MGCP Contracts in England

Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring MGCP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MGCP 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 480 540 647
Rank change year-on-year +60 +107 +132
Contract jobs citing MGCP 5 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.021% 0.005% 0.012%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.16% 0.040% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £400 £700
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -42.86% +74.45%
75th Percentile £525 - £750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £463 £400 £700
% change year-on-year +15.63% -42.86% +74.45%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

MGCP 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MGCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MGCP in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for MGCP in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for MGCP in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MGCP within the England region 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +41 5 £463 +15.63%
MGCP
UK

MGCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) H.323
2 3 (60.00%) Unified Communications
2 3 (60.00%) WebEx
3 2 (40.00%) Network Security
3 2 (40.00%) VLAN
3 2 (40.00%) VoIP
General
1 3 (60.00%) Multimedia
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Voice Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Digital Signage
2 2 (40.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNA
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Ansible
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco UCCE
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco