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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 463 567
Rank change year-on-year -76 +104 +7
Contract jobs citing Multicast 94 62 23
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.21% 0.053%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.05% 1.65% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 39 14
10th Percentile £400 £425 £403
25th Percentile £413 £500 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £535 £593
Median % change year-on-year -10.28% -9.70% -5.20%
75th Percentile £614 £606 £734
90th Percentile £715 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £610
% change year-on-year -4.76% -13.93% +87.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £38.75 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 4,576 3,750 5,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 9.58% 12.76% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,835 2,310 3,283
10th Percentile £250 £213 £205
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £488 £495
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -1.52% -4.49%
75th Percentile £588 £598 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +2.10% -2.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 169 419
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £41.24 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.89% -18.75% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.91 £58.69 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.72 £24.66 £46.14
% change year-on-year +97.57% -46.55% +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

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Multicast over the 6 months to 10 May 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 10 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
England -85 87 £500 -9.09% 22
London -56 45 £550 - 20
UK excluding London -63 41 £500 -4.76% 6
North West -10 33 £490 -7.55%
North of England -32 33 £490 -7.55%
Midlands - 33 £413 -
West Midlands - 33 £413 -
Work from Home -27 32 £480 -4.00% 11
South East -60 5 £525 +23.53% 5
East of England -32 2 £500 +42.86%

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.06%) MTS
Cloud Services
1 8 (8.51%) AWS
2 6 (6.38%) Azure
3 5 (5.32%) GCP
4 2 (2.13%) Amazon OpenSearch
4 2 (2.13%) Amazon S3
4 2 (2.13%) IBM Watson
5 1 (1.06%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (1.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.06%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.06%) IaaS
5 1 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.06%) OCI
5 1 (1.06%) PaaS
5 1 (1.06%) SaaS
5 1 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 68 (72.34%) BGP
2 44 (46.81%) VPN
3 42 (44.68%) Firewall
4 36 (38.30%) DMZ
5 32 (34.04%) DNS
6 29 (30.85%) OSPF
7 28 (29.79%) WAN
8 17 (18.09%) MPLS
9 15 (15.96%) Cisco ASA
9 15 (15.96%) LAN
10 14 (14.89%) Network Security
11 12 (12.77%) EIGRP
12 11 (11.70%) VLAN
12 11 (11.70%) VXLAN
13 9 (9.57%) IGMP
14 7 (7.45%) Ethernet VPN
14 7 (7.45%) HSRP
15 6 (6.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 6 (6.38%) VRRP
15 6 (6.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.32%) KDB
2 2 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.06%) Kdb+
3 1 (1.06%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.38%) Git
2 4 (4.26%) GitLab
2 4 (4.26%) Sonatype Nexus
3 3 (3.19%) JIRA
4 2 (2.13%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.06%) Artifactory
5 1 (1.06%) Maven
General
1 30 (31.91%) Banking
2 28 (29.79%) Finance
3 22 (23.40%) Investment Banking
4 9 (9.57%) Financial Institution
5 8 (8.51%) Front Office
6 7 (7.45%) Social Skills
7 5 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (4.26%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.13%) Aviation
9 2 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.06%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.06%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 64 (68.09%) Network Engineer
2 37 (39.36%) Cisco Engineer
2 37 (39.36%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 36 (38.30%) Data Network Engineer
4 33 (35.11%) Network Security Engineer
4 33 (35.11%) Security Engineer
5 32 (34.04%) Cisco Security Engineer
5 32 (34.04%) Data Engineer
6 29 (30.85%) Senior
7 15 (15.96%) Web Engineer
8 13 (13.83%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (7.45%) Developer
10 6 (6.38%) Java Developer
11 5 (5.32%) Senior Developer
12 4 (4.26%) Data Centre Engineer
12 4 (4.26%) Senior Java Developer
13 3 (3.19%) Firewall Engineer
13 3 (3.19%) IP Network Engineer
13 3 (3.19%) Juniper Engineer
13 3 (3.19%) Senior Firewall Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.45%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (6.38%) Ultra Messaging
3 2 (2.13%) 802.1X
3 2 (2.13%) Django
4 1 (1.06%) .NET
4 1 (1.06%) Java Concurrency
4 1 (1.06%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.21%) Data Centre
2 8 (8.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (6.38%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (6.38%) Equities
4 5 (5.32%) Algorithms
5 4 (4.26%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.13%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (2.13%) Fixed Income
6 2 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.13%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.06%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.06%) IPTV
7 1 (1.06%) MPEG
7 1 (1.06%) Replication
7 1 (1.06%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.06%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.45%) Linux
2 2 (2.13%) Unix
2 2 (2.13%) VMS
2 2 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (46.81%) Load Balancing
2 27 (28.72%) Low Latency
3 11 (11.70%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (10.64%) Electronic Trading
4 10 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (8.51%) Migration
6 7 (7.45%) High Availability
7 6 (6.38%) Algorithmic Trading
7 6 (6.38%) Multithreading
7 6 (6.38%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (6.38%) Test Automation
8 5 (5.32%) Network Management
8 5 (5.32%) Performance Tuning
8 5 (5.32%) Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (5.32%) Project Delivery
9 4 (4.26%) Architectural Design
9 4 (4.26%) CI/CD
9 4 (4.26%) Network Optimisation
9 4 (4.26%) Roadmaps
9 4 (4.26%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 18 (19.15%) Python
2 9 (9.57%) Java
3 4 (4.26%) Bash
4 3 (3.19%) SQL
5 2 (2.13%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.06%) C++
6 1 (1.06%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (17.02%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (12.77%) CCNP
3 9 (9.57%) CCIE
4 6 (6.38%) Security Cleared
5 4 (4.26%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.19%) Degree
7 2 (2.13%) BC Cleared
7 2 (2.13%) CCIP
7 2 (2.13%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.06%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.06%) CCDA
8 1 (1.06%) CCDP
8 1 (1.06%) CCNA
8 1 (1.06%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.06%) JNCIE
8 1 (1.06%) JNCIP
8 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.26%) NCSC
2 2 (2.13%) QA
3 1 (1.06%) GRC
3 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.13%) Firmware
2 2 (2.13%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.06%) Docker
3 1 (1.06%) GridGain
3 1 (1.06%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (18.09%) Ansible
2 6 (6.38%) Terraform
3 5 (5.32%) Grafana
3 5 (5.32%) Prometheus
4 2 (2.13%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (2.13%) Iperf
4 2 (2.13%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (2.13%) Nmap
4 2 (2.13%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (1.06%) CASB
5 1 (1.06%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.06%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.06%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.06%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 68 (72.34%) Cisco
2 58 (61.70%) F5
3 30 (31.91%) Arista
4 27 (28.72%) Palo Alto
5 23 (24.47%) Fortinet
6 13 (13.83%) CheckPoint
7 8 (8.51%) Juniper
8 5 (5.32%) VMware
9 4 (4.26%) SolarWinds
10 3 (3.19%) Dell
10 3 (3.19%) Meraki
10 3 (3.19%) SevOne
10 3 (3.19%) Splunk
11 2 (2.13%) Aruba
11 2 (2.13%) IBM
11 2 (2.13%) Microsoft
11 2 (2.13%) NetScout
11 2 (2.13%) Red Hat
11 2 (2.13%) Solace
11 2 (2.13%) Tufin