The first table below looks at the demand for SSH skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SSH over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Secure Shell (SSH)
Rank 122 124 122
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Contract jobs citing SSH 1 15 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.041% 0.492% 0.101%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.162% 1.426% 0.444%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £83 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £263 £380
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -30.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.59 £67.50 £47.00
% change year-on-year
-56.16% +43.61%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
616 1052 676
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.45% 34.50% 22.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 204 193
Average daily rate £285 £285 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 45 54
Average hourly rate £17.00 £30.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.33% -17.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
SSH
South East

SSH
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SSH across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire SSH Jobs Demand Trend

SSH
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SSH across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire SSH Daily Rate Trend

SSH
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SSH across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire SSH Hourly Rate Trend

SSH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SSH also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SSH.

1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) SSL
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) SMTP
2 3 (75.00%) FTP
2 3 (75.00%) HTTP
2 3 (75.00%) Internet
2 3 (75.00%) Fault Management
3 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (50.00%) SLA
3 2 (50.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) Web Services
4 1 (25.00%) HTTPS
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (25.00%) UNIX
4 1 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (25.00%) Apache
4 1 (25.00%) LDAP
4 1 (25.00%) Workflow
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (25.00%) Release Management
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) IPsec
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management

SSH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SSH also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SSH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) SSL
2 3 (75.00%) Internet
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) SMTP
2 3 (75.00%) FTP
2 3 (75.00%) HTTP
3 1 (25.00%) IPsec
3 1 (25.00%) HTTPS
3 1 (25.00%) LDAP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Deployment Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Deployment Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) UNIX
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Fault Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Release Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix