MGCP Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring MGCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 395 - 415
Rank change year-on-year - - +95
Contract jobs citing MGCP 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% - 0.024%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.045% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £286 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile - - £475
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £343 £300 £450
% change year-on-year +14.17% -33.33% -13.46%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

MGCP 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,216 2,494 3,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.49% 14.87% 17.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,451 1,363 2,198
10th Percentile £191 £200 £205
25th Percentile £300 £330 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +1.06% +4.44%
75th Percentile £575 £580 £588
90th Percentile £648 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 134 281
10th Percentile £15.47 £18.17 £16.50
25th Percentile £18.50 £26.25 £24.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £50.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -11.49% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.38 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £48.03 £55.00
% change year-on-year -27.13% -12.67% +37.50%

MGCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

MGCP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

MGCP
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MGCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MGCP

MGCP
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MGCP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MGCP

MGCP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MGCP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 October 2025. 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
South East - 1 £286 -
MGCP
UK

MGCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SCCP
1 1 (100.00%) Telepresence
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft