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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 522 417 513
Rank change year-on-year -105 +96 +29
Contract jobs citing Multicast 73 55 27
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.19% 0.23% 0.072%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.91% 1.72% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 35 20
10th Percentile - £440 £400
25th Percentile £400 £505 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £580 £663
Median % change year-on-year -15.52% -12.45% +6.00%
75th Percentile £614 £750 £750
90th Percentile £823 - -
UK median daily rate £480 £563 £663
% change year-on-year -14.67% -15.09% +6.00%

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 3,824 3,190 5,202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.78% 13.10% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,422 2,006 3,157
10th Percentile £225 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £480
% change year-on-year +2.56% +1.56% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 120 390
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.75 £20.64 £17.69
Median hourly rate £46.25 £38.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.13% +1.32% +100.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.05 £68.77
UK median hourly rate £43.85 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +16.94% - +97.37%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -62 39 £490 -18.33% 16
North West -9 27 £490 -6.67% 1
West Midlands -33 27 £413 - 7
Midlands -37 27 £413 - 8
North of England -49 27 £490 -6.67% 3
South East -50 4 £600 +41.18% 5
East of England -36 1 £500 +42.86% 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (10.96%) AWS
2 6 (8.22%) Azure
3 5 (6.85%) GCP
4 2 (2.74%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 2 (2.74%) Amazon S3
4 2 (2.74%) IBM Watson
5 1 (1.37%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.37%) IaaS
5 1 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.37%) OCI
5 1 (1.37%) PaaS
5 1 (1.37%) SaaS
5 1 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 58 (79.45%) BGP
2 37 (50.68%) VPN
3 32 (43.84%) Firewall
4 30 (41.10%) DMZ
5 27 (36.99%) OSPF
6 26 (35.62%) DNS
7 24 (32.88%) WAN
8 16 (21.92%) MPLS
9 15 (20.55%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (17.81%) LAN
11 12 (16.44%) Network Security
12 10 (13.70%) EIGRP
13 9 (12.33%) IGMP
13 9 (12.33%) VLAN
13 9 (12.33%) VXLAN
14 7 (9.59%) HSRP
15 6 (8.22%) Ethernet VPN
15 6 (8.22%) TCP/IP
15 6 (8.22%) VRRP
15 6 (8.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.11%) KDB
2 2 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.37%) Kdb+
3 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.22%) Git
2 4 (5.48%) GitLab
2 4 (5.48%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (4.11%) JIRA
4 2 (2.74%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.37%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.37%) GCC
5 1 (1.37%) GDB
5 1 (1.37%) Maven
General
1 27 (36.99%) Banking
2 22 (30.14%) Finance
3 17 (23.29%) Investment Banking
4 9 (12.33%) Financial Institution
5 8 (10.96%) Social Skills
6 5 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (6.85%) Front Office
7 3 (4.11%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.74%) Aviation
8 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.37%) International Banking
9 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.37%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (64.38%) Network Engineer
2 30 (41.10%) Cisco Engineer
2 30 (41.10%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 30 (41.10%) Data Network Engineer
3 26 (35.62%) Cisco Security Engineer
3 26 (35.62%) Data Engineer
3 26 (35.62%) Network Security Engineer
3 26 (35.62%) Security Engineer
4 20 (27.40%) Senior
5 12 (16.44%) Web Engineer
6 7 (9.59%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (6.85%) Developer
8 4 (5.48%) Data Centre Engineer
9 3 (4.11%) Java Developer
9 3 (4.11%) Juniper Engineer
9 3 (4.11%) Senior Developer
10 2 (2.74%) Architect
10 2 (2.74%) Core Network Engineer
10 2 (2.74%) Electronic Trading Developer
10 2 (2.74%) Network Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.85%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (4.11%) Ultra Messaging
3 2 (2.74%) Django
4 1 (1.37%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.37%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (1.37%) Java Concurrency
4 1 (1.37%) Middleware
4 1 (1.37%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.81%) Data Centre
2 6 (8.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (5.48%) Public Cloud
4 3 (4.11%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.11%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (4.11%) Equities
5 2 (2.74%) CCTV
5 2 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.74%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.37%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.37%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.37%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.37%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.37%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.59%) Linux
2 3 (4.11%) VMS
3 2 (2.74%) Windows
4 1 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (45.21%) Load Balancing
2 20 (27.40%) Low Latency
3 11 (15.07%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (10.96%) Electronic Trading
5 7 (9.59%) Test Automation
6 6 (8.22%) Migration
7 4 (5.48%) High Availability
7 4 (5.48%) Multithreading
7 4 (5.48%) Network Design
7 4 (5.48%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (5.48%) Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (5.48%) Roadmaps
8 3 (4.11%) Architectural Design
8 3 (4.11%) DevOps
8 3 (4.11%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (4.11%) Integration Testing
8 3 (4.11%) Investment Management
8 3 (4.11%) Observability
8 3 (4.11%) Operational Stability
8 3 (4.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.29%) Python
2 5 (6.85%) Java
3 4 (5.48%) Bash
4 3 (4.11%) SQL
5 1 (1.37%) C++
5 1 (1.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (12.33%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (10.96%) CCIE
3 4 (5.48%) CCNP
3 4 (5.48%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.11%) Degree
5 2 (2.74%) BC Cleared
5 2 (2.74%) CCIP
5 2 (2.74%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.74%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.37%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.37%) CCDA
6 1 (1.37%) CCDP
6 1 (1.37%) CCNA
6 1 (1.37%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (1.37%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.11%) NCSC
2 2 (2.74%) QA
3 1 (1.37%) GRC
3 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) Firmware
1 2 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.74%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) Docker
2 1 (1.37%) GridGain
2 1 (1.37%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (23.29%) Ansible
2 6 (8.22%) Terraform
3 5 (6.85%) Grafana
3 5 (6.85%) Prometheus
4 2 (2.74%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (2.74%) Iperf
4 2 (2.74%) Nmap
4 2 (2.74%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (1.37%) CASB
5 1 (1.37%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.37%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (1.37%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 58 (79.45%) Cisco
2 43 (58.90%) F5
3 22 (30.14%) Arista
4 18 (24.66%) Palo Alto
5 14 (19.18%) Fortinet
6 13 (17.81%) CheckPoint
7 7 (9.59%) Juniper
8 4 (5.48%) SolarWinds
8 4 (5.48%) VMware
9 3 (4.11%) Dell
9 3 (4.11%) Meraki
9 3 (4.11%) Red Hat
9 3 (4.11%) SevOne
10 2 (2.74%) Aruba
10 2 (2.74%) IBM
10 2 (2.74%) NetScout
10 2 (2.74%) Solace
10 2 (2.74%) Splunk
10 2 (2.74%) Tufin
11 1 (1.37%) Dynatrace