SSH Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Secure Shell (SSH)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring SSH skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 119 120
Rank change year-on-year -16 +1 +49
Contract jobs citing SSH 1 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.041% 0.23% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.65% 2.35% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £436 £560
25th Percentile £463 £513 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £641 £850
Median % change year-on-year -25.84% -24.65% +41.67%
75th Percentile £488 £660 £925
90th Percentile - £672 -
Central London median daily rate £475 £641 £850
% change year-on-year -25.84% -24.65% +41.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

SSH falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 153 170 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 6.30% 9.77% 10.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 115 139
10th Percentile £246 £259 £211
25th Percentile £413 £424 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% +15.79% -15.56%
75th Percentile £675 £662 £631
90th Percentile £722 £745 £788
Central London median daily rate £538 £544 £450
% change year-on-year -1.15% +20.83% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £21.27 £27.56 -
25th Percentile £24.17 £33.28 £12.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £44.11 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.98% +226.72% -40.00%
75th Percentile £48.00 £55.49 £14.25
90th Percentile £58.20 £61.54 -
Central London median hourly rate £60.00 £44.11 £13.50
% change year-on-year +36.03% +226.72% -40.00%

SSH
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SSH relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

SSH job vacancy trend in the City of London

SSH
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SSH.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SSH

SSH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible