The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for SSH skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SSH over the 6 months to 9 December 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
SSH is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
385
252
611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
9.36%
12.66%
10.76%
Number of daily rates quoted
309
204
467
10th Percentile
£306
£245
£192
25th Percentile
£438
£369
£318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£500
£450
Median % change year-on-year
+5.00%
+11.11%
+5.88%
75th Percentile
£600
£575
£575
90th Percentile
£688
£638
£675
Central London median daily rate
£525
£500
£450
% change year-on-year
+5.00%
+11.11%
+5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted
6
5
12
10th Percentile
£17.00
£22.70
£12.20
25th Percentile
£21.00
"
£15.88
Median hourly rate
£22.25
£23.00
£19.10
Median % change year-on-year
-3.26%
+20.42%
+2.14%
75th Percentile
£34.25
£38.25
£21.25
90th Percentile
£37.75
£52.35
£26.50
Central London median hourly rate
£22.25
£23.00
£20.00
% change year-on-year
-3.26%
+15.00%
+6.61%
SSH Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing SSH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
SSH Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SSH in the City of London.
SSH Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 9 December 2021, IT contractor jobs citing SSH also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for SSH.
SSH Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
