Secure Shell (SSH)
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 168 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing SSH | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | - | - | 0.14% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | - | 1.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £560 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £575 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £625 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £730 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £446 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +23.32% | -27.77% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £47.73 |
| UK median hourly rate | - | - | £47.73 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -39.39% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland
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 Scotland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 135 | 244 | 346 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 8.49% | 11.21% | 12.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 91 | 146 | 217 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £188 | £160 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £281 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £473 | £460 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.05% | +2.72% | +2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £611 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £550 | £669 | £600 |
| UK median daily rate | £488 | £495 | £518 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.52% | -4.49% | +3.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 13 | 19 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.45 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £16.25 | £10.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.00 | £18.27 | £11.90 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.42% | +53.59% | -74.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £23.53 | £60.00 | £31.57 |
| 90th Percentile | £32.36 | £60.75 | £58.33 |
| UK median hourly rate | £29.00 | £40.00 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.50% | +116.22% | -34.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing SSH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SSH in Scotland.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SSH in Scotland.