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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 295 396
Rank change year-on-year -69 +101 +14
Contract jobs citing Multicast 49 55 9
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.25% 0.43% 0.051%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.25% 4.15% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 36 3
10th Percentile £400 £424 -
25th Percentile £413 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +43.75% -36.00%
75th Percentile £676 £694 £550
90th Percentile £716 £800 £640
England median daily rate £550 £550 £440
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -29.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £38.75 -
England median hourly rate - £38.75 -

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 1,508 1,326 1,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.85% 10.35% 9.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 854 1,107
10th Percentile £300 £263 £225
25th Percentile £408 £389 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £621
90th Percentile £715 £723 £738
England median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 25 50
10th Percentile £16.04 £19.07 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £17.09
Median hourly rate £33.25 £37.50 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -11.33% +57.56% -37.81%
75th Percentile £64.69 £50.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £89.38 £62.45 £60.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £41.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -31.71% -13.68% +129.41%

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 29 June 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

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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 29 June 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 -17 9 £693 +12.69% 3
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 (2.04%) MTS
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.24%) AWS
2 4 (8.16%) Azure
2 4 (8.16%) GCP
3 2 (4.08%) Amazon OpenSearch
3 2 (4.08%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.04%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 32 (65.31%) Firewall
2 26 (53.06%) BGP
3 21 (42.86%) WAN
4 20 (40.82%) OSPF
5 13 (26.53%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (22.45%) LAN
7 10 (20.41%) MPLS
7 10 (20.41%) Network Security
8 9 (18.37%) EIGRP
9 8 (16.33%) IGMP
9 8 (16.33%) VLAN
10 7 (14.29%) VPN
11 5 (10.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 5 (10.20%) HSRP
12 4 (8.16%) BIG-IP
12 4 (8.16%) DMZ
12 4 (8.16%) Spanning Tree
12 4 (8.16%) VRRP
12 4 (8.16%) VXLAN
13 2 (4.08%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.20%) KDB
2 2 (4.08%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.04%) Kdb+
3 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Git
1 3 (6.12%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.08%) Artifactory
2 2 (4.08%) GitLab
2 2 (4.08%) JIRA
3 1 (2.04%) Maven
3 1 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 24 (48.98%) Finance
2 14 (28.57%) Banking
3 10 (20.41%) Front Office
4 9 (18.37%) Financial Institution
5 7 (14.29%) Investment Banking
5 7 (14.29%) Social Skills
6 6 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 27 (55.10%) Senior
2 22 (44.90%) Network Engineer
3 11 (22.45%) Senior Network Engineer
4 8 (16.33%) Developer
5 7 (14.29%) Java Developer
6 6 (12.24%) Senior Developer
7 5 (10.20%) Senior Java Developer
8 3 (6.12%) Cisco Engineer
8 3 (6.12%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 3 (6.12%) Data Centre Engineer
8 3 (6.12%) Data Network Engineer
8 3 (6.12%) Firewall Engineer
8 3 (6.12%) Juniper Engineer
8 3 (6.12%) Middleware Engineer
8 3 (6.12%) Senior Firewall Engineer
9 2 (4.08%) Applications Engineer
9 2 (4.08%) Electronic Trading Developer
10 1 (2.04%) Broadcast Engineer
10 1 (2.04%) Implementation Engineer
10 1 (2.04%) Senior Broadcast Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (16.33%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (14.29%) Ultra Messaging
3 3 (6.12%) Middleware
4 2 (4.08%) .NET
5 1 (2.04%) Django
5 1 (2.04%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 13 (26.53%) Data Centre
2 10 (20.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (14.29%) Equities
4 6 (12.24%) Algorithms
5 4 (8.16%) Fixed Income
6 2 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (4.08%) Public Cloud
6 2 (4.08%) Replication
7 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (2.04%) CCTV
7 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.04%) Digital Signage
7 1 (2.04%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (2.04%) Eurex
7 1 (2.04%) MPEG
7 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.04%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.33%) Linux
2 4 (8.16%) Unix
3 2 (4.08%) Windows
4 1 (2.04%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (57.14%) Low Latency
2 14 (28.57%) Electronic Trading
3 11 (22.45%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (14.29%) Algorithmic Trading
4 7 (14.29%) Multithreading
5 6 (12.24%) High Availability
5 6 (12.24%) Load Balancing
5 6 (12.24%) Performance Tuning
5 6 (12.24%) Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (10.20%) Project Delivery
7 4 (8.16%) Architectural Design
7 4 (8.16%) CI/CD
7 4 (8.16%) Data Protection
7 4 (8.16%) Network Optimisation
7 4 (8.16%) Virtual Environments
8 3 (6.12%) Agile
8 3 (6.12%) Computer Science
8 3 (6.12%) Investment Management
8 3 (6.12%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (28.57%) Python
2 10 (20.41%) Java
3 5 (10.20%) SQL
4 3 (6.12%) Shell Script
5 2 (4.08%) Bash
5 2 (4.08%) C++
5 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (8.16%) CCIE
1 4 (8.16%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (6.12%) Degree
3 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Docker
1 1 (2.04%) Firmware
1 1 (2.04%) GridGain
1 1 (2.04%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (22.45%) Ansible
2 5 (10.20%) ITRS Geneos
2 5 (10.20%) Prometheus
3 4 (8.16%) Grafana
3 4 (8.16%) Terraform
4 2 (4.08%) Red Hat Satellite
4 2 (4.08%) ZABBIX
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (53.06%) Cisco
2 22 (44.90%) Arista
3 21 (42.86%) F5
4 17 (34.69%) Palo Alto
5 14 (28.57%) Fortinet
6 9 (18.37%) CheckPoint
7 5 (10.20%) Juniper
8 4 (8.16%) Solace
9 3 (6.12%) Dell
9 3 (6.12%) Splunk
10 2 (4.08%) ION Trading
10 2 (4.08%) Microsoft
10 2 (4.08%) Red Hat
10 2 (4.08%) SevOne
11 1 (2.04%) Aruba
11 1 (2.04%) IBM
11 1 (2.04%) MarketAxess
11 1 (2.04%) Meraki
11 1 (2.04%) NetScout
11 1 (2.04%) Tradeweb