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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 459 504
Rank change year-on-year -67 +45 +44
Contract jobs citing Multicast 105 59 28
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.23% 0.21% 0.084%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.42% 1.75% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 40 16
10th Percentile £400 £421 £406
25th Percentile £450 £500 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £474
Median % change year-on-year - +21.24% -24.42%
75th Percentile £676 £700 £550
90th Percentile £715 £800 £603
UK median daily rate £563 £575 £474
% change year-on-year -2.17% +21.24% -24.42%
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 4,330 3,368 4,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.44% 12.21% 12.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,615 2,090 2,527
10th Percentile £263 £250 £244
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £504
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -2.38% +0.80%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £614
90th Percentile £680 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £484 £500
% change year-on-year +3.31% -3.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 168 273
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.18
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £28.00 £43.00 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -34.88% -21.64% -0.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £84.30 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.14 £46.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% -7.50% -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 22 August 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 August 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 58 £600 - 14
North of England -36 36 £575 +4.55%
North West -19 34 £575 +4.55%
West Midlands -16 32 £413 -33.14% 2
Midlands -18 32 £413 -33.14% 2
South East -68 3 £450 -10.00% 3
East of England -20 2 £500 +42.86%
Yorkshire -37 2 - -
South West -43 2 £600 +9.09% 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 (0.95%) Confluence
1 1 (0.95%) MTS
Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.57%) AWS
1 9 (8.57%) Azure
2 8 (7.62%) GCP
3 2 (1.90%) OCI
3 2 (1.90%) OpenShift
4 1 (0.95%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (0.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (0.95%) IBM Watson
4 1 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.95%) SaaS
4 1 (0.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 68 (64.76%) BGP
2 45 (42.86%) VPN
3 42 (40.00%) Firewall
4 37 (35.24%) DMZ
5 35 (33.33%) DNS
6 28 (26.67%) WAN
7 25 (23.81%) VLAN
8 23 (21.90%) OSPF
9 13 (12.38%) Network Security
10 12 (11.43%) VXLAN
11 10 (9.52%) LAN
12 9 (8.57%) EIGRP
12 9 (8.57%) MPLS
13 8 (7.62%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (7.62%) Wireless
14 7 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (5.71%) BIG-IP
15 6 (5.71%) Cisco Wireless
15 6 (5.71%) IGMP
15 6 (5.71%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.67%) KDB
2 2 (1.90%) Kdb+
3 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.95%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.86%) Jenkins
1 3 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (1.90%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.95%) Git
3 1 (0.95%) JIRA
3 1 (0.95%) Maven
General
1 32 (30.48%) Banking
1 32 (30.48%) Finance
2 25 (23.81%) Investment Banking
3 14 (13.33%) Social Skills
4 12 (11.43%) Front Office
5 8 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.67%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.86%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.90%) Billing
8 2 (1.90%) French Language
9 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.95%) Law
Job Titles
1 76 (72.38%) Network Engineer
2 41 (39.05%) Cisco Engineer
2 41 (39.05%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 35 (33.33%) Data Network Engineer
4 33 (31.43%) Senior
5 32 (30.48%) Network Security Engineer
5 32 (30.48%) Security Engineer
6 31 (29.52%) Cisco Security Engineer
6 31 (29.52%) Data Engineer
7 21 (20.00%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (14.29%) Web Engineer
9 8 (7.62%) Developer
10 7 (6.67%) Java Developer
11 6 (5.71%) Implementation Engineer
11 6 (5.71%) Network Implementation Engineer
11 6 (5.71%) Senior Developer
12 5 (4.76%) Middleware Engineer
12 5 (4.76%) Senior Java Developer
13 4 (3.81%) Data Centre Engineer
13 4 (3.81%) Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.52%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (6.67%) Terraform
2 7 (6.67%) Ultra Messaging
3 5 (4.76%) Middleware
4 3 (2.86%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.90%) .NET
5 2 (1.90%) eBPF
5 2 (1.90%) HTML
5 2 (1.90%) HTML5
6 1 (0.95%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 26 (24.76%) Data Centre
2 17 (16.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (7.62%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (6.67%) Equities
5 6 (5.71%) Algorithms
5 6 (5.71%) Digital Signage
5 6 (5.71%) Fixed Income
6 3 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.86%) Replication
7 2 (1.90%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.90%) Derivative
7 2 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.90%) Social Media
8 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.95%) CCTV
8 1 (0.95%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.95%) Eurex
8 1 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.57%) Linux
2 8 (7.62%) Windows
3 5 (4.76%) Unix
4 1 (0.95%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.95%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (40.00%) Load Balancing
2 34 (32.38%) Low Latency
3 15 (14.29%) Electronic Trading
4 13 (12.38%) Project Delivery
5 9 (8.57%) Algorithmic Trading
5 9 (8.57%) High Availability
5 9 (8.57%) Migration
6 8 (7.62%) Validation
7 7 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (6.67%) Multithreading
7 7 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (6.67%) Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (5.71%) Network Optimisation
8 6 (5.71%) Performance Tuning
8 6 (5.71%) Roadmaps
8 6 (5.71%) Use Case
9 5 (4.76%) Agile
9 5 (4.76%) Capacity Planning
9 5 (4.76%) Change Management
9 5 (4.76%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 20 (19.05%) Python
2 10 (9.52%) Java
3 8 (7.62%) SQL
4 6 (5.71%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.81%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.90%) C#
6 2 (1.90%) C++
6 2 (1.90%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (12.38%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (9.52%) CCNP
3 6 (5.71%) CCIE
3 6 (5.71%) Degree
4 5 (4.76%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.86%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.90%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.90%) CCNA
7 1 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.95%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
1 3 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (2.86%) vSphere
2 2 (1.90%) Firmware
2 2 (1.90%) KVM
3 1 (0.95%) Docker
3 1 (0.95%) GridGain
3 1 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (11.43%) Ansible
2 6 (5.71%) Cisco Prime
2 6 (5.71%) ITRS Geneos
3 4 (3.81%) Grafana
4 3 (2.86%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.86%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.90%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 2 (1.90%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.95%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.95%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 74 (70.48%) Cisco
2 53 (50.48%) F5
3 31 (29.52%) Arista
4 19 (18.10%) Fortinet
5 18 (17.14%) Palo Alto
6 6 (5.71%) CheckPoint
6 6 (5.71%) Solace
7 5 (4.76%) Splunk
8 4 (3.81%) Aruba
8 4 (3.81%) Bloomberg
8 4 (3.81%) Juniper
9 3 (2.86%) Microsoft
9 3 (2.86%) VMware
10 2 (1.90%) ION Trading
10 2 (1.90%) McAfee
10 2 (1.90%) NYFIX
10 2 (1.90%) Oracle
10 2 (1.90%) Peplink
10 2 (1.90%) Refinitiv
10 2 (1.90%) TIBCO