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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 415 464 565
Rank change year-on-year +49 +101 +106
Contract jobs citing EIGRP 79 89 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.40% 1.84% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 67 43
10th Percentile £310 £400 £303
25th Percentile £375 £425 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £525 £525 £638
90th Percentile £591 £550 £734
UK median daily rate £444 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -6.58% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £18.98 -
25th Percentile £56.25 £19.69 £18.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £21.25 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +170.59% +11.84% -26.92%
75th Percentile £58.75 £22.69 £22.50
90th Percentile - £23.33 £24.30
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £21.25 £19.00
% change year-on-year +170.59% +11.84% -26.92%

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 3,288 4,827 6,034
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.73% 12.93% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,032 2,880 3,915
10th Percentile £235 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £355 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £507
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.38% +1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 393 392
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £16.67 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £38.41 £45.88 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% +121.59% -17.18%
75th Percentile £64.69 £65.00 £62.55
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £45.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -3.33% +114.29% -27.88%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 +36 32 £401 -18.89% 40
North of England +21 30 £500 -2.91% 7
North West +20 26 £500 -2.91% 5
West Midlands - 8 £525 - 5
Midlands - 8 £525 - 6
South East +24 4 £425 -5.56% 6
South West +39 2 - - 3
Yorkshire - 2 £350 - 1
North East -2 1 £250 -41.18% 1
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 (1.27%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (15.19%) AWS
2 3 (3.80%) Azure
2 3 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.53%) GCP
4 1 (1.27%) Akamai
4 1 (1.27%) Datadog
4 1 (1.27%) GitHub
4 1 (1.27%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 79 (100.00%) BGP
2 78 (98.73%) OSPF
3 59 (74.68%) Firewall
4 36 (45.57%) Network Security
5 34 (43.04%) HSRP
6 31 (39.24%) WAN
7 30 (37.97%) IPsec
8 23 (29.11%) VPN
9 22 (27.85%) Cisco ASA
10 20 (25.32%) LAN
10 20 (25.32%) SD-WAN
10 20 (25.32%) VLAN
11 19 (24.05%) DNS
12 18 (22.78%) Cisco Firepower
13 17 (21.52%) DHCP
14 15 (18.99%) Cisco IOS
14 15 (18.99%) Spanning Tree
14 15 (18.99%) Wireless
15 14 (17.72%) RIP
16 13 (16.46%) SSL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.27%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.27%) GitLab
2 1 (1.27%) JIRA
General
1 29 (36.71%) Social Skills
2 26 (32.91%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (15.19%) Public Sector
4 8 (10.13%) Finance
5 6 (7.59%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.27%) Aviation
7 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.27%) Legal
7 1 (1.27%) Military
7 1 (1.27%) Police
Job Titles
1 58 (73.42%) Network Engineer
2 11 (13.92%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 9 (11.39%) Network Security Engineer
3 9 (11.39%) Security Engineer
4 6 (7.59%) Deployment Engineer
4 6 (7.59%) Network Deployment Engineer
5 4 (5.06%) Architect
5 4 (5.06%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (5.06%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 4 (5.06%) IP Engineer
5 4 (5.06%) Network Architect
6 3 (3.80%) Administrator
6 3 (3.80%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 3 (3.80%) Juniper Engineer
6 3 (3.80%) Network Administrator
6 3 (3.80%) Senior
6 3 (3.80%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (3.80%) Transmission Engineer
7 2 (2.53%) Data Engineer
7 2 (2.53%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.46%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.53%) JSON
3 1 (1.27%) REST
3 1 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.53%) PKI
2 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.53%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.27%) CMDB
3 1 (1.27%) Life Science
3 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.27%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.33%) CatOS
2 4 (5.06%) Linux
2 4 (5.06%) Unix
3 1 (1.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (31.65%) Network Monitoring
2 21 (26.58%) ITIL
3 14 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (16.46%) Network Management
5 12 (15.19%) Change Management
5 12 (15.19%) Matrix Organization
6 11 (13.92%) Service Management
7 9 (11.39%) High Availability
7 9 (11.39%) Network Design
8 8 (10.13%) Patch Management
9 5 (6.33%) Mentoring
9 5 (6.33%) Project Delivery
9 5 (6.33%) Service Delivery
10 4 (5.06%) Agile
10 4 (5.06%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (5.06%) Configuration Management
10 4 (5.06%) Load Balancing
10 4 (5.06%) Network Planning
11 3 (3.80%) Incident Management
11 3 (3.80%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.39%) Python
2 3 (3.80%) Bash
2 3 (3.80%) Perl
3 2 (2.53%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.27%) C++
Qualifications
1 42 (53.16%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (45.57%) CCNP
3 32 (40.51%) Security Cleared
4 24 (30.38%) SC Cleared
5 12 (15.19%) CCNA
6 10 (12.66%) CCSA
7 6 (7.59%) CCSE
8 5 (6.33%) Degree
9 4 (5.06%) CCIE
9 4 (5.06%) DV Cleared
9 4 (5.06%) JNCIA
9 4 (5.06%) JNCIS
10 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.27%) DBS Check
11 1 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.27%) Def Stans
1 1 (1.27%) GDPR
1 1 (1.27%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.27%) QA
1 1 (1.27%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (8.86%) Firmware
2 1 (1.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (8.86%) Ansible
1 7 (8.86%) CA Spectrum
2 4 (5.06%) Nagios
3 2 (2.53%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (1.27%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.27%) OpenView
4 1 (1.27%) OPNET
4 1 (1.27%) Terraform
4 1 (1.27%) Tivoli
4 1 (1.27%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 76 (96.20%) Cisco
2 37 (46.84%) CheckPoint
3 26 (32.91%) Juniper
4 24 (30.38%) Palo Alto
4 24 (30.38%) SolarWinds
5 13 (16.46%) Meraki
6 12 (15.19%) F5
7 5 (6.33%) Arista
7 5 (6.33%) Fortinet
8 4 (5.06%) Aruba
8 4 (5.06%) BMC
8 4 (5.06%) Huawei
8 4 (5.06%) Remedy
9 3 (3.80%) Microsoft
10 2 (2.53%) Salesforce
10 2 (2.53%) VMware
10 2 (2.53%) Zscaler
11 1 (1.27%) Infoblox
11 1 (1.27%) Refinitiv
11 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow