PuTTY Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

PuTTY
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring PuTTY 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 382 349 403
Rank change year-on-year -33 +54 +86
Contract jobs citing PuTTY 7 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.033% 0.015%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.31% 0.21% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £134 - £565
Median % change year-on-year - - +126.00%
75th Percentile - - £573
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £134 £380 £380
% change year-on-year -64.74% - +50.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £31.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

PuTTY 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,245 2,384 3,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.35% 15.97% 17.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,485 1,343 2,088
10th Percentile £200 £200 £205
25th Percentile £300 £319 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £598
90th Percentile £643 £650 £683
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 124 272
10th Percentile £15.42 £16.79 £17.30
25th Percentile £18.28 £21.46 £24.32
Median hourly rate £42.50 £37.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -33.62% +25.53%
75th Percentile £67.88 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £83.38 £73.38 £75.23
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £37.25 £56.40
% change year-on-year -8.72% -33.95% +37.46%

PuTTY
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PuTTY relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

PuTTY job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PuTTY
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PuTTY.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PuTTY

PuTTY
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PuTTY.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing PuTTY

PuTTY
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PuTTY within the UK excluding London 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
Midlands - 5 £134 -
East Midlands - 3 £134 -
West Midlands - 2 - -
East of England - 2 - -
PuTTY
UK

PuTTY
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco IOS
1 4 (57.14%) DHCP
1 4 (57.14%) DNS
2 3 (42.86%) SSH
2 3 (42.86%) Telnet
3 2 (28.57%) Firewall
3 2 (28.57%) LAN
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) Wireless
3 2 (28.57%) WLAN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Manufacturing
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Network Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Network Support
2 3 (42.86%) Network Support Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Support Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Break Fix Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Network Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Network Support Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) IT Support
4 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
1 3 (42.86%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Break/Fix
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
3 2 (28.57%) Line Management
3 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CCNA
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
1 3 (42.86%) BitLocker
1 3 (42.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Dell
3 3 (42.86%) Draytek
3 3 (42.86%) McAfee
4 2 (28.57%) Peregrine
4 2 (28.57%) Remedy
4 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow