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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 323 375
Rank change year-on-year -68 +52 +31
Contract jobs citing Multicast 57 41 10
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.28% 0.31% 0.061%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.47% 3.12% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 29 6
10th Percentile £409 £419 £568
25th Percentile £464 £525 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +0.78%
75th Percentile £698 £800 £722
90th Percentile £749 £810 £869
England median daily rate £575 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -2.13% +6.82% -13.73%
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 1,645 1,314 1,536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.17% 9.83% 9.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,047 835 980
10th Percentile £294 £289 £255
25th Percentile £404 £404 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £719 £713 £725
England median daily rate £500 £490 £508
% change year-on-year +2.15% -3.55% +1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 32 19
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.53 £20.40
25th Percentile £22.50 - £23.80
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -28.14% +13.82%
75th Percentile £78.75 £44.75 £55.88
90th Percentile £155.14 £61.78 £66.38
England median hourly rate £43.50 £40.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year +7.41% -29.38% +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 21 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 21 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 -9 22 £605 -7.84% 7
South London -8 1 - -
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 (1.75%) Confluence
1 1 (1.75%) MTS
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.53%) AWS
2 5 (8.77%) Azure
2 5 (8.77%) GCP
3 2 (3.51%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.75%) IBM Watson
4 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.75%) OCI
4 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (47.37%) Firewall
2 24 (42.11%) BGP
3 21 (36.84%) VLAN
4 18 (31.58%) WAN
5 11 (19.30%) OSPF
6 9 (15.79%) VPN
7 8 (14.04%) Cisco Wireless
7 8 (14.04%) Wireless
8 7 (12.28%) Spanning Tree
8 7 (12.28%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (8.77%) BIG-IP
9 5 (8.77%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 4 (7.02%) MPLS
10 4 (7.02%) Network Security
11 3 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (5.26%) DHCP
11 3 (5.26%) EIGRP
11 3 (5.26%) Extranet
11 3 (5.26%) Internet
11 3 (5.26%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.53%) KDB
2 2 (3.51%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Artifactory
1 2 (3.51%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.75%) Git
2 1 (1.75%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 28 (49.12%) Finance
2 16 (28.07%) Banking
3 11 (19.30%) Investment Banking
4 10 (17.54%) Front Office
5 7 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (12.28%) Social Skills
6 4 (7.02%) Telecoms
7 3 (5.26%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.51%) French Language
9 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 38 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 24 (42.11%) Senior
3 17 (29.82%) Senior Network Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Cisco Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Implementation Engineer
4 7 (12.28%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 6 (10.53%) Developer
5 6 (10.53%) Java Developer
6 5 (8.77%) Middleware Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Core Network Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Firewall Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Senior Developer
7 4 (7.02%) Senior Firewall Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Senior Java Developer
8 3 (5.26%) Applications Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Support Engineer
9 2 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
9 2 (3.51%) Senior DevOps
9 2 (3.51%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.79%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (10.53%) Ultra Messaging
3 5 (8.77%) Middleware
4 3 (5.26%) Terraform
5 2 (3.51%) .NET
5 2 (3.51%) eBPF
6 1 (1.75%) NETCONF
6 1 (1.75%) REST
6 1 (1.75%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 22 (38.60%) Data Centre
2 18 (31.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (14.04%) Digital Signage
4 7 (12.28%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (10.53%) Equities
6 5 (8.77%) Algorithms
6 5 (8.77%) Fixed Income
7 3 (5.26%) Replication
8 2 (3.51%) Cloud Native
8 2 (3.51%) Derivative
8 2 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.75%) CCTV
9 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.75%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (1.75%) Eurex
9 1 (1.75%) MPEG
9 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.75%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.79%) Windows
2 7 (12.28%) Linux
3 4 (7.02%) Unix
4 1 (1.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (49.12%) Low Latency
2 13 (22.81%) Electronic Trading
3 12 (21.05%) Project Delivery
4 10 (17.54%) Migration
5 9 (15.79%) Load Balancing
6 8 (14.04%) Algorithmic Trading
6 8 (14.04%) High Availability
6 8 (14.04%) Use Case
7 6 (10.53%) Multithreading
7 6 (10.53%) Performance Tuning
7 6 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (10.53%) Validation
8 5 (8.77%) Network Optimisation
8 5 (8.77%) Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (8.77%) Ultra-Low Latency
8 5 (8.77%) Virtual Environments
9 4 (7.02%) Agile
9 4 (7.02%) Capacity Planning
9 4 (7.02%) CI/CD
9 4 (7.02%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 15 (26.32%) Python
2 8 (14.04%) Java
3 7 (12.28%) SQL
4 4 (7.02%) PowerShell
5 3 (5.26%) Shell Script
6 2 (3.51%) C#
6 2 (3.51%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (8.77%) CCNP
3 3 (5.26%) CCIE
4 2 (3.51%) CCNA
4 2 (3.51%) Degree
5 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.75%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (14.04%) Cisco Prime
2 7 (12.28%) Ansible
3 6 (10.53%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.51%) Thomson Reuters DACS
4 2 (3.51%) ZABBIX
5 1 (1.75%) Grafana
5 1 (1.75%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 29 (50.88%) Cisco
2 26 (45.61%) Arista
3 17 (29.82%) F5
4 12 (21.05%) Fortinet
4 12 (21.05%) Palo Alto
5 6 (10.53%) Aruba
6 5 (8.77%) Solace
7 4 (7.02%) Bloomberg
8 3 (5.26%) CheckPoint
8 3 (5.26%) Microsoft
8 3 (5.26%) Sitecore
8 3 (5.26%) Splunk
9 2 (3.51%) ION Trading
9 2 (3.51%) Juniper
9 2 (3.51%) NYFIX
9 2 (3.51%) Refinitiv
9 2 (3.51%) TIBCO
10 1 (1.75%) Dell
10 1 (1.75%) IBM
10 1 (1.75%) Reuters