Secure Shell (SSH)
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 145 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +16 |
| Contract jobs citing SSH | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | - | - | 0.034% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | - | 0.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | - | - | £588 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +22.08% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley
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 Thames Valley.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 235 | 507 | 501 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 15.67% | 19.03% | 17.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 130 | 218 | 294 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £211 | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £375 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £513 | £494 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.20% | +3.74% | +1.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £600 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £613 | £675 |
| South East median daily rate | £480 | £500 | £481 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +4.05% | +6.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 45 | 22 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.73 | £18.50 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £22.58 | £20.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £14.20 | £65.00 | £69.42 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -78.15% | -6.36% | +323.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £24.23 | £85.65 | £79.44 |
| 90th Percentile | £58.75 | £87.50 | £80.93 |
| South East median hourly rate | £50.00 | £57.35 | £59.45 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.82% | -3.54% | +144.06% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing SSH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SSH in the Thames Valley.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SSH in the Thames Valley.