Multicast Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Multicast
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Multicast skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 111 127
Rank change year-on-year -15 +16 +38
Contract jobs citing Multicast 7 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.29% 0.29% 0.046%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.67% 2.94% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile £489 £478 -
25th Percentile £605 £587 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £693 £657 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% - -
75th Percentile £708 £691 -
90th Percentile £712 £742 -
Central London median daily rate £693 £654 -
% change year-on-year +5.89% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

Multicast 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 City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 150 170 221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 6.19% 9.85% 10.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 115 142
10th Percentile £240 £259 £187
25th Percentile £413 £425 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £675 £662 £634
90th Percentile £731 £745 £788
Central London median daily rate £544 £543 £450
% change year-on-year +0.23% +20.56% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £21.27 £27.56 -
25th Percentile £24.17 £33.28 £12.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £44.11 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.98% +226.72% -51.53%
75th Percentile £48.00 £55.49 £14.25
90th Percentile £58.20 £61.54 -
Central London median hourly rate £60.00 £44.11 £13.50
% change year-on-year +36.03% +226.72% -51.53%

Multicast
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Multicast relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Multicast job vacancy trend in the City of London

Multicast
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Multicast.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Multicast

Multicast
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Multicast in the City of London over the 6 months to 22 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Multicast in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Multicast.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Multicast

Multicast
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) BGP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (14.29%) DVB
2 1 (14.29%) VLAN
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (14.29%) Artifactory
2 1 (14.29%) Maven
2 1 (14.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (57.14%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Front Office
3 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Java Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Support
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Broadcast Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Electronic Trading Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Middleware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Implementation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Broadcast Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (28.57%) Ultra Messaging
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) Java Concurrency
2 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (28.57%) Algorithms
2 2 (28.57%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (28.57%) Equities
2 2 (28.57%) Fixed Income
3 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Signage
3 1 (14.29%) MPEG
3 1 (14.29%) Replication
3 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Unix
3 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Electronic Trading
1 5 (71.43%) Low Latency
2 3 (42.86%) Algorithmic Trading
2 3 (42.86%) Event-Driven
2 3 (42.86%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 2 (28.57%) Concurrent Programming
3 2 (28.57%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) High Availability
3 2 (28.57%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Multithreading
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Algorithmic Pricing
4 1 (14.29%) Broadcast Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Capacity Management
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) Python
3 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
4 1 (14.29%) C++
4 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
1 1 (14.29%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) ITRS Geneos
2 1 (14.29%) Ansible
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (14.29%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) Solace
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) F5
2 1 (14.29%) ION Trading
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk
2 1 (14.29%) Sybase