SSH Contracts in the South East

Secure Shell (SSH)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 214
Rank change year-on-year - - +33
Contract jobs citing SSH 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East - - 0.017%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile - - £575
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £533 £413
% change year-on-year -10.88% +29.21% -31.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 577 1,170 1,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.75% 20.46% 17.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 563 592
10th Percentile £214 £213 £240
25th Percentile £325 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £588
90th Percentile £625 £648 £700
England median daily rate £492 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 139 72
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.35 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.76 £31.88 £32.38
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -0.26% +125.49%
75th Percentile £58.72 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.56 £85.65 £78.97
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.44 £22.34
% change year-on-year -17.47% +103.45% -10.66%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SSH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SSH in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SSH in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SSH in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SSH in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SSH in the South East