FTP Contract Job Trends in the South East

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring FTP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 147 190
Rank change year-on-year -32 +43 +52
Contract jobs citing FTP 10 23 14
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.23% 0.62% 0.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.61% 3.37% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 2
10th Percentile - £439 £321
25th Percentile £204 £541 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £638 £363
Median % change year-on-year -52.94% +75.86% -9.38%
75th Percentile £350 £759 £384
90th Percentile - £825 £394
England median daily rate £475 £475 £575
% change year-on-year - -17.39% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £32.75 £30.58
25th Percentile - - £39.94
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £56.81
Median % change year-on-year - -38.39% -
75th Percentile - - £74.16
90th Percentile - - £83.81
England median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £56.81
% change year-on-year +85.71% -38.39% -22.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 622 683 1,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.22% 18.35% 22.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 391 621
10th Percentile £204 £237 £200
25th Percentile £331 £400 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £563
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 23 68
10th Percentile £18.32 £32.00 £22.23
25th Percentile £28.63 £35.00 £29.38
Median hourly rate £70.16 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.26% +4.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile £87.82 £66.01 £72.74
90th Percentile £90.45 £71.00 £76.97
England median hourly rate £34.00 £40.25 £56.49
% change year-on-year -15.53% -28.75% +25.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

FTP job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FTP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FTP

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FTP in the South East over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for FTP in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FTP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FTP

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FTP within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -10 6 £350 -16.42%
Thames Valley -22 6 £350 -45.10%
Surrey - 4 £208 -
FTP
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (60.00%) Azure
1 6 (60.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) DHCP
1 6 (60.00%) DNS
2 4 (40.00%) HTTP
2 4 (40.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (10.00%) SMTP
3 1 (10.00%) Telnet
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Wintel Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Automation Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Support
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) REST
1 4 (40.00%) SOAP
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (40.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Escalation Management
2 4 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (40.00%) OO
2 4 (40.00%) OOP
3 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (10.00%) Tech Ops
3 1 (10.00%) Workflow
3 1 (10.00%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Citrix
1 6 (60.00%) VMware
2 5 (50.00%) ServiceNow