Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring EIGRP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries 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 596 825 945
Rank change year-on-year +229 +120 +155
Permanent jobs citing EIGRP 96 71 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.072% 0.042%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.38% 0.52% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 85 43 37
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,101 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £43,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +8.91% -3.81%
75th Percentile £59,000 £61,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £87,500 £91,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.58% - -9.52%

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 6,964 13,635 16,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.38% 13.84% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,270 9,518 8,181
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,063 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,625 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.31% -3.06% -

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing EIGRP.

Salary trend for EIGRP in the UK

EIGRP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing EIGRP over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for EIGRP in the UK

EIGRP
Top 10 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +204 96 £53,000 -3.64% 19
UK excluding London +246 87 £53,000 +11.58% 21
South East +146 63 £53,000 +0.95% 3
Work from Home +195 14 £56,121 -2.40% 14
North of England +86 11 £57,500 +28.27% 3
London +101 9 £56,250 -22.82% 6
South West - 9 £56,121 - 4
North West +32 7 £57,500 +64.29% 3
Yorkshire +79 4 - -
East of England - 4 £41,000 -

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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (14.58%) Azure
2 7 (7.29%) AWS
3 2 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (2.08%) SaaS
4 1 (1.04%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 93 (96.88%) OSPF
2 90 (93.75%) BGP
3 71 (73.96%) Firewall
4 55 (57.29%) Network Security
5 28 (29.17%) Cisco ASA
6 17 (17.71%) IPsec
6 17 (17.71%) VPN
7 16 (16.67%) DMVPN
7 16 (16.67%) WAN
8 13 (13.54%) TCP/IP
9 12 (12.50%) Cisco Firepower
9 12 (12.50%) RIP
9 12 (12.50%) SNMP
10 11 (11.46%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (10.42%) SD-WAN
12 9 (9.38%) HSRP
12 9 (9.38%) SSL
12 9 (9.38%) VLAN
13 6 (6.25%) SSH
13 6 (6.25%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.25%) Police
4 5 (5.21%) Advertising
5 4 (4.17%) Banking
5 4 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (4.17%) Local Government
6 3 (3.13%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.08%) Finance
7 2 (2.08%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.04%) Military
8 1 (1.04%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 76 (79.17%) Network Engineer
2 26 (27.08%) Network Security Engineer
2 26 (27.08%) Security Engineer
3 14 (14.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 14 (14.58%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 12 (12.50%) Senior
4 12 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
5 11 (11.46%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 10 (10.42%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 8 (8.33%) Designer
7 8 (8.33%) Network Designer
8 5 (5.21%) Network Specialist
9 4 (4.17%) Cisco Engineer
9 4 (4.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 3 (3.13%) 3rd Line Support
10 3 (3.13%) Development Specialist
10 3 (3.13%) Network Support
10 3 (3.13%) Network Support Engineer
10 3 (3.13%) Support Engineer
10 3 (3.13%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.17%) 802.1X
1 4 (4.17%) REST
2 2 (2.08%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.42%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (3.13%) IPTV
4 1 (1.04%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.04%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (1.04%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.04%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.04%) Linux
1 1 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (1.04%) Windows
1 1 (1.04%) Windows 7
1 1 (1.04%) Windows Server
1 1 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (20.83%) Network Design
2 16 (16.67%) Network Management
3 9 (9.38%) ITIL
4 8 (8.33%) Agile
4 8 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
4 8 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
4 8 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (6.25%) Boundary Protection
5 6 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (6.25%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (6.25%) Impact Assessments
5 6 (6.25%) Inventory Management
5 6 (6.25%) Line Management
5 6 (6.25%) Low Latency
5 6 (6.25%) Network Virtualisation
5 6 (6.25%) Strategic Thinking
5 6 (6.25%) Technical Analysis
6 4 (4.17%) Business Continuity
6 4 (4.17%) Computer Science
6 4 (4.17%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.33%) Python
2 2 (2.08%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.04%) Bash
3 1 (1.04%) R
Qualifications
1 70 (72.92%) Security Cleared
2 61 (63.54%) DV Cleared
3 60 (62.50%) SC Cleared
4 20 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (13.54%) CCNA
6 10 (10.42%) CCNP
7 9 (9.38%) Degree
8 4 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.04%) CCIE
9 1 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.04%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.13%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (2.08%) GDPR
2 2 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.04%) HIPAA
System Software
1 5 (5.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.17%) Docker
2 4 (4.17%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.04%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (29.17%) FortiGate
2 8 (8.33%) Ansible
3 4 (4.17%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 96 (100.00%) Cisco
2 67 (69.79%) Fortinet
3 32 (33.33%) Juniper
4 21 (21.88%) SolarWinds
5 16 (16.67%) CheckPoint
6 11 (11.46%) Palo Alto
7 8 (8.33%) McAfee
8 5 (5.21%) VMware
9 4 (4.17%) Arista
9 4 (4.17%) HP
9 4 (4.17%) Meraki
10 3 (3.13%) Bloomberg
10 3 (3.13%) Refinitiv
11 2 (2.08%) Avaya
11 2 (2.08%) F5
11 2 (2.08%) ForeScout
11 2 (2.08%) Mitel
11 2 (2.08%) Red Box
11 2 (2.08%) SevOne
12 1 (1.04%) Red Hat