EIGRP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 281 345 420
Rank change year-on-year +64 +75 +26
Contract jobs citing EIGRP 55 54 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.26% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.80% 1.56% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 45 19
10th Percentile £318 £335 £283
25th Percentile £409 £425 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% +5.88% +4.62%
75th Percentile £569 £515 £575
90th Percentile £625 £550 £635
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £438
% change year-on-year +5.56% +2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £19.08 £19.93
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.94 £22.06
Median hourly rate £19.00 £21.75 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.64% -17.14% +19.32%
75th Percentile £19.50 £23.44 £30.56
90th Percentile - £24.23 £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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,965 3,454 3,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.39% 16.63% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,982 2,287
10th Percentile £200 £204 £207
25th Percentile £301 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 358 328
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.48 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.20 £70.66 £74.50
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing EIGRP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for EIGRP in the UK excluding London

EIGRP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing EIGRP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for EIGRP in the UK excluding London

EIGRP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for EIGRP in the UK excluding London

EIGRP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing EIGRP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for EIGRP in the UK excluding London

EIGRP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EIGRP within the UK excluding London 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% 2
North West +37 35 £500 -2.44% 2
South East +18 6 £600 +33.33% 3
Scotland +16 4 £456 -17.05% 7
West Midlands - 3 £335 - 4
Midlands - 3 £335 - 4
Yorkshire - 2 £350 -
South West +44 1 - - 4
North East -1 1 £250 -27.54%
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -
East of England - 1 £400 -
EIGRP
UK

EIGRP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (7.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.27%) AWS
1 4 (7.27%) Azure
2 2 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
3 1 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 54 (98.18%) BGP
1 54 (98.18%) OSPF
2 36 (65.45%) Firewall
3 32 (58.18%) IPsec
4 31 (56.36%) HSRP
5 29 (52.73%) Cisco ASA
6 24 (43.64%) Cisco Firepower
7 16 (29.09%) Network Security
7 16 (29.09%) WAN
8 13 (23.64%) VPN
9 12 (21.82%) SD-WAN
10 9 (16.36%) MPLS
10 9 (16.36%) Wireless
11 8 (14.55%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (14.55%) LAN
11 8 (14.55%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (10.91%) TCP/IP
13 4 (7.27%) Cisco ISE
13 4 (7.27%) IPv4
14 3 (5.45%) Software-Defined Networking
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (16.36%) Public Sector
1 9 (16.36%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.09%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.64%) Legal
5 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.82%) Finance
Job Titles
1 47 (85.45%) Network Engineer
2 12 (21.82%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 6 (10.91%) Senior
3 6 (10.91%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (7.27%) IP Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Architect
5 3 (5.45%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 3 (5.45%) Network Architect
5 3 (5.45%) Transmission Engineer
6 2 (3.64%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (3.64%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (3.64%) Telecoms Engineer
7 1 (1.82%) IP Network Engineer
7 1 (1.82%) Junior
7 1 (1.82%) Junior Cisco Engineer
7 1 (1.82%) Junior Cisco Network Engineer
7 1 (1.82%) Junior Network Engineer
7 1 (1.82%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (1.82%) Senior Cisco Engineer
7 1 (1.82%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.82%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.73%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.82%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.00%) ITIL
2 9 (16.36%) ITSM
2 9 (16.36%) Network Design
2 9 (16.36%) Network Management
2 9 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (10.91%) Change Management
4 5 (9.09%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (9.09%) Project Delivery
4 5 (9.09%) Service Delivery
5 4 (7.27%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (7.27%) Configuration Management
5 4 (7.27%) High Availability
5 4 (7.27%) Network Planning
6 2 (3.64%) Computer Science
6 2 (3.64%) Mentoring
6 2 (3.64%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (3.64%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (3.64%) Prototyping
6 2 (3.64%) Threat Detection
7 1 (1.82%) Network Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.45%) Python
2 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (65.45%) Security Cleared
2 32 (58.18%) SC Cleared
3 19 (34.55%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (29.09%) CCNP
5 6 (10.91%) CCNA
6 4 (7.27%) Degree
7 3 (5.45%) CCIE
7 3 (5.45%) DV Cleared
8 2 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.82%) BC Cleared
9 1 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.82%) CCDP
9 1 (1.82%) CCIP
9 1 (1.82%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.82%) JNCIE
9 1 (1.82%) JNCIP
9 1 (1.82%) JNCIS
9 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) Ansible
2 2 (3.64%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.82%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (1.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 55 (100.00%) Cisco
2 28 (50.91%) Palo Alto
3 19 (34.55%) CheckPoint
4 10 (18.18%) SolarWinds
5 5 (9.09%) Juniper
6 4 (7.27%) BMC
6 4 (7.27%) Huawei
6 4 (7.27%) Remedy
7 3 (5.45%) Fortinet
7 3 (5.45%) Meraki
8 2 (3.64%) Aruba
8 2 (3.64%) F5
8 2 (3.64%) McAfee
9 1 (1.82%) ADVA
9 1 (1.82%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 1 (1.82%) Arista
9 1 (1.82%) Citrix
9 1 (1.82%) Infoblox
9 1 (1.82%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.82%) Zscaler