4
Yorkshire - 2 £350 -
South West +44 1 - - 4
North East -1 1 £250 -27.54%
East of England - 1 £400 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.16%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 4 (4.65%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.98%) AWS
2 1 (1.16%) Akamai
2 1 (1.16%) Azure
2 1 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.16%) Datadog
2 1 (1.16%) GitHub
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.16%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 85 (98.84%) BGP
1 85 (98.84%) OSPF
2 58 (67.44%) Firewall
3 42 (48.84%) HSRP
4 35 (40.70%) IPsec
4 35 (40.70%) Network Security
5 29 (33.72%) WAN
6 27 (31.40%) Cisco ASA
7 24 (27.91%) VPN
8 21 (24.42%) Cisco Firepower
9 19 (22.09%) LAN
10 15 (17.44%) MPLS
10 15 (17.44%) RIP
11 14 (16.28%) SD-WAN
12 13 (15.12%) Cisco IOS
12 13 (15.12%) DNS
13 12 (13.95%) Spanning Tree
13 12 (13.95%) VRRP
13 12 (13.95%) Wireless
14 11 (12.79%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.16%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.16%) GitLab
2 1 (1.16%) JIRA
General
1 27 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 26 (30.23%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (15.12%) Public Sector
4 11 (12.79%) Telecoms
5 8 (9.30%) Finance
6 2 (2.33%) Electronics
6 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.33%) Legal
6 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.33%) Marketing
7 1 (1.16%) Aviation
7 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Military
7 1 (1.16%) Police
Job Titles
1 63 (73.26%) Network Engineer
2 12 (13.95%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 8 (9.30%) Senior
4 6 (6.98%) Architect
4 6 (6.98%) Deployment Engineer
4 6 (6.98%) Network Architect
4 6 (6.98%) Network Deployment Engineer
4 6 (6.98%) Network Security Engineer
4 6 (6.98%) Security Engineer
4 6 (6.98%) Senior Network Engineer
5 4 (4.65%) IP Engineer
5 4 (4.65%) WAN Engineer
6 3 (3.49%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (3.49%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (3.49%) Consultant
6 3 (3.49%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (3.49%) Juniper Engineer
6 3 (3.49%) Transmission Engineer
7 2 (2.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 2 (2.33%) Network Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.95%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.33%) JSON
3 1 (1.16%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (1.16%) REST
3 1 (1.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.63%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.33%) Clustering
2 2 (2.33%) NHS
3 1 (1.16%) IoT
3 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.16%) PKI
3 1 (1.16%) SCADA
3 1 (1.16%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.98%) Linux
2 5 (5.81%) CatOS
3 4 (4.65%) Unix
4 3 (3.49%) Windows
5 2 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.58%) Network Monitoring
2 19 (22.09%) ITIL
3 15 (17.44%) Network Management
4 14 (16.28%) Network Design
4 14 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (13.95%) Matrix Organization
6 11 (12.79%) Service Management
7 10 (11.63%) Change Management
8 9 (10.47%) ITSM
9 7 (8.14%) High Availability
10 6 (6.98%) Project Delivery
11 5 (5.81%) Root Cause Analysis
11 5 (5.81%) Service Delivery
12 4 (4.65%) Collaborative Working
12 4 (4.65%) Configuration Management
12 4 (4.65%) Mentoring
12 4 (4.65%) Network Planning
12 4 (4.65%) Patch Management
13 3 (3.49%) Performance Optimisation
13 3 (3.49%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.14%) Python
2 4 (4.65%) Perl
3 2 (2.33%) Bash
4 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 39 (45.35%) Security Cleared
2 37 (43.02%) Cisco Certification
3 34 (39.53%) SC Cleared
4 31 (36.05%) CCNP
5 12 (13.95%) CCNA
6 7 (8.14%) Degree
7 6 (6.98%) CCIE
7 6 (6.98%) CCSA
7 6 (6.98%) CCSE
8 3 (3.49%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.49%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (3.49%) JNCIS
9 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.33%) JNCIA
10 1 (1.16%) CCDP
10 1 (1.16%) CCIP
10 1 (1.16%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.16%) JNCIE
10 1 (1.16%) JNCIP
10 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.33%) DICOM
1 2 (2.33%) HL7
1 2 (2.33%) QA
2 1 (1.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (3.49%) Firmware
2 1 (1.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.81%) Ansible
2 3 (3.49%) CA Spectrum
3 2 (2.33%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.16%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.16%) Nagios
4 1 (1.16%) OpenView
4 1 (1.16%) OPNET
4 1 (1.16%) Terraform
4 1 (1.16%) Tivoli
4 1 (1.16%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 79 (91.86%) Cisco
2 35 (40.70%) CheckPoint
3 29 (33.72%) Palo Alto
4 20 (23.26%) Juniper
5 14 (16.28%) SolarWinds
6 8 (9.30%) F5
7 7 (8.14%) Fortinet
7 7 (8.14%) Meraki
8 4 (4.65%) Aruba
8 4 (4.65%) BMC
8 4 (4.65%) Huawei
8 4 (4.65%) Remedy
9 3 (3.49%) Arista
9 3 (3.49%) McAfee
10 2 (2.33%) EMC
10 2 (2.33%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (2.33%) Mitel
10 2 (2.33%) Oracle
10 2 (2.33%) SAP
10 2 (2.33%) Zscaler