SSH Contract Job Trends in London

Secure Shell (SSH)
England > London

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 430 338 378
Rank change year-on-year -92 +40 +26
Contract jobs citing SSH 38 35 13
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.19% 0.25% 0.083%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.16% 2.66% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 19 4
10th Percentile £425 £285 £528
25th Percentile £462 £356 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £466 £548
Median % change year-on-year +15.41% -14.98% +15.26%
75th Percentile £652 £588 £613
90th Percentile £725 £655 £707
England median daily rate £538 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +13.16% +11.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £49.00 - -
England median hourly rate £75.00 - -

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing communications or computer networking skills 1,756 1,314 1,495
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 8.58% 9.34% 9.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,095 836 926
10th Percentile £305 £300 £258
25th Percentile £413 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £630
90th Percentile £725 £711 £725
England median daily rate £500 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 43 16
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.95 £23.70
25th Percentile £34.13 - £28.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year +138.57% -32.48% +49.00%
75th Percentile £104.69 £36.38 £49.50
90th Percentile £155.00 £61.30 £74.10
England median hourly rate £45.00 £34.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +32.35% -30.61% -13.26%

SSH Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SSH job vacancy trend in London

SSH Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SSH

SSH Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SSH in London over the 6 months to 14 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SSH in London

SSH Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SSH.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SSH

SSH Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSH within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Central London -26 7 £502 +28.78%
South London -11 2 - -
SSH
England

SSH Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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
1DNS26.3%10
1HTTPS26.3%10
3TCP/IP23.7%9
4SSL15.8%6
5Firewall13.2%5
6DHCP10.5%4
6HTTP10.5%4
6OpenVPN10.5%4
9Kerberos7.9%3
9VPN7.9%3
114G5.3%2
115G5.3%2
11FTP5.3%2
11IMAP5.3%2
11Network Security5.3%2
11OpenLDAP5.3%2
11SMTP5.3%2
11SNMP5.3%2
19BGP2.6%1
19Broadband2.6%1