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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 317 381
Rank change year-on-year -17 +64 +95
DemandTrendContract jobs citing EIGRP 35 63 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.35% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.63% 2.35% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 45 23
10th Percentile £198 £413 £336
25th Percentile £372 £425 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £588 £519 £463
90th Percentile £708 £539 £605
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £19.10
25th Percentile - £18.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.64% -
75th Percentile - £19.50 £24.00
90th Percentile - - £24.90
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £19.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year +202.63% -35.59% +13.46%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,150 2,686 3,442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.00% 14.79% 15.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,278 1,541 2,143
10th Percentile £204 £205 £206
25th Percentile £325 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £455
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.89% +1.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £582
90th Percentile £643 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 261 219
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.16 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £22.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £54.88 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.55% -4.57% +30.68%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.88
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £75.33
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £50.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -12.00% -11.49% +46.73%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing EIGRP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing EIGRP

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 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for EIGRP in the UK excluding London

EIGRP
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing EIGRP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing EIGRP

EIGRP
DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -27 17 £475 -7.77% 3
North West -12 15 £575 +11.65% 3
West Midlands -3 8 £525 +5.00% 2
Midlands -7 8 £525 +5.00% 4
Scotland +1 3 £455 -17.27% 4
South East -22 2 - - 3
South West - 2 - - 5
Channel Islands - 2 £725 -
North East -2 1 £250 -41.18%
Wales - 1 £400 -
Yorkshire - 1 £200 -
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 (11.43%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) Azure
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) AWS
2 2 (5.71%) GCP
3 1 (2.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 35 (100.00%) BGP
2 34 (97.14%) OSPF
3 24 (68.57%) Firewall
4 17 (48.57%) WAN
5 15 (42.86%) HSRP
5 15 (42.86%) IPsec
6 12 (34.29%) Cisco ASA
7 11 (31.43%) Cisco Firepower
7 11 (31.43%) VLAN
8 10 (28.57%) SD-WAN
9 9 (25.71%) Network Security
10 8 (22.86%) LAN
10 8 (22.86%) VPN
11 6 (17.14%) MPLS
12 5 (14.29%) Wireless
12 5 (14.29%) Wireshark
13 4 (11.43%) Cisco Nexus
13 4 (11.43%) DNS
13 4 (11.43%) IPv4
13 4 (11.43%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 6 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.71%) Finance
4 2 (5.71%) Local Government
5 1 (2.86%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (77.14%) Network Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 4 (11.43%) IP Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Transmission Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Lead
5 2 (5.71%) Product Owner
5 2 (5.71%) Senior
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Telecoms Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) IP Network Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Junior
6 1 (2.86%) Junior Cisco Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Junior Network Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Security Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Senior Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Data Centre
1 2 (5.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.86%) Life Science
2 1 (2.86%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.86%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (28.57%) ITIL
2 9 (25.71%) Network Monitoring
3 8 (22.86%) High Availability
4 7 (20.00%) Change Management
4 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (11.43%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (11.43%) Configuration Management
5 4 (11.43%) Network Design
5 4 (11.43%) Network Management
5 4 (11.43%) Network Planning
5 4 (11.43%) Service Delivery
6 3 (8.57%) Mentoring
6 3 (8.57%) Project Delivery
7 2 (5.71%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 2 (5.71%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (5.71%) Network Segmentation
7 2 (5.71%) Product Backlog
7 2 (5.71%) Product Requirements
7 2 (5.71%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (5.71%) Service Asset and Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.43%) Python
2 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (48.57%) Cisco Certification
1 17 (48.57%) Security Cleared
2 14 (40.00%) CCNP
3 12 (34.29%) SC Cleared
4 5 (14.29%) CCNA
5 4 (11.43%) CCIE
5 4 (11.43%) DV Cleared
6 3 (8.57%) Degree
7 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
8 1 (2.86%) JNCIA
8 1 (2.86%) JNCIS
8 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.71%) NCSC
2 1 (2.86%) Def Stans
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) Ansible
2 2 (5.71%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (5.71%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (5.71%) Nagios
Vendors
1 32 (91.43%) Cisco
2 14 (40.00%) SolarWinds
3 12 (34.29%) Palo Alto
4 11 (31.43%) CheckPoint
5 6 (17.14%) Juniper
6 4 (11.43%) BMC
6 4 (11.43%) Huawei
6 4 (11.43%) Meraki
6 4 (11.43%) Remedy
7 3 (8.57%) Microsoft
8 2 (5.71%) Arista
8 2 (5.71%) Salesforce
9 1 (2.86%) Fortinet
9 1 (2.86%) Infoblox
9 1 (2.86%) Oracle
9 1 (2.86%) Riverbed
9 1 (2.86%) VMware
9 1 (2.86%) Zscaler