Multicast Contract Job Trends

Multicast
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Multicast skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 542 454 552
Rank change year-on-year -88 +98 +42
Contract jobs citing Multicast 77 64 32
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.22% 0.072%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.74% 1.69% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 38 23
10th Percentile £400 £451 £402
25th Percentile £411 £500 £539
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £575 £700
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% -17.86% +12.00%
75th Percentile £679 £675 £750
90th Percentile £770 £750 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +50.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,425 3,797 5,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.06% 13.06% 13.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,841 2,357 3,552
10th Percentile £220 £213 £205
25th Percentile £375 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 145 397
10th Percentile £15.51 £14.99 £13.94
25th Percentile £18.97 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £38.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +7.69% +69.71%
75th Percentile £67.31 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £76.35 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.25 £32.50 £45.44
% change year-on-year +30.00% -28.48% +140.30%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Multicast job vacancy trend in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Multicast.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Multicast

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Multicast over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Multicast in the UK

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Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Multicast.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Multicast

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Top 10 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Multicast within the UK over the 6 months to 26 March 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
England -86 70 £506 -12.76% 35
London -45 42 £506 -15.67% 16
UK excluding London -82 29 £490 -6.67% 23
Work from Home -42 27 £480 -5.88% 22
North West -21 23 £490 -6.67% 1
Midlands -40 23 £413 - 8
West Midlands -40 23 £413 - 7
North of England -47 23 £490 -6.67% 3
South East -51 4 £600 +20.00% 5
Scotland - 1 £425 - 1

Multicast
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (10.39%) AWS
2 6 (7.79%) Azure
3 5 (6.49%) GCP
4 2 (2.60%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 2 (2.60%) Amazon S3
4 2 (2.60%) IBM Watson
5 1 (1.30%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.30%) IaaS
5 1 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.30%) OCI
5 1 (1.30%) PaaS
5 1 (1.30%) SaaS
5 1 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 53 (68.83%) BGP
2 34 (44.16%) Firewall
3 32 (41.56%) VPN
4 26 (33.77%) DMZ
4 26 (33.77%) OSPF
5 23 (29.87%) WAN
6 22 (28.57%) DNS
7 16 (20.78%) Cisco ASA
7 16 (20.78%) MPLS
8 14 (18.18%) LAN
9 12 (15.58%) Network Security
10 11 (14.29%) EIGRP
10 11 (14.29%) TCP/IP
11 10 (12.99%) IGMP
11 10 (12.99%) Wireshark
12 9 (11.69%) VXLAN
13 7 (9.09%) HSRP
14 6 (7.79%) Ethernet VPN
14 6 (7.79%) VRRP
15 5 (6.49%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.79%) KDB
2 2 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.30%) Kdb+
3 1 (1.30%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (7.79%) Git
2 5 (6.49%) GitLab
3 4 (5.19%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (3.90%) JIRA
5 2 (2.60%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.60%) Maven
6 1 (1.30%) Artifactory
6 1 (1.30%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.30%) GCC
6 1 (1.30%) GDB
6 1 (1.30%) IntelliJ
General
1 28 (36.36%) Finance
2 27 (35.06%) Banking
3 18 (23.38%) Investment Banking
4 16 (20.78%) Social Skills
5 13 (16.88%) Front Office
6 9 (11.69%) Financial Institution
7 4 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.60%) Aviation
9 2 (2.60%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.30%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.30%) International Banking
10 1 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.30%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (55.84%) Network Engineer
2 26 (33.77%) Cisco Engineer
3 25 (32.47%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 25 (32.47%) Data Network Engineer
4 22 (28.57%) Cisco Security Engineer
4 22 (28.57%) Data Engineer
4 22 (28.57%) Network Security Engineer
4 22 (28.57%) Security Engineer
5 18 (23.38%) Senior
6 10 (12.99%) Web Engineer
7 6 (7.79%) Developer
8 4 (5.19%) Java Developer
9 3 (3.90%) Data Centre Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) Juniper Engineer
9 3 (3.90%) Senior Developer
9 3 (3.90%) Senior Network Engineer
10 2 (2.60%) Core Network Engineer
10 2 (2.60%) DevOps Engineer
10 2 (2.60%) Network Infrastructure Manager
10 2 (2.60%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.58%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (9.09%) Ultra Messaging
3 5 (6.49%) Middleware
4 2 (2.60%) 802.1X
4 2 (2.60%) Django
5 1 (1.30%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 1 (1.30%) Java Concurrency
5 1 (1.30%) React
5 1 (1.30%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 14 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 7 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (5.19%) Derivative
3 4 (5.19%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.90%) Algorithms
4 3 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (3.90%) Equities
5 2 (2.60%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (2.60%) Fixed Income
5 2 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.30%) CCTV
6 1 (1.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.30%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.30%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.30%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.30%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.29%) Linux
2 2 (2.60%) VMS
2 2 (2.60%) Windows
3 1 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (44.16%) Load Balancing
2 27 (35.06%) Low Latency
3 10 (12.99%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (12.99%) Electronic Trading
4 9 (11.69%) Algorithmic Trading
4 9 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (10.39%) Roadmaps
5 8 (10.39%) Test Automation
6 7 (9.09%) DevOps
6 7 (9.09%) High Availability
6 7 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (9.09%) Observability
7 6 (7.79%) CI/CD
8 5 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (6.49%) Decision-Making
8 5 (6.49%) Migration
8 5 (6.49%) Network Management
8 5 (6.49%) Platform Engineering
8 5 (6.49%) Project Delivery
8 5 (6.49%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 23 (29.87%) Python
2 8 (10.39%) Bash
3 7 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 6 (7.79%) Java
4 6 (7.79%) SQL
5 3 (3.90%) C#
6 1 (1.30%) C++
6 1 (1.30%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (19.48%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (12.99%) CCIE
2 10 (12.99%) CCNP
3 6 (7.79%) Security Cleared
4 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.90%) Degree
6 2 (2.60%) BC Cleared
6 2 (2.60%) CCIP
6 2 (2.60%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.30%) CCDA
7 1 (1.30%) CCDP
7 1 (1.30%) CCNA
7 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (1.30%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) NCSC
2 3 (3.90%) EMIR
2 3 (3.90%) MiFID
3 2 (2.60%) QA
4 1 (1.30%) GRC
4 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (2.60%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.30%) Docker
2 1 (1.30%) Firmware
2 1 (1.30%) GridGain
2 1 (1.30%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (20.78%) Ansible
2 9 (11.69%) Grafana
2 9 (11.69%) Prometheus
3 6 (7.79%) Terraform
4 5 (6.49%) ITRS Geneos
5 3 (3.90%) Thomson Reuters DACS
6 2 (2.60%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (2.60%) Iperf
6 2 (2.60%) Nmap
6 2 (2.60%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (1.30%) CASB
7 1 (1.30%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 52 (67.53%) Cisco
2 43 (55.84%) F5
3 21 (27.27%) Arista
4 20 (25.97%) Palo Alto
5 15 (19.48%) Fortinet
6 14 (18.18%) CheckPoint
7 8 (10.39%) Juniper
8 6 (7.79%) Solace
9 5 (6.49%) SolarWinds
10 4 (5.19%) Meraki
10 4 (5.19%) TIBCO
11 3 (3.90%) Bloomberg
11 3 (3.90%) Dell
11 3 (3.90%) NYFIX
11 3 (3.90%) Red Hat
11 3 (3.90%) Refinitiv
11 3 (3.90%) SevOne
11 3 (3.90%) VMware
12 2 (2.60%) Splunk
12 2 (2.60%) Tufin