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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 301 379
Rank change year-on-year -67 +78 +15
Contract jobs citing Multicast 41 47 14
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.23% 0.37% 0.079%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.87% 3.56% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 30 8
10th Percentile - £496 £400
25th Percentile £400 £503 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £563 £593
Median % change year-on-year -16.44% -5.06% -5.20%
75th Percentile £614 £750 £663
90th Percentile £768 £766 £714
England median daily rate £490 £550 £610
% change year-on-year -10.91% -9.84% -2.40%
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 1,428 1,320 1,707
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.04% 10.50% 9.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 941 844 1,137
10th Percentile £300 £263 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £619
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
England median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 59
10th Percentile £19.78 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.46 £32.33 £18.36
Median hourly rate £25.31 £42.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.45% +93.18% -48.84%
75th Percentile £28.92 £51.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £89.75 £62.45 £60.00
England median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +29.05% -18.75% +116.22%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -14 3 £610 -30.34% 7
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 (2.44%) MTS
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.63%) AWS
2 4 (9.76%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) GCP
3 2 (4.88%) Amazon OpenSearch
3 2 (4.88%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.44%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 27 (65.85%) Firewall
2 24 (58.54%) BGP
3 20 (48.78%) OSPF
4 19 (46.34%) WAN
5 13 (31.71%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (26.83%) LAN
7 10 (24.39%) MPLS
7 10 (24.39%) Network Security
8 9 (21.95%) EIGRP
9 8 (19.51%) IGMP
10 6 (14.63%) VPN
10 6 (14.63%) VXLAN
11 5 (12.20%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 5 (12.20%) HSRP
11 5 (12.20%) VLAN
12 4 (9.76%) BIG-IP
12 4 (9.76%) DMZ
12 4 (9.76%) TCP/IP
12 4 (9.76%) VRRP
13 2 (4.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) KDB
2 2 (4.88%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.44%) Kdb+
3 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Git
2 4 (9.76%) GitLab
3 2 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.88%) JIRA
4 1 (2.44%) Artifactory
4 1 (2.44%) Maven
4 1 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (51.22%) Finance
2 9 (21.95%) Banking
2 9 (21.95%) Financial Institution
3 5 (12.20%) Front Office
4 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Social Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (53.66%) Senior
2 19 (46.34%) Network Engineer
3 9 (21.95%) Senior Network Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Developer
5 3 (7.32%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Data Centre Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Data Network Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Firewall Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Java Developer
5 3 (7.32%) Juniper Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Senior Developer
5 3 (7.32%) Senior Firewall Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Electronic Trading Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Java Developer
7 1 (2.44%) Administrator
7 1 (2.44%) Consultant
7 1 (2.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) Network Administrator
7 1 (2.44%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (7.32%) Ultra Messaging
3 1 (2.44%) .NET
3 1 (2.44%) Django
3 1 (2.44%) Java Concurrency
3 1 (2.44%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (24.39%) Data Centre
2 5 (12.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (9.76%) Public Cloud
4 3 (7.32%) Algorithms
4 3 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (7.32%) Equities
5 2 (4.88%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.88%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (4.88%) Fixed Income
6 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.44%) CCTV
6 1 (2.44%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (2.44%) Eurex
6 1 (2.44%) MPEG
6 1 (2.44%) Replication
6 1 (2.44%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Linux
2 2 (4.88%) Unix
3 1 (2.44%) VMS
3 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) Low Latency
2 10 (24.39%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (19.51%) Electronic Trading
4 5 (12.20%) Load Balancing
4 5 (12.20%) Project Delivery
5 4 (9.76%) Algorithmic Trading
5 4 (9.76%) Migration
5 4 (9.76%) Network Optimisation
5 4 (9.76%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (9.76%) Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (9.76%) Virtual Environments
6 3 (7.32%) Agile
6 3 (7.32%) Computer Science
6 3 (7.32%) Data Protection
6 3 (7.32%) High Availability
6 3 (7.32%) Investment Management
6 3 (7.32%) Multithreading
6 3 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (7.32%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 13 (31.71%) Python
2 6 (14.63%) Java
3 3 (7.32%) SQL
4 2 (4.88%) Bash
4 2 (4.88%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.44%) C++
5 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) CCIE
1 4 (9.76%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (7.32%) Degree
3 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Docker
1 1 (2.44%) Firmware
1 1 (2.44%) GridGain
1 1 (2.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (29.27%) Ansible
2 5 (12.20%) Prometheus
3 4 (9.76%) Grafana
3 4 (9.76%) Terraform
4 2 (4.88%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (4.88%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 23 (56.10%) Cisco
2 21 (51.22%) Arista
3 20 (48.78%) F5
4 17 (41.46%) Palo Alto
5 12 (29.27%) Fortinet
6 9 (21.95%) CheckPoint
7 5 (12.20%) Juniper
8 3 (7.32%) Dell
9 2 (4.88%) Red Hat
9 2 (4.88%) SevOne
9 2 (4.88%) Solace
9 2 (4.88%) Splunk
10 1 (2.44%) Bloomberg
10 1 (2.44%) Citrix
10 1 (2.44%) IBM
10 1 (2.44%) McAfee
10 1 (2.44%) Meraki
10 1 (2.44%) Oracle
10 1 (2.44%) Sybase
10 1 (2.44%) VMware