PuTTY Job Trends

PuTTY
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring PuTTY skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 634 - 707
Rank change year-on-year - - +310
Permanent jobs citing PuTTY 13 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.022% - 0.012%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.13% - 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £48,750
75th Percentile £48,750 - £50,000
90th Percentile £50,375 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 - £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,654 7,299 7,614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.28% 13.21% 14.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,969 3,826 6,172
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £84,056
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -

PuTTY
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PuTTY job vacancy trend in the UK

PuTTY
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PuTTY.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PuTTY

PuTTY
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PuTTY within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England - 12 £47,500 - 46
UK excluding London - 10 £47,500 - 45
South East - 8 £47,500 - 9
Work from Home - 4 £52,500 - 46
West Midlands - 2 £50,000 - 6
Midlands - 2 £50,000 - 9

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (23.08%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) AWS
1 8 (61.54%) IaaS
1 8 (61.54%) PaaS
1 8 (61.54%) SaaS
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) SSH
2 1 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Git
1 3 (23.08%) Jenkins
1 3 (23.08%) Maven
1 3 (23.08%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Billing
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Senior
2 8 (61.54%) Support Engineer
2 8 (61.54%) Technical Engineer
2 8 (61.54%) Technical Support
2 8 (61.54%) Technical Support Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) Senior Support Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) Senior Technical Engineer
3 5 (38.46%) Senior Technical Support
3 5 (38.46%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Developer
4 3 (23.08%) Linux Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Linux Support
4 3 (23.08%) Linux Support Engineer
4 3 (23.08%) Senior Developer
4 3 (23.08%) Senior Systems Developer
4 3 (23.08%) Systems Developer
5 1 (7.69%) BSS Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) OSS Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) QA Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) REST
2 3 (23.08%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (23.08%) RAML
2 3 (23.08%) SOAP
3 1 (7.69%) JSON
3 1 (7.69%) Web Services
3 1 (7.69%) WSDL
3 1 (7.69%) XML
3 1 (7.69%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (23.08%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
1 3 (23.08%) NHS
2 1 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 12 (92.31%) Linux
2 8 (61.54%) VMS
3 5 (38.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
2 3 (23.08%) Data Management
2 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
2 3 (23.08%) DevOps
2 3 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
2 3 (23.08%) SDLC
2 3 (23.08%) Server Management
2 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (7.69%) API Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Black-Box Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Code Quality
3 1 (7.69%) Compatibility Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Monetization
3 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
3 1 (7.69%) Time Management
3 1 (7.69%) Use Case
3 1 (7.69%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) DCL
1 8 (61.54%) SQL
1 8 (61.54%) Tcl
2 4 (30.77%) Java
3 2 (15.38%) Python
4 1 (7.69%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
1 1 (7.69%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
1 3 (23.08%) MuleSoft
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle