FTP Contract Job Trends in the East of England

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring FTP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 71 111
Rank change year-on-year -21 +40 +16
Contract jobs citing FTP 10 17 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.64% 1.37% 0.057%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.50% 7.23% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £563 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.89% - -
England median daily rate £475 £475 £575
% change year-on-year - -17.39% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% - -
75th Percentile £80.00 - -
90th Percentile £85.00 £58.25 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £56.81
% change year-on-year +85.71% -38.39% -22.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

FTP 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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 222 235 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 14.15% 18.98% 19.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 109 192
10th Percentile £160 £219 £246
25th Percentile £213 £280 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £538
90th Percentile £680 £603 £605
England median daily rate £482 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 42 73
10th Percentile £13.25 £20.24 £20.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.46 £50.00
Median hourly rate £54.50 £44.28 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -31.88% +3.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.63 £73.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.45
% change year-on-year -38.22% -13.97% +25.43%

FTP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing FTP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

FTP job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing FTP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing FTP

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing FTP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing FTP

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing FTP in the East of England over the 6 months to 4 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for FTP in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FTP within the East of England region over the 6 months to 4 December 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -21 10 £680 +20.89% 6
FTP
England

FTP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) DNS
1 10 (100.00%) HTTP
1 10 (100.00%) Network Security
1 10 (100.00%) SMTP
1 10 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 8 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Analyst
1 10 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Senior
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Cyberattack
2 8 (80.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (80.00%) CSOC
2 8 (80.00%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (80.00%) Management Information System
2 8 (80.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (100.00%) Information Security
1 10 (100.00%) Network Packet Capture
2 9 (90.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (90.00%) SIEM
3 8 (80.00%) AI
3 8 (80.00%) Analytics
3 8 (80.00%) Behavioural Analytics
3 8 (80.00%) Incident Response
3 8 (80.00%) Information Management
3 8 (80.00%) Machine Learning
3 8 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 8 (80.00%) Runbook
3 8 (80.00%) Security Operations
3 8 (80.00%) SOAR
3 8 (80.00%) Threat Detection
4 7 (70.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) PowerShell
1 8 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) DV Cleared