Multicast Contract Job Trends in England

Multicast
UK > England

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 489 408 523
Rank change year-on-year -81 +115 -4
Contract jobs citing Multicast 89 59 19
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.22% 0.25% 0.052%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.28% 1.90% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 39 12
10th Percentile £400 £425 £401
25th Percentile £413 £500 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -16.00%
75th Percentile £657 £619 £711
90th Percentile £714 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £480 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -11.52% +3.33% -16.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £38.75 -
UK median hourly rate - £38.75 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,912 3,107 4,786
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.47% 12.96% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,427 1,935 2,876
10th Percentile £263 £214 £210
25th Percentile £400 £361 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year - +1.52% -6.19%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £481 £488
% change year-on-year +4.06% -1.44% -5.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 114 389
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.44 £16.30
Median hourly rate £36.25 £37.07 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -7.32% +122.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £64.69 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £81.25 £70.13
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -13.33% -6.25% +116.22%

Multicast
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Multicast job vacancy trend in England

Multicast
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Multicast.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Multicast

Multicast
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Multicast in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Multicast in England

Multicast
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Multicast.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Multicast

Multicast
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 Multicast within the England region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -61 46 £550 - 14
North West -16 33 £490 -8.41% 1
North of England -43 33 £490 -8.41% 1
West Midlands - 33 £413 -
Midlands - 33 £413 -
South East -52 5 £525 +23.53% 4
East of England -28 2 £500 +42.86%
South West -31 1 - -
Multicast
UK

Multicast
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 1 (1.12%) MTS
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.99%) AWS
2 6 (6.74%) Azure
3 5 (5.62%) GCP
4 2 (2.25%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 2 (2.25%) Amazon S3
4 2 (2.25%) IBM Watson
5 1 (1.12%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.12%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.12%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.12%) IaaS
5 1 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.12%) OCI
5 1 (1.12%) PaaS
5 1 (1.12%) SaaS
5 1 (1.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 67 (75.28%) BGP
2 44 (49.44%) VPN
3 38 (42.70%) Firewall
4 36 (40.45%) DMZ
5 32 (35.96%) DNS
6 28 (31.46%) OSPF
7 26 (29.21%) WAN
8 17 (19.10%) MPLS
9 15 (16.85%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (14.61%) LAN
10 13 (14.61%) Network Security
11 12 (13.48%) VLAN
12 11 (12.36%) EIGRP
12 11 (12.36%) VXLAN
13 8 (8.99%) IGMP
14 7 (7.87%) HSRP
15 6 (6.74%) Ethernet VPN
15 6 (6.74%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 6 (6.74%) VRRP
15 6 (6.74%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.62%) KDB
2 2 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.12%) Kdb+
3 1 (1.12%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.74%) Git
2 4 (4.49%) GitLab
2 4 (4.49%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (3.37%) JIRA
4 2 (2.25%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.12%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.12%) Maven
General
1 30 (33.71%) Banking
2 23 (25.84%) Finance
2 23 (25.84%) Investment Banking
3 9 (10.11%) Financial Institution
3 9 (10.11%) Front Office
4 6 (6.74%) Social Skills
5 5 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.49%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.25%) Aviation
7 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.12%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.12%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 60 (67.42%) Network Engineer
2 37 (41.57%) Cisco Engineer
2 37 (41.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 36 (40.45%) Data Network Engineer
4 33 (37.08%) Network Security Engineer
4 33 (37.08%) Security Engineer
5 32 (35.96%) Cisco Security Engineer
5 32 (35.96%) Data Engineer
6 30 (33.71%) Senior
7 15 (16.85%) Web Engineer
8 13 (14.61%) Senior Network Engineer
9 8 (8.99%) Developer
10 7 (7.87%) Java Developer
11 6 (6.74%) Senior Developer
12 5 (5.62%) Senior Java Developer
13 4 (4.49%) Data Centre Engineer
14 3 (3.37%) Firewall Engineer
14 3 (3.37%) IP Network Engineer
14 3 (3.37%) Juniper Engineer
14 3 (3.37%) Senior Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.87%) FIX Protocol
1 7 (7.87%) Ultra Messaging
2 2 (2.25%) 802.1X
2 2 (2.25%) Django
3 1 (1.12%) .NET
3 1 (1.12%) Java Concurrency
3 1 (1.12%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.85%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (7.87%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (7.87%) Equities
4 6 (6.74%) Algorithms
5 4 (4.49%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.25%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (2.25%) Fixed Income
6 2 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.25%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.12%) Digital Signage
7 1 (1.12%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.12%) MPEG
7 1 (1.12%) Replication
7 1 (1.12%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.12%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.74%) Linux
2 2 (2.25%) Unix
2 2 (2.25%) VMS
2 2 (2.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (44.94%) Load Balancing
2 23 (25.84%) Low Latency
3 11 (12.36%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (12.36%) Electronic Trading
4 7 (7.87%) Migration
4 7 (7.87%) Multithreading
5 6 (6.74%) Algorithmic Trading
5 6 (6.74%) Project Delivery
6 5 (5.62%) CI/CD
6 5 (5.62%) Performance Tuning
6 5 (5.62%) Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (5.62%) Test Automation
7 4 (4.49%) Architectural Design
7 4 (4.49%) Network Design
7 4 (4.49%) Network Optimisation
7 4 (4.49%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (4.49%) Virtual Environments
8 3 (3.37%) Data Protection
8 3 (3.37%) Operational Stability
8 3 (3.37%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.22%) Python
2 9 (10.11%) Java
3 4 (4.49%) Bash
4 3 (3.37%) SQL
5 2 (2.25%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.12%) C++
6 1 (1.12%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (11.24%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (7.87%) CCIE
3 6 (6.74%) CCNP
3 6 (6.74%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.37%) Degree
4 3 (3.37%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.25%) BC Cleared
5 2 (2.25%) CCIP
5 2 (2.25%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.25%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.12%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.12%) CCDA
6 1 (1.12%) CCDP
6 1 (1.12%) CCNA
6 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.37%) NCSC
2 2 (2.25%) QA
3 1 (1.12%) GRC
3 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.25%) Firmware
2 2 (2.25%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.12%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.12%) Docker
3 1 (1.12%) GridGain
3 1 (1.12%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (19.10%) Ansible
2 6 (6.74%) Terraform
3 5 (5.62%) Grafana
3 5 (5.62%) Prometheus
4 3 (3.37%) Cisco Prime
5 2 (2.25%) Iperf
5 2 (2.25%) ITRS Geneos
5 2 (2.25%) Nmap
5 2 (2.25%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (1.12%) CASB
6 1 (1.12%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.12%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.12%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.12%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 68 (76.40%) Cisco
2 54 (60.67%) F5
3 25 (28.09%) Arista
4 22 (24.72%) Palo Alto
5 18 (20.22%) Fortinet
6 13 (14.61%) CheckPoint
7 7 (7.87%) Juniper
8 5 (5.62%) VMware
9 4 (4.49%) SolarWinds
10 3 (3.37%) Dell
10 3 (3.37%) Meraki
10 3 (3.37%) Microsoft
10 3 (3.37%) SevOne
10 3 (3.37%) Splunk
11 2 (2.25%) Aruba
11 2 (2.25%) IBM
11 2 (2.25%) NetScout
11 2 (2.25%) Red Hat
11 2 (2.25%) Solace
11 2 (2.25%) Tufin