EIGRP Contracts in the North West

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 85 122 148
Rank change year-on-year +37 +26 -
Contract jobs citing EIGRP 35 15 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.78% 0.54% 0.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.70% 4.12% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 5
10th Percentile £370 £423 -
25th Percentile £475 £463 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £325
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +57.69% -
75th Percentile £588 £515 £363
90th Percentile £634 £518 £520
England median daily rate £490 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.89% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 327 364 421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 16.62% 13.21% 13.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 253 298
10th Percentile £185 £199 £288
25th Percentile £300 £319 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £530 £653 £575
90th Percentile £600 £825 £650
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 10
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.72 £17.92
25th Percentile £21.12 £18.48 £19.17
Median hourly rate £24.59 £26.75 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -14.40% +68.92%
75th Percentile £25.47 £45.88 £51.45
90th Percentile £25.90 £83.76 £52.13
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

EIGRP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing EIGRP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for EIGRP in the North West

EIGRP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for EIGRP in the North West

EIGRP
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for EIGRP in the North West

EIGRP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for EIGRP in the North West

EIGRP
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EIGRP within the North West 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
Cumbria +16 30 £550 +6.80% 2
Cheshire - 3 - -
Manchester +18 2 £375 +11.11% 1
EIGRP
England

EIGRP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 35 (100.00%) BGP
1 35 (100.00%) OSPF
2 28 (80.00%) HSRP
2 28 (80.00%) IPsec
3 24 (68.57%) Firewall
4 20 (57.14%) Cisco ASA
4 20 (57.14%) Cisco Firepower
5 6 (17.14%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (11.43%) Network Security
6 4 (11.43%) VPN
7 3 (8.57%) IPv4
7 3 (8.57%) MPLS
7 3 (8.57%) SD-WAN
7 3 (8.57%) WAN
8 2 (5.71%) Cisco Wireless
8 2 (5.71%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (5.71%) TCP/IP
8 2 (5.71%) Wireless
9 1 (2.86%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (2.86%) NetScaler
General
1 6 (17.14%) Public Sector
2 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (8.57%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (5.71%) Legal
3 2 (5.71%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (85.71%) Network Engineer
2 12 (34.29%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) IP Engineer
3 3 (8.57%) Senior
3 3 (8.57%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Network Architect
4 2 (5.71%) Transmission Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) IP Network Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Network Operations Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Telecoms Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) ITIL
1 9 (25.71%) ITSM
2 7 (20.00%) Network Management
3 5 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (8.57%) Change Management
4 3 (8.57%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (8.57%) Configuration Management
4 3 (8.57%) Network Design
4 3 (8.57%) Network Planning
4 3 (8.57%) Project Delivery
4 3 (8.57%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.71%) High Availability
5 2 (5.71%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (5.71%) Threat Detection
6 1 (2.86%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 28 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 28 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.29%) CCNP
2 5 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.71%) CCNA
3 2 (5.71%) Degree
4 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) Cisco
2 22 (62.86%) Palo Alto
3 19 (54.29%) CheckPoint
4 7 (20.00%) SolarWinds
5 3 (8.57%) BMC
5 3 (8.57%) Huawei
5 3 (8.57%) Remedy
6 2 (5.71%) Meraki
7 1 (2.86%) Citrix