Multicast Contract Job Trends in London

Multicast
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Multicast skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 327 386
Rank change year-on-year -62 +59 +28
Contract jobs citing Multicast 58 46 6
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.29% 0.34% 0.037%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.53% 3.39% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 32 3
10th Percentile £400 £427 £563
25th Percentile £468 £533 £568
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £700 £800 £813
90th Percentile £741 - £925
England median daily rate £600 £600 £500
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -23.08%
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 -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £38.75 -
% change year-on-year +87.10% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,642 1,357 1,538
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.13% 10.13% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,060 865 996
10th Percentile £300 £288 £250
25th Percentile £405 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year - -3.61% -5.68%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £713 £718
England median daily rate £500 £490 £505
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.97% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 35 23
10th Percentile £19.42 £18.63 £20.00
25th Percentile £19.50 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £37.00 £25.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.12% +0.60% -26.47%
75th Percentile £64.69 £48.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £61.85 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £41.45 £57.35
% change year-on-year -32.45% -27.72% +1.52%

Multicast
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Multicast relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Multicast job vacancy trend in London

Multicast
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Multicast.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Multicast

Multicast
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Multicast in London over the 6 months to 7 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Multicast in London

Multicast
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Multicast.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Multicast

Multicast
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Multicast within the London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London -8 22 £647 -1.41% 4
Multicast
England

Multicast
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (1.72%) Confluence
1 1 (1.72%) MTS
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.34%) AWS
2 5 (8.62%) Azure
2 5 (8.62%) GCP
3 2 (3.45%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.72%) IBM Watson
4 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.72%) OCI
4 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (51.72%) Firewall
2 26 (44.83%) BGP
3 21 (36.21%) VLAN
4 18 (31.03%) WAN
5 14 (24.14%) OSPF
6 10 (17.24%) VPN
7 7 (12.07%) Cisco Wireless
7 7 (12.07%) Spanning Tree
7 7 (12.07%) Wireless
8 6 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (8.62%) BIG-IP
9 5 (8.62%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (8.62%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 5 (8.62%) Network Security
10 4 (6.90%) EIGRP
10 4 (6.90%) LAN
10 4 (6.90%) MPLS
10 4 (6.90%) VXLAN
11 3 (5.17%) DHCP
11 3 (5.17%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.07%) KDB
2 2 (3.45%) Kdb+
3 1 (1.72%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.45%) Artifactory
2 2 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.72%) JIRA
3 1 (1.72%) Maven
General
1 29 (50.00%) Finance
2 16 (27.59%) Banking
3 12 (20.69%) Front Office
4 10 (17.24%) Investment Banking
5 9 (15.52%) Social Skills
6 8 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (5.17%) Financial Institution
7 3 (5.17%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.45%) French Language
9 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.72%) Law
Job Titles
1 36 (62.07%) Network Engineer
2 26 (44.83%) Senior
3 16 (27.59%) Senior Network Engineer
4 8 (13.79%) Cisco Engineer
4 8 (13.79%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 8 (13.79%) Developer
5 7 (12.07%) Implementation Engineer
5 7 (12.07%) Java Developer
5 7 (12.07%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 6 (10.34%) Senior Developer
7 5 (8.62%) Middleware Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) Senior Java Developer
8 4 (6.90%) Firewall Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Senior Firewall Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) Applications Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) Support Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Data Centre Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Data Network Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (17.24%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (12.07%) Ultra Messaging
3 5 (8.62%) Middleware
4 3 (5.17%) Terraform
5 2 (3.45%) .NET
5 2 (3.45%) eBPF
6 1 (1.72%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 23 (39.66%) Data Centre
2 18 (31.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (13.79%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (12.07%) Digital Signage
4 7 (12.07%) Equities
5 6 (10.34%) Algorithms
5 6 (10.34%) Fixed Income
6 3 (5.17%) Replication
7 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
7 2 (3.45%) Derivative
7 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.72%) CCTV
8 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.72%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (1.72%) Eurex
8 1 (1.72%) MPEG
8 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.72%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.79%) Linux
2 7 (12.07%) Windows
3 5 (8.62%) Unix
4 1 (1.72%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (55.17%) Low Latency
2 15 (25.86%) Electronic Trading
3 12 (20.69%) Project Delivery
4 10 (17.24%) Load Balancing
5 9 (15.52%) Algorithmic Trading
6 8 (13.79%) High Availability
7 7 (12.07%) Migration
7 7 (12.07%) Multithreading
7 7 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (12.07%) Procure-to-Pay
7 7 (12.07%) Use Case
8 6 (10.34%) Performance Tuning
9 5 (8.62%) Agile
9 5 (8.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (8.62%) Network Optimisation
9 5 (8.62%) Ultra-Low Latency
9 5 (8.62%) Validation
9 5 (8.62%) Virtual Environments
10 4 (6.90%) CI/CD
10 4 (6.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.59%) Python
2 10 (17.24%) Java
3 8 (13.79%) SQL
4 4 (6.90%) PowerShell
4 4 (6.90%) Shell Script
5 2 (3.45%) C#
5 2 (3.45%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (6.90%) CCNP
3 3 (5.17%) CCIE
3 3 (5.17%) Degree
4 2 (3.45%) CCNA
4 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Docker
1 1 (1.72%) Firmware
1 1 (1.72%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 8 (13.79%) Ansible
2 7 (12.07%) Cisco Prime
3 6 (10.34%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (5.17%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.45%) Grafana
5 2 (3.45%) Prometheus
5 2 (3.45%) Thomson Reuters DACS
5 2 (3.45%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 30 (51.72%) Cisco
2 27 (46.55%) Arista
3 19 (32.76%) F5
4 15 (25.86%) Fortinet
5 14 (24.14%) Palo Alto
6 6 (10.34%) Solace
7 5 (8.62%) Aruba
8 4 (6.90%) Bloomberg
8 4 (6.90%) CheckPoint
9 3 (5.17%) Juniper
9 3 (5.17%) Microsoft
9 3 (5.17%) Splunk
10 2 (3.45%) ION Trading
10 2 (3.45%) NYFIX
10 2 (3.45%) Oracle
10 2 (3.45%) Refinitiv
10 2 (3.45%) TIBCO
11 1 (1.72%) NetScout
11 1 (1.72%) Sitecore
11 1 (1.72%) Tradeweb