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 19 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 591 812 983
Rank change year-on-year +221 +171 +107
Permanent jobs citing EIGRP 106 51 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.058% 0.036%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.37% 0.43% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 89 36 35
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,875 £43,000
25th Percentile £51,500 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £59,250 £91,250
90th Percentile £66,500 £85,938 £160,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +10.53% -7.77%

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 7,711 11,841 15,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.68% 13.46% 14.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,931 9,212 8,892
10th Percentile £25,267 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,375 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,251 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -7.62% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,500 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.60% -3.33% -

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 19 March 2025.

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 19 March 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 +206 106 £55,000 - 26
UK excluding London +194 95 £53,000 +0.95% 17
South East +136 68 £53,000 +0.95% 7
Work from Home +152 19 £56,121 -2.40% 15
South West +100 11 £56,121 +10.29%
North of England +73 11 £57,500 +12.20% 9
London +72 11 £75,000 +18.55% 9
North West +40 8 £57,500 +4.55% 7
East of England +47 4 £41,000 -
Yorkshire +68 3 - - 2
Midlands +47 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 1

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:

Applications
1 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.94%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (17.92%) Azure
2 13 (12.26%) AWS
3 6 (5.66%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.89%) SaaS
5 1 (0.94%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.94%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 100 (94.34%) BGP
1 100 (94.34%) OSPF
2 70 (66.04%) Firewall
3 55 (51.89%) Network Security
4 36 (33.96%) Cisco ASA
5 27 (25.47%) VPN
6 21 (19.81%) TCP/IP
7 19 (17.92%) Cisco Firepower
7 19 (17.92%) IPsec
7 19 (17.92%) RIP
8 18 (16.98%) WAN
9 17 (16.04%) DMVPN
10 16 (15.09%) VLAN
11 14 (13.21%) SSL
12 12 (11.32%) Ethernet VPN
12 12 (11.32%) SD-WAN
12 12 (11.32%) VXLAN
13 10 (9.43%) Cisco ISE
13 10 (9.43%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (8.49%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 5 (4.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 22 (20.75%) Social Skills
2 10 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.66%) Police
4 4 (3.77%) Local Government
5 3 (2.83%) Advertising
5 3 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.89%) Finance
6 2 (1.89%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.94%) Automotive
7 1 (0.94%) Banking
7 1 (0.94%) Military
7 1 (0.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 80 (75.47%) Network Engineer
2 26 (24.53%) Network Security Engineer
2 26 (24.53%) Security Engineer
3 15 (14.15%) Senior
4 14 (13.21%) Senior Network Engineer
5 13 (12.26%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 12 (11.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 12 (11.32%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
7 9 (8.49%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 8 (7.55%) Designer
8 8 (7.55%) Network Designer
9 6 (5.66%) Network Specialist
10 5 (4.72%) Network Manager
11 3 (2.83%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 3 (2.83%) Analyst
11 3 (2.83%) Development Specialist
11 3 (2.83%) Network Support
11 3 (2.83%) Network Support Engineer
11 3 (2.83%) Operations Analyst
11 3 (2.83%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.43%) 802.1X
2 5 (4.72%) YAML
3 3 (2.83%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.32%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.66%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (5.66%) Driving Licence
3 1 (0.94%) Client/Server
3 1 (0.94%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (0.94%) Hedge funds
3 1 (0.94%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.89%) Windows
1 2 (1.89%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.94%) Linux
2 1 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.94%) Windows 7
2 1 (0.94%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (19.81%) Network Design
2 17 (16.04%) Agile
3 15 (14.15%) Network Management
4 12 (11.32%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (10.38%) ITIL
6 10 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (7.55%) Customer Requirements
8 7 (6.60%) Business Continuity
8 7 (6.60%) Network Monitoring
9 6 (5.66%) Boundary Protection
9 6 (5.66%) Business Strategy
9 6 (5.66%) Impact Assessments
9 6 (5.66%) Inventory Management
9 6 (5.66%) Line Management
9 6 (5.66%) Low Latency
9 6 (5.66%) Network Architecture
9 6 (5.66%) Strategic Thinking
9 6 (5.66%) Technical Analysis
10 5 (4.72%) Critical Thinking
10 5 (4.72%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.38%) Python
2 7 (6.60%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.94%) Bash
3 1 (0.94%) R
Qualifications
1 78 (73.58%) Security Cleared
2 66 (62.26%) DV Cleared
3 59 (55.66%) SC Cleared
4 27 (25.47%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (16.04%) CCNA
6 13 (12.26%) CCNP
7 9 (8.49%) Degree
8 4 (3.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.94%) CCIE
10 1 (0.94%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.94%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (4.72%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.94%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (5.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.83%) Docker
2 3 (2.83%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.94%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (27.36%) FortiGate
2 9 (8.49%) Ansible
3 6 (5.66%) Terraform
4 3 (2.83%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.94%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.94%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 106 (100.00%) Cisco
2 66 (62.26%) Fortinet
3 42 (39.62%) Juniper
4 23 (21.70%) SolarWinds
5 11 (10.38%) CheckPoint
5 11 (10.38%) Palo Alto
6 9 (8.49%) McAfee
7 6 (5.66%) VMware
8 4 (3.77%) HP
9 2 (1.89%) Avaya
9 2 (1.89%) F5
9 2 (1.89%) ForeScout
9 2 (1.89%) Mitel
9 2 (1.89%) Red Box
9 2 (1.89%) SevOne
10 1 (0.94%) Arista
10 1 (0.94%) EMC
10 1 (0.94%) Isilon
10 1 (0.94%) Meraki
10 1 (0.94%) Proofpoint