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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 513 440 521
Rank change year-on-year -73 +81 +38
Contract jobs citing Multicast 105 67 20
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.23% 0.24% 0.057%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.47% 1.94% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 46 11
10th Percentile £400 £424 £400
25th Percentile £413 £500 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £448
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +25.70% -28.40%
75th Percentile £638 £664 £565
90th Percentile £715 £800 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £448
% change year-on-year -4.55% +22.91% -28.40%
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 4,252 3,453 4,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.46% 12.62% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,603 2,150 2,724
10th Percentile £263 £235 £225
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £489 £500
% change year-on-year +2.25% -2.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 161 332
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.72 £45.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.62% -5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £87.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.22 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -44.80% +5.56% -10.00%

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 24 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 24 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 -79 56 £550 -8.33% 20
North of England -36 36 £575 +5.99% 5
North West -17 34 £575 +5.99% 4
Midlands - 32 £413 -
West Midlands - 32 £413 -
South East -61 5 £525 +13.51% 2
East of England -18 2 £500 +42.86% 1
South West -45 2 £600 +12.15%
Yorkshire - 2 - - 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%) MTS
Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.90%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (9.52%) AWS
1 10 (9.52%) Azure
2 9 (8.57%) GCP
3 2 (1.90%) OpenShift
4 1 (0.95%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (0.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (0.95%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.95%) IaaS
4 1 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.95%) OCI
4 1 (0.95%) PaaS
4 1 (0.95%) SaaS
4 1 (0.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 76 (72.38%) BGP
2 51 (48.57%) Firewall
3 49 (46.67%) VPN
4 37 (35.24%) DMZ
5 35 (33.33%) DNS
6 32 (30.48%) OSPF
7 29 (27.62%) WAN
8 20 (19.05%) VLAN
9 16 (15.24%) MPLS
10 15 (14.29%) Network Security
11 14 (13.33%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (13.33%) VXLAN
12 13 (12.38%) LAN
13 11 (10.48%) EIGRP
14 9 (8.57%) IGMP
15 8 (7.62%) Wireless
16 7 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
16 7 (6.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 7 (6.67%) HSRP
17 6 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.71%) KDB
2 1 (0.95%) Kdb+
2 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.95%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (2.86%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.90%) Artifactory
3 2 (1.90%) Git
4 1 (0.95%) JIRA
4 1 (0.95%) Maven
General
1 33 (31.43%) Banking
2 30 (28.57%) Finance
3 24 (22.86%) Investment Banking
4 12 (11.43%) Social Skills
5 11 (10.48%) Front Office
6 10 (9.52%) Financial Institution
7 7 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.81%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.90%) Aviation
9 2 (1.90%) Billing
9 2 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.95%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.95%) Law
Job Titles
1 72 (68.57%) Network Engineer
2 40 (38.10%) Cisco Engineer
2 40 (38.10%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 36 (34.29%) Senior
4 35 (33.33%) Data Network Engineer
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 19 (18.10%) Senior Network Engineer
8 15 (14.29%) Web Engineer
9 8 (7.62%) Developer
10 7 (6.67%) Java Developer
11 6 (5.71%) Senior Developer
12 5 (4.76%) Implementation Engineer
12 5 (4.76%) Middleware Engineer
12 5 (4.76%) Network Implementation Engineer
12 5 (4.76%) Senior Java Developer
13 4 (3.81%) Data Centre Engineer
13 4 (3.81%) Senior Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.57%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (6.67%) Ultra Messaging
3 5 (4.76%) Middleware
4 4 (3.81%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.90%) .NET
5 2 (1.90%) eBPF
6 1 (0.95%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 21 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 12 (11.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (7.62%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (6.67%) Equities
5 6 (5.71%) Algorithms
5 6 (5.71%) Fixed Income
6 5 (4.76%) Digital Signage
7 3 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.86%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.86%) Replication
8 2 (1.90%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.90%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.95%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.95%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.52%) Linux
2 5 (4.76%) Unix
3 3 (2.86%) Windows
4 2 (1.90%) VMS
5 1 (0.95%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (41.90%) Load Balancing
2 33 (31.43%) Low Latency
3 15 (14.29%) Electronic Trading
4 12 (11.43%) Project Delivery
5 11 (10.48%) Disaster Recovery
6 8 (7.62%) Algorithmic Trading
6 8 (7.62%) High Availability
7 7 (6.67%) Multithreading
7 7 (6.67%) Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (5.71%) Migration
8 6 (5.71%) Network Optimisation
8 6 (5.71%) Performance Tuning
8 6 (5.71%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (5.71%) Validation
9 5 (4.76%) Change Management
9 5 (4.76%) CI/CD
9 5 (4.76%) Roadmaps
9 5 (4.76%) Ultra-Low Latency
9 5 (4.76%) Use Case
9 5 (4.76%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 22 (20.95%) Python
2 10 (9.52%) Java
3 7 (6.67%) SQL
4 5 (4.76%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.81%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.90%) Bash
6 2 (1.90%) C++
6 2 (1.90%) Perl
7 1 (0.95%) C#
Qualifications
1 15 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (10.48%) CCNP
3 10 (9.52%) CCIE
4 7 (6.67%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.76%) Degree
6 4 (3.81%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.86%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.86%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.90%) BC Cleared
8 2 (1.90%) CCIP
8 2 (1.90%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.95%) CCDA
9 1 (0.95%) CCDP
9 1 (0.95%) CCNA
9 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.86%) NCSC
2 2 (1.90%) QA
3 1 (0.95%) GRC
3 1 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (3.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (2.86%) vSphere
3 2 (1.90%) Firmware
4 1 (0.95%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.95%) Docker
4 1 (0.95%) GridGain
4 1 (0.95%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (14.29%) Ansible
2 9 (8.57%) Terraform
3 7 (6.67%) Cisco Prime
4 6 (5.71%) ITRS Geneos
5 5 (4.76%) Grafana
6 3 (2.86%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.86%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.90%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (1.90%) Iperf
7 2 (1.90%) Nmap
7 2 (1.90%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.95%) CASB
8 1 (0.95%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.95%) Thomson Reuters DACS
Vendors
1 77 (73.33%) Cisco
2 56 (53.33%) F5
3 30 (28.57%) Arista
4 24 (22.86%) Fortinet
4 24 (22.86%) Palo Alto
5 12 (11.43%) CheckPoint
6 7 (6.67%) Juniper
7 6 (5.71%) Solace
8 4 (3.81%) SolarWinds
8 4 (3.81%) Splunk
8 4 (3.81%) VMware
9 3 (2.86%) McAfee
9 3 (2.86%) Meraki
9 3 (2.86%) Microsoft
10 2 (1.90%) Aruba
10 2 (1.90%) Bloomberg
10 2 (1.90%) ION Trading
10 2 (1.90%) TIBCO
10 2 (1.90%) Tufin
11 1 (0.95%) BT