Multicast Job Trends

Multicast
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Multicast skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 597 778
Rank change year-on-year -26 +181 +176
Permanent jobs citing Multicast 66 54 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.088% 0.13% 0.067%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.65% 0.94% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 43 43 52
10th Percentile £48,900 £47,125 £30,250
25th Percentile £92,500 £71,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.59% +13.33% +22.45%
75th Percentile £137,500 £100,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £128,500 £97,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £80,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -42.50% +60.00% -4.76%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,175 5,775 11,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.64% 13.39% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 4,041 3,694 9,244
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,313 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £53,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.64% +9.28% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £79,175
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £48,507 £43,500
% change year-on-year -27.85% +11.51% -3.33%

Multicast
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Multicast job vacancy trend in the UK

Multicast
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Multicast.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Multicast

Multicast
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Multicast over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Multicast in the UK

Multicast
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Multicast within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +26 55 £102,500 +20.59% 15
England -20 55 £102,500 +22.39% 20
Scotland -9 7 £46,000 - 1
UK excluding London -48 7 £46,000 -42.50% 7
Work from Home +10 5 £100,000 +17.65% 6

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 4 (6.06%) Confluence
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.52%) nginx
3 1 (1.52%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 13 (19.70%) GitHub
2 8 (12.12%) AWS
3 7 (10.61%) IaaS
4 4 (6.06%) Azure
5 3 (4.55%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.52%) GCP
6 1 (1.52%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 14 (21.21%) TCP/IP
2 8 (12.12%) BGP
2 8 (12.12%) Firewall
2 8 (12.12%) OSPF
3 7 (10.61%) ATM
3 7 (10.61%) tcpdump
3 7 (10.61%) Wireshark
4 6 (9.09%) IGMP
4 6 (9.09%) VLAN
5 5 (7.58%) Ethernet VPN
5 5 (7.58%) VPN
5 5 (7.58%) VXLAN
6 3 (4.55%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (3.03%) BIG-IP
7 2 (3.03%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (3.03%) EIGRP
7 2 (3.03%) IPv4
7 2 (3.03%) LAN
7 2 (3.03%) MPLS
7 2 (3.03%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.06%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.52%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (1.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (27.27%) JIRA
2 14 (21.21%) Git
3 1 (1.52%) GCC
3 1 (1.52%) GDB
General
1 48 (72.73%) Finance
2 26 (39.39%) Banking
3 23 (34.85%) Social Skills
4 13 (19.70%) Front Office
4 13 (19.70%) Telecoms
5 10 (15.15%) Spanish Language
6 9 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (10.61%) Aerospace
7 7 (10.61%) Automotive
7 7 (10.61%) Law
8 4 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (4.55%) Games
10 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.52%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 27 (40.91%) Senior
2 16 (24.24%) Software Engineer
3 14 (21.21%) C++ Software Engineer
3 14 (21.21%) Python Engineer
3 14 (21.21%) Python Software Engineer
4 13 (19.70%) Developer
4 13 (19.70%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 13 (19.70%) Senior Software Engineer
5 12 (18.18%) C++ Developer
6 10 (15.15%) Network Engineer
7 9 (13.64%) Deployment Engineer
8 7 (10.61%) Analyst
8 7 (10.61%) Business Analyst
8 7 (10.61%) Integration Engineer
8 7 (10.61%) Senior Network Engineer
9 4 (6.06%) Business Manager
9 4 (6.06%) Product Analyst
9 4 (6.06%) Product Business Analyst
9 4 (6.06%) Product Manager
10 3 (4.55%) Transition Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (54.55%) FIX Protocol
2 15 (22.73%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 14 (21.21%) pytest
4 1 (1.52%) LEMP Stack
4 1 (1.52%) Node.js
4 1 (1.52%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 26 (39.39%) Derivative
2 21 (31.82%) Equities
2 21 (31.82%) Fixed Income
3 14 (21.21%) Algorithms
4 9 (13.64%) Onboarding
5 8 (12.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (10.61%) Distributed Computing
6 7 (10.61%) Management Information System
6 7 (10.61%) MPEG
7 5 (7.58%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (6.06%) Eurex
9 3 (4.55%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (1.52%) Data Centre
10 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (1.52%) Hedge funds
10 1 (1.52%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 50 (75.76%) Linux
2 19 (28.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (6.06%) Windows
4 1 (1.52%) CentOS
4 1 (1.52%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (69.70%) Low Latency
2 23 (34.85%) Agile
3 21 (31.82%) SDLC
4 18 (27.27%) Software Engineering
5 17 (25.76%) Process Improvement
6 14 (21.21%) Computer Science
6 14 (21.21%) Continuous Integration
6 14 (21.21%) Mathematics
6 14 (21.21%) OOP
6 14 (21.21%) Technical Leadership
6 14 (21.21%) Workflow
7 12 (18.18%) Concurrent Programming
7 12 (18.18%) SOA
7 12 (18.18%) Systems Analysis
7 12 (18.18%) Unit Testing
8 10 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (15.15%) Project Delivery
8 10 (15.15%) Project Management
9 9 (13.64%) Client Onboarding
10 8 (12.12%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 30 (45.45%) C++
2 22 (33.33%) Python
3 7 (10.61%) Java
4 2 (3.03%) SQL
5 1 (1.52%) Bash
5 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (13.64%) Degree
2 8 (12.12%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (10.61%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (10.61%) CCNP
4 3 (4.55%) CCIE
5 2 (3.03%) CCSA
5 2 (3.03%) CCSE
6 1 (1.52%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (22.73%) QA
2 7 (10.61%) Accessibility
System Software
1 12 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (10.61%) Docker
2 7 (10.61%) KVM
Systems Management
1 8 (12.12%) Ansible
2 7 (10.61%) Kubernetes
2 7 (10.61%) Puppet
3 6 (9.09%) Nagios
4 1 (1.52%) Proxmox
4 1 (1.52%) Red Hat Satellite
4 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (19.70%) Red Hat
2 12 (18.18%) VMware
3 10 (15.15%) Cisco
4 6 (9.09%) Arista
4 6 (9.09%) Fortinet
4 6 (9.09%) SolarWinds
5 4 (6.06%) Bloomberg
5 4 (6.06%) CheckPoint
5 4 (6.06%) CQG
5 4 (6.06%) F5
5 4 (6.06%) ION Trading
5 4 (6.06%) Oracle
5 4 (6.06%) Patsystems
5 4 (6.06%) Reuters
5 4 (6.06%) Trayport
6 2 (3.03%) Meraki
6 2 (3.03%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.52%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.52%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.52%) Veeam