FTP Contract Job Trends in England

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England citing FTP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 640 503 437
Rank change year-on-year -137 -66 +45
Contract jobs citing FTP 25 48 70
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.053% 0.16% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.57% 1.39% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 26 34
10th Percentile £343 £204 £308
25th Percentile £444 £463 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £474 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.21% - -17.39%
75th Percentile £578 £580 £597
90th Percentile £603 £583 £713
UK median daily rate £474 £475 £465
% change year-on-year -0.21% +2.26% -19.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 7
10th Percentile £65.63 £43.80 £33.50
25th Percentile - £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% +57.14% -26.82%
75th Percentile £85.30 £77.50 £41.88
90th Percentile £85.40 £85.00 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +54.55% +57.14% -26.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 citing communications or computer networking skills in England.

6 months to
13 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills 4,394 3,446 3,768
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 9.29% 11.41% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,566 2,221 2,195
10th Percentile £263 £213 £237
25th Percentile £400 £360 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 190 130
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £20.00
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.26 £27.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £33.39 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.79% -33.23% -11.49%
75th Percentile £73.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £100.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £35.11 £34.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +3.26% -28.42% -13.64%

FTP Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

FTP job vacancy trend in England

FTP Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FTP

FTP Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FTP in England over the 6 months to 13 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for FTP in England

FTP Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing FTP

FTP Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing FTP in England over the 6 months to 13 November 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for FTP in England

FTP Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 13 November 2026. 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -55 9 £450 +116.87% 3
East of England -24 7 £575 -15.44% 4
North of England -62 4 £474 -17.57% 3
London -100 4 £588 +23.68% 9
North West - 4 £474 - 1
South West - 1 £155 - 4
FTP
UK

FTP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1DNS36.0%9
2HTTP20.0%5
2SMTP20.0%5
2SSL20.0%5
5DHCP12.0%3
5Firewall12.0%3
5Network Security12.0%3
8HTTPS8.0%2
8IMAP8.0%2
8OpenLDAP8.0%2
8SSH8.0%2
12DSL4.0%1
12IPsec4.0%1
12IPv64.0%1
12SNMP4.0%1
12Structured Cabling4.0%1
12VoIP4.0%1
12VPN4.0%1
12WAN4.0%1
12Wi-Fi4.0%1