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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 455 502
Rank change year-on-year -77 +47 +46
Contract jobs citing Multicast 101 59 28
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.22% 0.21% 0.085%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.35% 1.76% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 41 15
10th Percentile £410 £423 £420
25th Percentile £463 £525 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -22.48%
75th Percentile £676 £775 £550
90th Percentile £720 £800 £607
UK median daily rate £588 £575 £500
% change year-on-year +2.17% +15.00% -22.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £36.63 -
25th Percentile £71.25 £37.19 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £38.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +87.10% - -
75th Percentile £73.75 £39.69 -
90th Percentile - £39.88 -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £38.75 -
% change year-on-year +87.10% - -

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 4,294 3,345 4,041
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.40% 12.13% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,582 2,079 2,417
10th Percentile £263 £238 £250
25th Percentile £400 £363 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £505
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.97% +1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £676 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 168 253
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £27.11 £42.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -36.21% -25.89% +1.52%
75th Percentile £65.88 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.85 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% -10.00% -9.09%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -68 57 £600 - 82
North of England -40 34 £575 +4.55% 2
North West -28 32 £575 +4.55% 2
West Midlands -21 29 - - 2
Midlands -26 29 - - 2
South East -61 3 £450 -10.00% 7
East of England -21 2 £500 +42.86%
Yorkshire -35 2 - -
South West -40 2 £600 +9.09% 3
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 (0.99%) Confluence
1 1 (0.99%) MTS
Applications
1 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.98%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.92%) AWS
2 7 (6.93%) Azure
2 7 (6.93%) GCP
3 2 (1.98%) OpenShift
4 1 (0.99%) IBM Watson
4 1 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.99%) OCI
4 1 (0.99%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (62.38%) BGP
2 43 (42.57%) VPN
3 39 (38.61%) Firewall
4 34 (33.66%) DMZ
5 33 (32.67%) DNS
6 26 (25.74%) WAN
7 25 (24.75%) VLAN
8 21 (20.79%) OSPF
9 11 (10.89%) Network Security
10 10 (9.90%) VXLAN
11 9 (8.91%) LAN
11 9 (8.91%) MPLS
12 8 (7.92%) Wireless
13 7 (6.93%) EIGRP
13 7 (6.93%) Spanning Tree
13 7 (6.93%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (5.94%) BIG-IP
14 6 (5.94%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (5.94%) Cisco Wireless
14 6 (5.94%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.93%) KDB
2 2 (1.98%) Kdb+
3 1 (0.99%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.98%) Artifactory
2 2 (1.98%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.99%) JIRA
3 1 (0.99%) Maven
General
1 32 (31.68%) Finance
2 31 (30.69%) Banking
3 25 (24.75%) Investment Banking
4 14 (13.86%) Social Skills
5 12 (11.88%) Front Office
6 8 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.94%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.96%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.98%) Billing
9 2 (1.98%) French Language
10 1 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.99%) Law
Job Titles
1 74 (73.27%) Network Engineer
2 39 (38.61%) Cisco Engineer
2 39 (38.61%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 33 (32.67%) Senior
4 32 (31.68%) Data Network Engineer
5 30 (29.70%) Network Security Engineer
5 30 (29.70%) Security Engineer
6 29 (28.71%) Cisco Security Engineer
6 29 (28.71%) Data Engineer
7 22 (21.78%) Senior Network Engineer
8 14 (13.86%) Web Engineer
9 8 (7.92%) Developer
10 7 (6.93%) Java Developer
11 6 (5.94%) Implementation Engineer
11 6 (5.94%) Network Implementation Engineer
11 6 (5.94%) Senior Developer
12 5 (4.95%) Middleware Engineer
12 5 (4.95%) Senior Java Developer
13 4 (3.96%) Firewall Engineer
13 4 (3.96%) Senior Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.90%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (6.93%) Ultra Messaging
3 5 (4.95%) Middleware
3 5 (4.95%) Terraform
4 3 (2.97%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.98%) .NET
5 2 (1.98%) eBPF
5 2 (1.98%) HTML
5 2 (1.98%) HTML5
6 1 (0.99%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 25 (24.75%) Data Centre
2 18 (17.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (7.92%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (6.93%) Equities
5 6 (5.94%) Algorithms
5 6 (5.94%) Digital Signage
5 6 (5.94%) Fixed Income
6 3 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.97%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.97%) Replication
7 2 (1.98%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.98%) Derivative
7 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.98%) Social Media
8 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.99%) CCTV
8 1 (0.99%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (0.99%) Eurex
8 1 (0.99%) MPEG
8 1 (0.99%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.91%) Linux
1 9 (8.91%) Windows
2 5 (4.95%) Unix
3 1 (0.99%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.99%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (37.62%) Load Balancing
2 33 (32.67%) Low Latency
3 15 (14.85%) Electronic Trading
4 13 (12.87%) Project Delivery
5 10 (9.90%) Migration
6 9 (8.91%) Algorithmic Trading
6 9 (8.91%) High Availability
6 9 (8.91%) Validation
7 7 (6.93%) Multithreading
7 7 (6.93%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (6.93%) Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (5.94%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (5.94%) Network Optimisation
8 6 (5.94%) Performance Tuning
8 6 (5.94%) Use Case
9 5 (4.95%) Agile
9 5 (4.95%) Capacity Planning
9 5 (4.95%) Change Management
9 5 (4.95%) Ultra-Low Latency
9 5 (4.95%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 19 (18.81%) Python
2 10 (9.90%) Java
3 8 (7.92%) SQL
4 6 (5.94%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.96%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.98%) C#
6 2 (1.98%) C++
6 2 (1.98%) Perl
Qualifications
1 12 (11.88%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (9.90%) CCNP
3 5 (4.95%) CCIE
3 5 (4.95%) Degree
3 5 (4.95%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.97%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.98%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.98%) CCNA
5 2 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.99%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.97%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.97%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (2.97%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (2.97%) vSphere
2 2 (1.98%) KVM
3 1 (0.99%) Docker
3 1 (0.99%) Firmware
3 1 (0.99%) GridGain
3 1 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 10 (9.90%) Ansible
2 6 (5.94%) Cisco Prime
2 6 (5.94%) ITRS Geneos
3 3 (2.97%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.98%) Grafana
4 2 (1.98%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.98%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 2 (1.98%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.99%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.99%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 70 (69.31%) Cisco
2 49 (48.51%) F5
3 31 (30.69%) Arista
4 18 (17.82%) Fortinet
5 17 (16.83%) Palo Alto
6 6 (5.94%) Solace
7 5 (4.95%) Aruba
7 5 (4.95%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.95%) Splunk
8 4 (3.96%) Bloomberg
9 3 (2.97%) Juniper
9 3 (2.97%) Microsoft
9 3 (2.97%) VMware
10 2 (1.98%) ION Trading
10 2 (1.98%) McAfee
10 2 (1.98%) NYFIX
10 2 (1.98%) Oracle
10 2 (1.98%) Peplink
10 2 (1.98%) Refinitiv
10 2 (1.98%) TIBCO