PuTTY Contract Job Trends

PuTTY
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring PuTTY skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 581 521 566
Rank change year-on-year -60 +45 +169
Contract jobs citing PuTTY 3 8 14
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.025% 0.032%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.076% 0.20% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 12
10th Percentile - £353 -
25th Percentile - £358 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £134 £365 £380
Median % change year-on-year -63.29% -3.95% +49.02%
75th Percentile - £373 £423
90th Percentile - £377 £504
UK excluding London median daily rate £134 - £565
% change year-on-year - - +117.31%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,971 4,076 5,950
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.47% 12.86% 13.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,608 2,374 3,638
10th Percentile £204 £213 £209
25th Percentile £355 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £686 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £468 £475
% change year-on-year -3.74% -1.58% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 140 367
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.16 £17.53
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -36.36% +161.90%
75th Percentile £65.00 £58.09 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.24 £32.50 £57.00
% change year-on-year +26.89% -42.98% +208.08%

PuTTY
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PuTTY job vacancy trend in the UK

PuTTY
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

PuTTY
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

PuTTY
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 January 2026. 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
England -53 3 £134 -63.29% 7
UK excluding London -61 3 £134 - 7
East Midlands - 3 £134 -
Midlands - 3 £134 - 3

PuTTY
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SSH
1 3 (100.00%) Telnet
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Break Fix Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support
2 1 (33.33%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Break/Fix
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) BitLocker
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Dell
1 3 (100.00%) Draytek
1 3 (100.00%) McAfee
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft