SSH Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Secure Shell (SSH)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring SSH skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SSH 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 1.82% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.72 - -
Median hourly rate £26.44 - -
75th Percentile £27.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £26.44 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 11 2 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 20.00% 6.25% 10.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 4
10th Percentile £194 - -
25th Percentile £350 £206 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £213 £278
Median % change year-on-year +105.88% -23.42% -38.33%
75th Percentile £525 £219 £416
90th Percentile £563 - £466
Oxfordshire median daily rate £425 £413 £375
% change year-on-year +3.03% +10.00% -15.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.72 - -
Median hourly rate £26.44 - £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -78.33%
75th Percentile £27.16 - -
90th Percentile - - £44.20
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £26.44 - £13.00
% change year-on-year - - -76.15%

SSH
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

SSH job vacancy trend in Oxford

SSH
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing SSH

SSH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle