EIGRP Contracts

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 8 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 436 497 614
Rank change year-on-year +61 +117 +91
Contract jobs citing EIGRP 85 93 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.29% 1.71% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 69 44
10th Percentile £190 £375 £304
25th Percentile £363 £425 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £525 £525 £626
90th Percentile £594 £550 £671
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
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 £19.50
90th Percentile - £23.33 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £19.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -13.64%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,718 5,426 7,086
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.68% 12.48% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,266 3,222 4,566
10th Percentile £216 £206 £241
25th Percentile £360 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £495 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -3.41% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £630
90th Percentile £675 £688 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £466 £480 £475
% change year-on-year -2.92% +0.95% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 421 446
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.30 £10.63
Median hourly rate £39.66 £40.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +116.22% -28.85%
75th Percentile £59.09 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £70.66 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £18.47
% change year-on-year -36.84% +157.24% -14.12%

EIGRP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing EIGRP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for EIGRP in the UK

EIGRP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for EIGRP in the UK

EIGRP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing EIGRP over the 6 months to 8 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for EIGRP in the UK

EIGRP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for EIGRP in the UK

EIGRP
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 June 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
England +67 77 £483 +2.12% 41
UK excluding London +41 52 £475 +5.56% 39
North of England +33 35 £495 -2.61% 2
North West +26 31 £500 -2.91% 1
London +41 27 £400 -17.95% 18
Work from Home +34 18 £500 +2.56% 21
Scotland +11 5 £456 -17.05% 15
Midlands - 5 £335 - 8
West Midlands - 5 £335 - 3
South East +23 4 £425 -5.56% 12
South West +36 2 - - 2
Yorkshire - 2 £350 - 1
North East -1 1 £250 -41.18% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £450 -

EIGRP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.18%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 4 (4.71%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.12%) AWS
2 8 (9.41%) Azure
3 3 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.35%) GCP
4 2 (2.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.18%) Akamai
5 1 (1.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.18%) Datadog
5 1 (1.18%) GitHub
5 1 (1.18%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 85 (100.00%) BGP
2 84 (98.82%) OSPF
3 59 (69.41%) Firewall
4 40 (47.06%) HSRP
5 37 (43.53%) Network Security
6 35 (41.18%) IPsec
7 30 (35.29%) WAN
8 27 (31.76%) Cisco ASA
9 24 (28.24%) VPN
10 22 (25.88%) Cisco Firepower
11 21 (24.71%) SD-WAN
12 17 (20.00%) LAN
12 17 (20.00%) VLAN
13 16 (18.82%) Cisco IOS
13 16 (18.82%) Wireless
14 15 (17.65%) DNS
14 15 (17.65%) Spanning Tree
15 14 (16.47%) DHCP
15 14 (16.47%) RIP
16 13 (15.29%) Cisco Nexus
Development Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.18%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.18%) GitLab
2 1 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 29 (34.12%) Social Skills
2 25 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (12.94%) Public Sector
4 8 (9.41%) Finance
5 6 (7.06%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.35%) Legal
8 1 (1.18%) Aviation
8 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.18%) Military
8 1 (1.18%) Police
Job Titles
1 66 (77.65%) Network Engineer
2 12 (14.12%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 9 (10.59%) Senior
3 9 (10.59%) Senior Network Engineer
4 6 (7.06%) Deployment Engineer
4 6 (7.06%) Network Deployment Engineer
4 6 (7.06%) Network Security Engineer
4 6 (7.06%) Security Engineer
5 4 (4.71%) Architect
5 4 (4.71%) IP Engineer
5 4 (4.71%) Network Architect
6 3 (3.53%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (3.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 3 (3.53%) Transmission Engineer
7 2 (2.35%) Data Engineer
7 2 (2.35%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 2 (2.35%) Juniper Engineer
7 2 (2.35%) Lead
7 2 (2.35%) Product Owner
7 2 (2.35%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (16.47%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.35%) JSON
3 1 (1.18%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (1.18%) REST
3 1 (1.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.47%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.35%) CMDB
2 2 (2.35%) Life Science
2 2 (2.35%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.18%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.18%) PKI
3 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.18%) SCADA
3 1 (1.18%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.88%) CatOS
2 4 (4.71%) Linux
2 4 (4.71%) Unix
3 1 (1.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.06%) ITIL
1 23 (27.06%) Network Monitoring
2 14 (16.47%) Network Management
2 14 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (15.29%) Change Management
4 12 (14.12%) Matrix Organization
5 11 (12.94%) Network Design
5 11 (12.94%) Service Management
6 10 (11.76%) High Availability
7 8 (9.41%) ITSM
8 7 (8.24%) Project Delivery
9 5 (5.88%) Mentoring
9 5 (5.88%) Patch Management
9 5 (5.88%) Service Delivery
10 4 (4.71%) Agile
10 4 (4.71%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (4.71%) Computer Science
10 4 (4.71%) Incident Management
10 4 (4.71%) Load Balancing
10 4 (4.71%) Network Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.41%) Python
2 2 (2.35%) Bash
2 2 (2.35%) Perl
3 1 (1.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 42 (49.41%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (41.18%) CCNP
2 35 (41.18%) Security Cleared
3 31 (36.47%) SC Cleared
4 13 (15.29%) CCNA
5 7 (8.24%) Degree
6 6 (7.06%) CCSA
6 6 (7.06%) CCSE
7 4 (4.71%) CCIE
7 4 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.35%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.35%) JNCIA
8 2 (2.35%) JNCIS
9 1 (1.18%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.18%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.18%) QA
System Software
1 3 (3.53%) Firmware
2 1 (1.18%) Docker
2 1 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (7.06%) Ansible
2 5 (5.88%) Nagios
3 3 (3.53%) CA Spectrum
4 2 (2.35%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (1.18%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.18%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.18%) OpenView
5 1 (1.18%) OPNET
5 1 (1.18%) Terraform
5 1 (1.18%) Tivoli
5 1 (1.18%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 82 (96.47%) Cisco
2 33 (38.82%) CheckPoint
3 29 (34.12%) Palo Alto
4 20 (23.53%) SolarWinds
5 19 (22.35%) Juniper
6 11 (12.94%) Meraki
7 10 (11.76%) F5
8 5 (5.88%) Arista
8 5 (5.88%) Fortinet
9 4 (4.71%) Aruba
9 4 (4.71%) BMC
9 4 (4.71%) Huawei
9 4 (4.71%) Remedy
10 3 (3.53%) Microsoft
10 3 (3.53%) VMware
10 3 (3.53%) Zscaler
11 2 (2.35%) Infoblox
11 2 (2.35%) Salesforce
11 2 (2.35%) ServiceNow
12 1 (1.18%) SevOne