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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 516 421 509
Rank change year-on-year -95 +88 +168
Contract jobs citing EIGRP 28 86 62
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.090% 0.28% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.83% 2.27% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 46 30
10th Percentile £404 £356 £333
25th Percentile £440 £413 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £445
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +12.36% +4.71%
75th Percentile £519 £586 £647
90th Percentile £578 £625 £745
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - -24.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile - £19.50 £25.50
90th Percentile - - £31.80
UK median hourly rate - £28.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +14.00% +4.17%

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 3,382 3,792 5,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.92% 12.51% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,184 2,204 3,383
10th Percentile £206 £223 £210
25th Percentile £358 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £611
90th Percentile £677 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 129 330
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.35 £18.51
25th Percentile £20.09 £23.00 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -38.22% -14.04% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £33.39 £41.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.57% -25.45% +25.00%

EIGRP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing EIGRP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

EIGRP job vacancy trend 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 8 December 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 8 December 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 -16 18 £450 -5.26% 4
West Midlands -24 8 £525 +5.00% 5
Midlands -30 8 £525 +5.00% 5
North of England -64 1 £440 -20.00%
South West - 1 £475 -
Yorkshire - 1 £440 -
EIGRP
UK

EIGRP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 10 (35.71%) AWS
2 8 (28.57%) Azure
3 5 (17.86%) GCP
4 4 (14.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (14.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (7.14%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 28 (100.00%) BGP
1 28 (100.00%) OSPF
2 19 (67.86%) Firewall
3 18 (64.29%) WAN
4 15 (53.57%) DNS
5 14 (50.00%) VPN
6 13 (46.43%) VLAN
7 11 (39.29%) IPsec
7 11 (39.29%) SD-WAN
7 11 (39.29%) Wireless
8 10 (35.71%) LAN
8 10 (35.71%) Network Security
9 9 (32.14%) DHCP
10 8 (28.57%) WLAN
11 7 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
11 7 (25.00%) DMVPN
11 7 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 6 (21.43%) Cisco ISE
12 6 (21.43%) HTTPS
12 6 (21.43%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Git
1 1 (3.57%) GitLab
1 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.71%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Retail
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Legal
5 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (67.86%) Network Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Architect
2 6 (21.43%) Juniper Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Network Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Cisco Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
4 4 (14.29%) Security Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.14%) Automation Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Administrator
7 1 (3.57%) Firewall Engineer
7 1 (3.57%) Lead
7 1 (3.57%) Lead Architect
7 1 (3.57%) Network Administrator
7 1 (3.57%) Network Security Administrator
7 1 (3.57%) Network Security Architect
7 1 (3.57%) Security Administrator
7 1 (3.57%) Security Architect
7 1 (3.57%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) VML
2 1 (3.57%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 12 (42.86%) Data Centre
2 6 (21.43%) PKI
3 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.57%) SCADA
3 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Load Balancing
2 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (21.43%) Kalman Filter
3 6 (21.43%) Network Design
3 6 (21.43%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (17.86%) Network Management
4 5 (17.86%) Roadmaps
5 4 (14.29%) Incident Response
5 4 (14.29%) ITIL
5 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 4 (14.29%) Network Architecture
5 4 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
5 4 (14.29%) Security Architecture
5 4 (14.29%) Zero Trust
6 3 (10.71%) Computer Science
6 3 (10.71%) Configuration Management
6 3 (10.71%) Data Protection
6 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.71%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 12 (42.86%) Python
2 7 (25.00%) Bash
3 6 (21.43%) C++
3 6 (21.43%) Perl
4 1 (3.57%) Go
4 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (82.14%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (78.57%) CCNP
3 8 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 7 (25.00%) CCIE
4 7 (25.00%) JNCIA
4 7 (25.00%) JNCIS
5 4 (14.29%) CCSA
5 4 (14.29%) CISSP
5 4 (14.29%) DV Cleared
6 3 (10.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (10.71%) AWS Certification
6 3 (10.71%) Azure Certification
6 3 (10.71%) CCIE Security
6 3 (10.71%) CCSP
6 3 (10.71%) Degree
6 3 (10.71%) JNCIE
7 2 (7.14%) CCNA
7 2 (7.14%) JNCIP
7 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
8 1 (3.57%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) GDPR
1 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (14.29%) NIST
2 4 (14.29%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.57%) Def Stans
3 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (32.14%) Firmware
2 4 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (14.29%) VMware NSX
3 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (25.00%) Ansible
2 5 (17.86%) Terraform
3 4 (14.29%) CA Spectrum
4 2 (7.14%) Cisco CUCM
4 2 (7.14%) FortiGate
5 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) Cisco
2 21 (75.00%) Juniper
3 13 (46.43%) F5
4 12 (42.86%) SolarWinds
5 11 (39.29%) Meraki
6 10 (35.71%) CheckPoint
7 9 (32.14%) Fortinet
8 7 (25.00%) Palo Alto
9 4 (14.29%) Aruba
9 4 (14.29%) VMware
10 2 (7.14%) Arista
10 2 (7.14%) Forcepoint
10 2 (7.14%) Oracle
11 1 (3.57%) CA Agile Central
11 1 (3.57%) McAfee
11 1 (3.57%) Mellanox
11 1 (3.57%) NVIDIA
11 1 (3.57%) Remedy
11 1 (3.57%) Ruckus Wireless
11 1 (3.57%) Zscaler