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This section looks at the demand for Secure Shell (SSH) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SSH over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSecure Shell (SSH)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank503521
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads69102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.089 %0.115 %
As % of the category below0.679 %0.814 %
Daily rates quoted2915
Average minimum daily rate£357£323
Average daily rate£369£336
% change on same period last year+9.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£380£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£324
% change on same period last year+9.37 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Communications & Networking UKCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1016312531
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled13.04 %14.08 %
Daily rates quoted27622902
Average minimum daily rate£335£341
Average daily rate£356£360
% change on same period last year-1.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£377£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£334
% change on same period last year+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted13271505
Average minimum hourly rate£24.61£25.29
Average hourly rate£26.60£26.86
% change on same period last year-0.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.60£28.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.63£27.52
% change on same period last year-3.21 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SSH
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SSH across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

SSH Demand Trend

SSH
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SSH across the UK.

SSH Daily Rate Trend

SSH
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SSH across the UK over the past 3 months.

SSH Daily Rate Histogram

SSH
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SSH across the UK.

SSH Hourly Rate Trend

SSH
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSH within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+2561£369+9.77 %
2LondonUp+3528£397+13.42 %
3South EastUp+3813£336-3.88 %
4ScotlandDown-48--
4GlasgowNew entry-8--
5East of EnglandDown-67£423+69.20 %
5YorkshireNew entry-7£263-
6City of LondonNew entry-5£433-
6BuckinghamshireDown-75£284-30.73 %
6Milton KeynesDown-225£284-30.73 %
6HampshireUp+125£425+32.81 %
7HertfordshireDown-34£438-
7PlymouthNew entry-4£372-
7South WestUp+124£372-
7DevonNew entry-4£372-
7West YorkshireNew entry-4£263-
8CambridgeshireDown-103£365+46.00 %
8South YorkshireNew entry-3--
8SheffieldNew entry-3--
8LeedsNew entry-3£270-
9BasingstokeNew entry-2£425-
9CambridgeDown-12£365+46.00 %
10CrawleyNew entry-1£301-
10NorthamptonNew entry-1£310-
10ManchesterNew entry-1--
10YorkNew entry-1--
10BerkshireUp+231--
10PortsmouthDown-41--
10North YorkshireNew entry-1--
10NorthamptonshireDown-191£310-

SSH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing SSH also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SSH.

143 (37.72 %)Perl
242 (36.84 %)Unix
242 (36.84 %)Firewall
339 (34.21 %)Linux
438 (33.33 %)FTP
438 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
537 (32.46 %)Java
632 (28.07 %)SSL
728 (24.56 %)LDAP
825 (21.93 %)Apache
825 (21.93 %)Oracle
825 (21.93 %)Cisco
825 (21.93 %)HTTP
924 (21.05 %)CheckPoint
1022 (19.30 %)SAN
1022 (19.30 %)Solaris
1121 (18.42 %)Windows
1121 (18.42 %)VPN
1121 (18.42 %)DNS
1219 (16.67 %)C
1219 (16.67 %)Finance
1317 (14.91 %)Banking
1317 (14.91 %)SQL
1416 (14.04 %)IIS
1416 (14.04 %)Tomcat
1416 (14.04 %)NFS
1416 (14.04 %)Government
1515 (13.16 %)Internet
1515 (13.16 %)MySQL
1614 (12.28 %)Sun

SSH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing SSH also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SSH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
112 (10.53 %)HTML
112 (10.53 %)XML
28 (7.018 %).NET
35 (4.386 %)J2EE
35 (4.386 %)ASP
35 (4.386 %)ASP.NET
35 (4.386 %)CSS
35 (4.386 %)WebServices
35 (4.386 %)AJAX
44 (3.509 %)MyFaces
44 (3.509 %)Hibernate
44 (3.509 %)Lucene
44 (3.509 %)Spring
44 (3.509 %)XHTML
44 (3.509 %)DOM
44 (3.509 %)XSL
53 (2.632 %)JSP
53 (2.632 %)LAMP
62 (1.754 %)WSRP
62 (1.754 %)JSR 168
Application Platforms
125 (21.93 %)Apache
216 (14.04 %)Tomcat
216 (14.04 %)IIS
310 (8.772 %)iPlanet
44 (3.509 %)CMS
44 (3.509 %)Alfresco
53 (2.632 %)Oracle Application Server
53 (2.632 %)Rendezvous
53 (2.632 %)SAS
61 (0.877 %)Oracle HTTP Server
61 (0.877 %)WebLogic
Applications
16 (5.263 %)MS Visio
24 (3.509 %)MS Office
33 (2.632 %)Photoshop
42 (1.754 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
142 (36.84 %)Firewall
238 (33.33 %)FTP
238 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
332 (28.07 %)SSL
428 (24.56 %)LDAP
525 (21.93 %)HTTP
622 (19.30 %)SAN
721 (18.42 %)VPN
721 (18.42 %)DNS
815 (13.16 %)Internet
913 (11.40 %)VLAN
1011 (9.649 %)Intrusion Detection
1011 (9.649 %)SNMP
1011 (9.649 %)SMTP
1110 (8.772 %)IPsec
129 (7.895 %)NetScreen
129 (7.895 %)TACACS
137 (6.140 %)LAN
137 (6.140 %)WAN
137 (6.140 %)Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
115 (13.16 %)MySQL
28 (7.018 %)Sybase ASE
37 (6.140 %)Oracle 10g
46 (5.263 %)RDBMS
55 (4.386 %)SQL Server
63 (2.632 %)Oracle 8/8i
72 (1.754 %)Datawarehouse
72 (1.754 %)TOAD
72 (1.754 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.877 %)SQL Server 2000
81 (0.877 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (0.877 %)Oracle 9i
81 (0.877 %)DB2
81 (0.877 %)Oracle Reports
Development Applications
14 (3.509 %)Eclipse
23 (2.632 %)Ant
32 (1.754 %)JUnit
32 (1.754 %)Oracle Forms
32 (1.754 %)Subversion
32 (1.754 %)JIRA
41 (0.877 %)NUnit
41 (0.877 %)Flash
41 (0.877 %)ClearCase
41 (0.877 %)VSS/SourceSafe
General
119 (16.67 %)Finance
217 (14.91 %)Banking
316 (14.04 %)Government
44 (3.509 %)Telecoms
53 (2.632 %)Retail
53 (2.632 %)Graphic Design
62 (1.754 %)Legal
71 (0.877 %)Financial Institution
71 (0.877 %)International Banking
71 (0.877 %)Auditing
Job Titles
121 (18.42 %)Developer
216 (14.04 %)Analyst
312 (10.53 %)Administrator
49 (7.895 %)DBA
49 (7.895 %)Consultant
58 (7.018 %)Systems Administrator
58 (7.018 %)Sybase DBA
67 (6.140 %)Systems Analyst
67 (6.140 %)Project Manager
67 (6.140 %)Tester
76 (5.263 %)Security Specialist
85 (4.386 %)Java Developer
85 (4.386 %)Oracle Developer
85 (4.386 %)Systems Tester
94 (3.509 %)Support Engineer
94 (3.509 %)Security Consultant
94 (3.509 %)Business Analyst
94 (3.509 %)UNIX Specialist
103 (2.632 %)Linux Administrator
103 (2.632 %)Linux Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
113 (11.40 %)PKI
28 (7.018 %)Replication
35 (4.386 %)HACMP
35 (4.386 %)Web 2.0
44 (3.509 %)SecurID
44 (3.509 %)W3C
44 (3.509 %)Firmware
52 (1.754 %)CESG
52 (1.754 %)CESG CHECK
52 (1.754 %)Spanish Language
52 (1.754 %)Multithreading
61 (0.877 %)Computer Science
61 (0.877 %)Streaming Media
61 (0.877 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
142 (36.84 %)Unix
239 (34.21 %)Linux
322 (19.30 %)Solaris
421 (18.42 %)Windows
510 (8.772 %)Windows NT
68 (7.018 %)AIX
68 (7.018 %)Windows 2000
73 (2.632 %)Gentoo
82 (1.754 %)Windows Server 2003
91 (0.877 %)Debian
91 (0.877 %)OpenBSD
91 (0.877 %)Windows XP
91 (0.877 %)FreeBSD
91 (0.877 %)Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
113 (11.40 %)ITIL
28 (7.018 %)Project Management
37 (6.140 %)Migration
44 (3.509 %)Web Development
44 (3.509 %)Content Management
44 (3.509 %)Integration Testing
53 (2.632 %)System Testing
53 (2.632 %)Network Design
53 (2.632 %)Risk Assessment
53 (2.632 %)Regression Testing
53 (2.632 %)Disaster Recovery
62 (1.754 %)Information Security
62 (1.754 %)Agile Software Development
62 (1.754 %)Load Balancing
62 (1.754 %)Information Management
71 (0.877 %)Problem Management
71 (0.877 %)Stress Testing
71 (0.877 %)Unit Testing
71 (0.877 %)Process Management
71 (0.877 %)OOP
Programming Languages
143 (37.72 %)Perl
237 (32.46 %)Java
319 (16.67 %)C
417 (14.91 %)SQL
513 (11.40 %)Shell Script
610 (8.772 %)JavaScript
78 (7.018 %)PHP
87 (6.140 %)Python
96 (5.263 %)VB
105 (4.386 %)C#
105 (4.386 %)C++
114 (3.509 %)Korn
114 (3.509 %)XPath
123 (2.632 %)AWK
123 (2.632 %)PL/SQL
123 (2.632 %)VBScript
131 (0.877 %)VBA
131 (0.877 %)PHP5
Qualifications
19 (7.895 %)CCNP
19 (7.895 %)Cisco Certification
24 (3.509 %)Degree
33 (2.632 %)ISEB
42 (1.754 %)CISSP
42 (1.754 %)CCNA
51 (0.877 %)MCP
51 (0.877 %)MCSE
51 (0.877 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (0.877 %)Sun Certification
51 (0.877 %)CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
16 (5.263 %)PCI DSS
24 (3.509 %)WCAG
24 (3.509 %)WAI
32 (1.754 %)ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
116 (14.04 %)NFS
25 (4.386 %)Samba
34 (3.509 %)ISA Server
34 (3.509 %)Oracle RAC
43 (2.632 %)Oracle RMAN
51 (0.877 %)Active Directory
Systems Management
16 (5.263 %)Tivoli
24 (3.509 %)Tivoli Monitoring
24 (3.509 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
125 (21.93 %)Oracle
125 (21.93 %)Cisco
224 (21.05 %)CheckPoint
314 (12.28 %)Sun
49 (7.895 %)VERITAS
49 (7.895 %)Nortel
49 (7.895 %)Juniper
49 (7.895 %)BMC
58 (7.018 %)Sybase
66 (5.263 %)Red Hat
66 (5.263 %)Microsoft
75 (4.386 %)Nokia
84 (3.509 %)IBM
84 (3.509 %)HP
84 (3.509 %)Remedy
93 (2.632 %)TIBCO
102 (1.754 %)Symantec
102 (1.754 %)Business Objects
111 (0.877 %)VMware
111 (0.877 %)Intel
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