SSH Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Secure Shell (SSH)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring SSH skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SSH 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.16% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.54% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
Scotland median daily rate £700 £650 £565
% change year-on-year +7.69% +15.04% -7.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 65 77 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 10.62% 12.48% 8.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 37 36
10th Percentile £188 £150 £177
25th Percentile £412 £250 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £513 £480
Median % change year-on-year -9.12% +6.77% +1.05%
75th Percentile £555 £600 £638
90th Percentile £686 £650 £750
Scotland median daily rate £425 £438 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -20.45% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 10
10th Percentile - - £15.95
25th Percentile - £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 £23.77 £43.25
Median % change year-on-year +215.56% -45.05% +18.07%
75th Percentile - £43.22 £60.75
90th Percentile - £71.50 £60.83
Scotland median hourly rate £75.00 £23.77 £60.00
% change year-on-year +215.56% -60.39% +355.93%

SSH
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

SSH job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

SSH
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing SSH.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing SSH

SSH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BiZZdesign
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet