Hybrid/Remote PuTTY Job Trends

PuTTY
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work 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 374 - 472
Rank change year-on-year - - +257
Permanent jobs citing PuTTY 4 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.026% - 0.020%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.29% - 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £47,375
25th Percentile £51,250 - £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £47,500 - £48,750

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,369 2,242 2,845
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.01% 13.12% 13.87%
Number of salaries quoted 912 1,283 2,406
10th Percentile £27,540 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £42,238 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

PuTTY
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PuTTY and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

PuTTY job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

PuTTY
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PuTTY.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PuTTY

PuTTY
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (75.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Git
1 3 (75.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (75.00%) Maven
1 3 (75.00%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Billing
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Systems Developer
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Developer
3 1 (25.00%) BSS Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) OSS Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior BSS Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior OSS Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) REST
2 3 (75.00%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (75.00%) RAML
2 3 (75.00%) SOAP
3 1 (25.00%) JSON
3 1 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) WSDL
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (75.00%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (75.00%) NHS
2 1 (25.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) Data Management
1 3 (75.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) SDLC
1 3 (75.00%) Server Management
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) API Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Black-Box Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Monetization
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
1 1 (25.00%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) MuleSoft
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle