Unicast
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Unicast skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Unicast over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 728 1078 1094
Rank change year-on-year +350 +16 -
Permanent jobs citing Unicast 5 12 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.010% 0.004%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.061% 0.076% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 5
10th Percentile £81,500 £37,500 £71,000
25th Percentile £106,250 £43,125 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £133,750 £50,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +167.50% -47.37% -
75th Percentile £161,250 £65,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Unicast is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,218 15,777 16,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.19% 12.54% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6,418 10,533 11,407
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

Unicast
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Unicast as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Unicast in the UK

Unicast
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Unicast.

Salary trend for Unicast in the UK

Unicast
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Unicast over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Unicast in the UK

Unicast
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unicast within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 2023. 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
England +308 5 £133,750 +167.50% 10
London +269 4 £147,500 +268.75% 9
Work from Home +252 1 £65,000 +18.18% 3
UK excluding London +226 1 £65,000 +8.33% 2
South West +58 1 £65,000 +18.18%

Unicast
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Multicast
2 4 (80.00%) HTTP
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Java Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Java Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Java Software Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Java Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Java Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Java Software Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) WebSockets
2 4 (80.00%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (20.00%) React
3 1 (20.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Concurrent Programming
2 4 (80.00%) Containerisation
2 4 (80.00%) Cryptocurrency
2 4 (80.00%) Low Latency
2 4 (80.00%) Multithreading
2 4 (80.00%) Proprietary Trading
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (20.00%) Android Development
4 1 (20.00%) Full Stack Development
4 1 (20.00%) Microservices
4 1 (20.00%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) Rust
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes