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 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 552 470 564
Rank change year-on-year -82 +94 +14
Contract jobs citing Multicast 80 62 25
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.21% 0.057%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.79% 1.64% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 38 17
10th Percentile £400 £425 £400
25th Percentile £405 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £563 £650
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% -13.46% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £723 £750
90th Percentile £721 £750 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £525 £420
% change year-on-year -5.71% +25.00% +20.00%

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 4,477 3,783 5,767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.73% 12.89% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,814 2,337 3,463
10th Percentile £232 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.98% - -5.34%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £466 £475
% change year-on-year +1.93% -1.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 170 422
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.85
25th Percentile £20.63 £21.12 £17.69
Median hourly rate £42.71 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.88% -6.25% +110.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.44 £61.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £67.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £28.00 £46.14
% change year-on-year +92.86% -39.31% +149.38%

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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

Multicast
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Multicast over the 6 months to 17 April 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 17 April 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 -93 73 £483 -16.81% 32
London -76 38 £475 -20.83% 21
UK excluding London -64 34 £495 -5.71% 14
Work from Home -20 29 £480 -4.00% 8
North West -11 27 £490 -6.67%
West Midlands -32 27 £413 - 5
Midlands -46 27 £413 - 6
North of England -47 27 £490 -6.67%
South East -52 5 £525 +23.53% 7
East of England -29 1 £500 +42.86% 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 (10.00%) AWS
2 6 (7.50%) Azure
3 5 (6.25%) GCP
4 2 (2.50%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 2 (2.50%) Amazon S3
4 2 (2.50%) IBM Watson
5 1 (1.25%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.25%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.25%) IaaS
5 1 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.25%) OCI
5 1 (1.25%) PaaS
5 1 (1.25%) SaaS
5 1 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 60 (75.00%) BGP
2 39 (48.75%) Firewall
3 38 (47.50%) VPN
4 30 (37.50%) DMZ
5 28 (35.00%) OSPF
6 27 (33.75%) WAN
7 26 (32.50%) DNS
8 16 (20.00%) LAN
8 16 (20.00%) MPLS
9 15 (18.75%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (16.25%) Network Security
11 12 (15.00%) EIGRP
12 11 (13.75%) VXLAN
13 10 (12.50%) VLAN
14 9 (11.25%) IGMP
15 7 (8.75%) Ethernet VPN
15 7 (8.75%) HSRP
16 6 (7.50%) TCP/IP
16 6 (7.50%) VRRP
16 6 (7.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.75%) KDB
2 2 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.25%) Kdb+
3 1 (1.25%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (7.50%) Git
2 4 (5.00%) GitLab
2 4 (5.00%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (3.75%) JIRA
4 2 (2.50%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.25%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.25%) Maven
General
1 27 (33.75%) Finance
2 25 (31.25%) Banking
3 17 (21.25%) Investment Banking
4 9 (11.25%) Financial Institution
5 8 (10.00%) Social Skills
6 5 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.00%) Front Office
7 4 (5.00%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.50%) Aviation
8 2 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.25%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.25%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 54 (67.50%) Network Engineer
2 30 (37.50%) Cisco Engineer
2 30 (37.50%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 30 (37.50%) Data Network Engineer
3 27 (33.75%) Network Security Engineer
3 27 (33.75%) Security Engineer
4 26 (32.50%) Cisco Security Engineer
4 26 (32.50%) Data Engineer
5 22 (27.50%) Senior
6 12 (15.00%) Web Engineer
7 9 (11.25%) Senior Network Engineer
8 4 (5.00%) Data Centre Engineer
8 4 (5.00%) Developer
9 3 (3.75%) IP Network Engineer
9 3 (3.75%) Java Developer
9 3 (3.75%) Juniper Engineer
9 3 (3.75%) Senior Developer
10 2 (2.50%) Electronic Trading Developer
10 2 (2.50%) IP Engineer
10 2 (2.50%) Network Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.00%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (3.75%) Ultra Messaging
3 2 (2.50%) 802.1X
3 2 (2.50%) Django
4 1 (1.25%) Java Concurrency
Miscellaneous
1 18 (22.50%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (5.00%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.75%) Algorithms
4 3 (3.75%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (3.75%) Equities
5 2 (2.50%) CCTV
5 2 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.50%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.25%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.25%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.25%) IPTV
6 1 (1.25%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.25%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.50%) Linux
2 3 (3.75%) VMS
3 2 (2.50%) Windows
4 1 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (47.50%) Load Balancing
2 22 (27.50%) Low Latency
3 11 (13.75%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (10.00%) Migration
6 7 (8.75%) Electronic Trading
6 7 (8.75%) High Availability
7 6 (7.50%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (7.50%) Test Automation
8 5 (6.25%) Network Management
9 4 (5.00%) Network Design
9 4 (5.00%) Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (5.00%) Roadmaps
10 3 (3.75%) Agile
10 3 (3.75%) Computer Science
10 3 (3.75%) Data Protection
10 3 (3.75%) Investment Management
10 3 (3.75%) Project Management
10 3 (3.75%) Regression Testing
10 3 (3.75%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.25%) Python
2 5 (6.25%) Java
3 4 (5.00%) Bash
4 2 (2.50%) SQL
5 1 (1.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (15.00%) CCNP
3 9 (11.25%) CCIE
4 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.75%) Degree
7 2 (2.50%) BC Cleared
7 2 (2.50%) CCIP
7 2 (2.50%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.25%) CCDA
8 1 (1.25%) CCDP
8 1 (1.25%) CCNA
8 1 (1.25%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.25%) JNCIE
8 1 (1.25%) JNCIP
8 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (1.25%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) NCSC
2 2 (2.50%) QA
3 1 (1.25%) GRC
3 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (2.50%) Firmware
1 2 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.50%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.25%) Docker
2 1 (1.25%) GridGain
2 1 (1.25%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (21.25%) Ansible
2 6 (7.50%) Terraform
3 5 (6.25%) Grafana
3 5 (6.25%) Prometheus
4 2 (2.50%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (2.50%) Iperf
4 2 (2.50%) Nmap
4 2 (2.50%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (1.25%) CASB
5 1 (1.25%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.25%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.25%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 60 (75.00%) Cisco
2 50 (62.50%) F5
3 27 (33.75%) Arista
4 24 (30.00%) Palo Alto
5 20 (25.00%) Fortinet
6 13 (16.25%) CheckPoint
7 8 (10.00%) Juniper
8 4 (5.00%) SolarWinds
8 4 (5.00%) VMware
9 3 (3.75%) Dell
9 3 (3.75%) Meraki
9 3 (3.75%) Red Hat
9 3 (3.75%) SevOne
10 2 (2.50%) Aruba
10 2 (2.50%) IBM
10 2 (2.50%) NetScout
10 2 (2.50%) Splunk
10 2 (2.50%) Tufin
11 1 (1.25%) AppDynamics
11 1 (1.25%) Solace