EIGRP Job Trends

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring EIGRP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 628 560 772
Rank change year-on-year -68 +212 +208
Permanent jobs citing EIGRP 48 109 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.067% 0.24% 0.060%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.48% 1.75% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 27 86 35
10th Percentile £51,500 £46,250 £44,100
25th Percentile £58,750 £51,500 £47,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £56,121 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.82% +2.04% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £59,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £66,875 £86,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £54,000 £51,443
% change year-on-year +15.74% +4.97% +5.52%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,992 6,216 10,586
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.91% 13.60% 13.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,953 3,554 8,655
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,755 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% +12.24% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -30.00% +14.94% -3.33%

EIGRP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

EIGRP job vacancy trend in the UK

EIGRP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing EIGRP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing EIGRP

EIGRP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing EIGRP over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Salary histogram for EIGRP in the UK

EIGRP
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing EIGRP within the UK over the 6 months to 5 March 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -62 48 £65,000 +15.82% 14
UK excluding London -76 29 £62,500 +15.74% 13
London +34 12 £66,250 -13.11% 3
South East -79 8 £65,000 +22.64% 2
West Midlands +10 7 £62,500 - 4
Midlands +3 7 £62,500 - 5
North of England -32 7 £53,000 -7.83% 2
North East - 6 - -
East of England +9 5 £40,000 -2.44% 1
Work from Home +16 4 £80,000 +42.55% 3
South West -27 2 £50,250 -10.46% 2
North West -19 1 £53,000 -7.83% 1

EIGRP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (35.42%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (50.00%) Azure
2 18 (37.50%) AWS
3 5 (10.42%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.25%) AWS Direct Connect
4 3 (6.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (6.25%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 48 (100.00%) OSPF
2 43 (89.58%) BGP
3 38 (79.17%) Wireless
4 33 (68.75%) Firewall
4 33 (68.75%) VPN
5 31 (64.58%) WAN
6 30 (62.50%) VLAN
7 27 (56.25%) Cisco ASA
8 26 (54.17%) Network Security
9 24 (50.00%) LAN
10 21 (43.75%) Cisco Nexus
11 15 (31.25%) Cisco Wireless
12 14 (29.17%) WAAS
12 14 (29.17%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (25.00%) SNMP
13 12 (25.00%) Wireless Security
13 12 (25.00%) Wireshark
14 9 (18.75%) SD-WAN
15 8 (16.67%) DNS
16 7 (14.58%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Git
General
1 27 (56.25%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (12.50%) Law
4 3 (6.25%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.17%) Marketing
6 1 (2.08%) Finance
Job Titles
1 42 (87.50%) Network Engineer
2 25 (52.08%) Senior
3 24 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (14.58%) Lead
4 7 (14.58%) Lead Network Engineer
4 7 (14.58%) Network Team Leader
4 7 (14.58%) Team Leader
5 5 (10.42%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) WAN Engineer
8 1 (2.08%) Cisco Consultant
8 1 (2.08%) Cisco Network Consultant
8 1 (2.08%) Network Consultant
8 1 (2.08%) Network Security Engineer
8 1 (2.08%) Security Engineer
8 1 (2.08%) Senior Cisco Consultant
8 1 (2.08%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (2.08%) Senior Network Consultant
8 1 (2.08%) Switch Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) REST
2 1 (2.08%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 18 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 5 (10.42%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.25%) PKI
3 3 (6.25%) Public Cloud
3 3 (6.25%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.17%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.08%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.50%) Windows
2 5 (10.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) Network Monitoring
2 17 (35.42%) Computer Science
3 14 (29.17%) Kalman Filter
3 14 (29.17%) Load Balancing
3 14 (29.17%) Project Delivery
4 12 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 12 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 12 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 12 (25.00%) WAN Optimisation
5 10 (20.83%) Change Management
6 7 (14.58%) High Availability
7 6 (12.50%) Customer Service
7 6 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (12.50%) Network Design
7 6 (12.50%) Service Management
8 5 (10.42%) Business Continuity
8 5 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (10.42%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (10.42%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 24 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 43 (89.58%) CCNP
1 43 (89.58%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (37.50%) CCIE
3 17 (35.42%) Degree
4 16 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (10.42%) CCNA
5 5 (10.42%) DBS Check
6 3 (6.25%) AWS Certification
6 3 (6.25%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (29.17%) PMO
2 6 (12.50%) NIST
3 3 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (6.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (25.00%) ProxySG
2 5 (10.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) Ansible
2 1 (2.08%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 48 (100.00%) Cisco
2 25 (52.08%) SolarWinds
3 18 (37.50%) Palo Alto
4 17 (35.42%) CheckPoint
4 17 (35.42%) Infoblox
5 16 (33.33%) F5
6 15 (31.25%) Meraki
7 14 (29.17%) Motorola
8 12 (25.00%) Blue Coat
8 12 (25.00%) ServiceNow
9 10 (20.83%) Microsoft
10 7 (14.58%) Fortinet
11 5 (10.42%) Arista
12 3 (6.25%) ForeScout
12 3 (6.25%) SevOne
12 3 (6.25%) Splunk
13 2 (4.17%) Aruba
13 2 (4.17%) Brocade
13 2 (4.17%) Ekahau
13 2 (4.17%) Juniper