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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 513 431 546
Rank change year-on-year -82 +115 +1
Contract jobs citing Multicast 107 68 14
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.24% 0.25% 0.039%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.51% 1.99% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 46 6
10th Percentile £400 £424 £400
25th Percentile £413 £500 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £444
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +26.76% -29.00%
75th Percentile £613 £664 £457
90th Percentile £712 £800 £729
UK median daily rate £500 £563 £444
% change year-on-year -11.11% +26.76% -29.00%
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 4,270 3,425 4,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.53% 12.59% 12.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,623 2,118 2,784
10th Percentile £250 £235 £219
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% -1.20% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 311 158 367
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.99 £13.86
25th Percentile £20.16 £25.04 £17.24
Median hourly rate £26.72 £44.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.96% +11.25% +23.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £87.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.44 £48.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -45.76% +21.88% +23.08%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -82 56 £538 -10.42% 18
North of England -43 38 £575 +5.99% 4
North West -19 36 £575 +5.99% 2
Midlands - 33 £413 - 1
West Midlands - 33 £413 -
South East -61 5 £525 +13.51% 3
East of England -21 2 £500 +42.86% 3
South West -46 2 £600 +12.15%
Yorkshire - 2 - - 2
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 (0.93%) MTS
Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.87%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.41%) AWS
2 8 (7.48%) Azure
3 7 (6.54%) GCP
4 2 (1.87%) IBM Watson
5 1 (0.93%) Amazon OpenSearch
5 1 (0.93%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.93%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (0.93%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.93%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.93%) IaaS
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.93%) OCI
5 1 (0.93%) PaaS
5 1 (0.93%) SaaS
5 1 (0.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 76 (71.03%) BGP
2 52 (48.60%) Firewall
3 50 (46.73%) VPN
4 38 (35.51%) DMZ
5 34 (31.78%) DNS
6 32 (29.91%) WAN
7 31 (28.97%) OSPF
8 19 (17.76%) MPLS
9 18 (16.82%) VLAN
10 16 (14.95%) LAN
10 16 (14.95%) Network Security
11 15 (14.02%) Cisco ASA
12 12 (11.21%) EIGRP
12 12 (11.21%) VXLAN
13 9 (8.41%) IGMP
14 8 (7.48%) Wireless
15 7 (6.54%) Cisco Nexus
15 7 (6.54%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 7 (6.54%) HSRP
16 6 (5.61%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.67%) KDB
2 1 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.93%) Kdb+
2 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (2.80%) Git
2 3 (2.80%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.87%) Artifactory
3 2 (1.87%) JIRA
4 1 (0.93%) GitLab
4 1 (0.93%) Maven
General
1 33 (30.84%) Banking
2 31 (28.97%) Finance
3 24 (22.43%) Investment Banking
4 12 (11.21%) Social Skills
5 11 (10.28%) Financial Institution
6 10 (9.35%) Front Office
7 6 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.74%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.87%) Aviation
9 2 (1.87%) Billing
9 2 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Law
Job Titles
1 73 (68.22%) Network Engineer
2 41 (38.32%) Cisco Engineer
2 41 (38.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 36 (33.64%) Data Network Engineer
4 35 (32.71%) Senior
5 33 (30.84%) Network Security Engineer
5 33 (30.84%) Security Engineer
6 32 (29.91%) Cisco Security Engineer
6 32 (29.91%) Data Engineer
7 18 (16.82%) Senior Network Engineer
8 16 (14.95%) Web Engineer
9 8 (7.48%) Developer
10 7 (6.54%) Java Developer
11 6 (5.61%) Senior Developer
12 5 (4.67%) Implementation Engineer
12 5 (4.67%) Middleware Engineer
12 5 (4.67%) Network Implementation Engineer
12 5 (4.67%) Senior Java Developer
13 4 (3.74%) Data Centre Engineer
13 4 (3.74%) Senior Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.48%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (6.54%) Ultra Messaging
3 5 (4.67%) Middleware
4 4 (3.74%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.87%) .NET
5 2 (1.87%) Django
6 1 (0.93%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.63%) Data Centre
2 12 (11.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (7.48%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (6.54%) Equities
5 6 (5.61%) Algorithms
5 6 (5.61%) Fixed Income
6 5 (4.67%) Digital Signage
7 3 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.80%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.80%) Replication
8 2 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.93%) CCTV
9 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.93%) Eurex
9 1 (0.93%) MPEG
9 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.93%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.28%) Linux
2 5 (4.67%) Unix
3 3 (2.80%) Windows
4 2 (1.87%) VMS
5 1 (0.93%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (40.19%) Load Balancing
2 32 (29.91%) Low Latency
3 15 (14.02%) Electronic Trading
4 12 (11.21%) Disaster Recovery
4 12 (11.21%) Project Delivery
5 8 (7.48%) High Availability
6 7 (6.54%) Algorithmic Trading
6 7 (6.54%) Multithreading
6 7 (6.54%) Performance Tuning
7 6 (5.61%) Migration
7 6 (5.61%) Network Optimisation
7 6 (5.61%) Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (5.61%) Roadmaps
7 6 (5.61%) Validation
8 5 (4.67%) CI/CD
8 5 (4.67%) Network Design
8 5 (4.67%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (4.67%) Ultra-Low Latency
8 5 (4.67%) Use Case
8 5 (4.67%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 23 (21.50%) Python
2 10 (9.35%) Java
3 6 (5.61%) SQL
4 4 (3.74%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.74%) Shell Script
5 3 (2.80%) Bash
6 2 (1.87%) C++
6 2 (1.87%) Perl
Qualifications
1 14 (13.08%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (9.35%) CCNP
3 9 (8.41%) CCIE
4 7 (6.54%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.67%) Degree
6 4 (3.74%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.80%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.80%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.87%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.87%) CCIP
8 2 (1.87%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.93%) CCDA
9 1 (0.93%) CCDP
9 1 (0.93%) CCNA
9 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.80%) NCSC
2 2 (1.87%) QA
3 1 (0.93%) GRC
3 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (3.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.80%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (2.80%) vSphere
3 2 (1.87%) Firmware
3 2 (1.87%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.93%) Docker
4 1 (0.93%) GridGain
4 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.93%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (15.89%) Ansible
2 8 (7.48%) Terraform
3 7 (6.54%) Cisco Prime
4 6 (5.61%) ITRS Geneos
5 5 (4.67%) Grafana
6 4 (3.74%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.87%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.87%) Iperf
7 2 (1.87%) Nmap
7 2 (1.87%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.93%) CASB
8 1 (0.93%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.93%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 79 (73.83%) Cisco
2 57 (53.27%) F5
3 30 (28.04%) Arista
4 23 (21.50%) Palo Alto
5 22 (20.56%) Fortinet
6 13 (12.15%) CheckPoint
7 7 (6.54%) Juniper
8 6 (5.61%) Solace
8 6 (5.61%) Splunk
8 6 (5.61%) VMware
9 4 (3.74%) SolarWinds
10 3 (2.80%) McAfee
10 3 (2.80%) Meraki
10 3 (2.80%) Microsoft
10 3 (2.80%) SevOne
11 2 (1.87%) Dell
11 2 (1.87%) IBM
11 2 (1.87%) ION Trading
11 2 (1.87%) TIBCO
11 2 (1.87%) Tufin