The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth requiring SSH skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SSH over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
27
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing SSH
1
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills
27
96
82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth
15.61%
40.68%
30.94%
Number of daily rates quoted
13
20
54
10th Percentile
£380
£450
£273
25th Percentile
£400
£463
£334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£550
£538
£425
Median % change year-on-year
+2.33%
+26.47%
-5.56%
75th Percentile
£625
£603
£488
90th Percentile
-
£688
£613
Hampshire median daily rate
£550
£568
£450
% change year-on-year
-3.08%
+26.11%
-8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted
10
59
8
10th Percentile
£49.10
£51.06
£53.77
25th Percentile
£53.13
£53.40
£55.90
Median hourly rate
£55.00
£57.35
£58.20
Median % change year-on-year
-4.10%
-1.46%
+5.82%
75th Percentile
£58.75
£70.00
£67.78
90th Percentile
£63.75
£70.75
£69.03
Hampshire median hourly rate
£55.00
£57.35
£58.20
% change year-on-year
-4.10%
-1.46%
+30.79%
SSH Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth
Job postings citing SSH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.
SSH Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SSH in Portsmouth.
SSH Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth
For the 6 months to 17 July 2025, contractor job vacancies citing SSH also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Portsmouth region with a requirement for SSH.
SSH Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
