Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SSL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SSL over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 619 705 647
Rank change year-on-year +86 -58 -42
Permanent jobs citing SSL 295 242 764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.26% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.17% 1.57% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 224 150 366
10th Percentile £34,650 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +3.14% +1.36%
75th Percentile £64,063 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,364 £37,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +36.97% -28.57% -0.47%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

SSL is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,603 15,428 22,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.92% 16.28% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,727 11,819
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SSL in the UK

SSL
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SSL.

Salary trend for SSL in the UK

SSL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSL over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SSL in the UK

SSL
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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 +108 261 £52,500 -8.70% 43
UK excluding London +58 217 £51,364 +36.97% 29
Work from Home +67 147 £52,500 -16.00% 31
South East +48 87 £52,500 +41.89% 6
London +69 65 £75,000 +13.21% 15
North of England +67 65 £45,096 +20.26% 5
North West +30 50 £42,500 +11.11% 4
Midlands +5 27 £52,500 -16.00% 7
South West -29 17 £52,500 +59.09% 6
Yorkshire +62 16 £52,500 +31.25% 1
East Midlands - 14 £52,500 - 2
West Midlands -8 13 £54,000 -13.60% 5
Wales - 10 £50,000 - 2
East of England -14 8 £54,500 +67.69% 2
Scotland -73 8 - - 1
North East -14 5 £62,500 +66.67%
Northern Ireland - 4 - -

SSL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 46 (15.59%) WebLogic
2 38 (12.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (12.54%) IIS
4 23 (7.80%) SharePoint
5 22 (7.46%) nginx
6 21 (7.12%) Apache
7 13 (4.41%) CMS
8 12 (4.07%) WordPress
9 8 (2.71%) Skype for Business
10 7 (2.37%) Confluence
11 6 (2.03%) JBoss
12 5 (1.69%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
13 1 (0.34%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 46 (15.59%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (1.69%) Sage X3
3 4 (1.36%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 110 (37.29%) Azure
2 97 (32.88%) AWS
3 59 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (15.59%) Amazon EKS
4 46 (15.59%) Amazon SQS
5 15 (5.08%) SaaS
6 13 (4.41%) Entra ID
7 12 (4.07%) iTunes
8 10 (3.39%) IaaS
8 10 (3.39%) PaaS
9 9 (3.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 7 (2.37%) AWS Direct Connect
10 7 (2.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 7 (2.37%) OpenShift
11 6 (2.03%) Datadog
12 4 (1.36%) GCP
12 4 (1.36%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (1.02%) GitHub
13 3 (1.02%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 155 (52.54%) DNS
2 124 (42.03%) Firewall
3 110 (37.29%) TCP/IP
4 87 (29.49%) BGP
5 83 (28.14%) VPN
6 62 (21.02%) WAN
7 58 (19.66%) Network Security
8 56 (18.98%) LAN
9 44 (14.92%) DHCP
10 35 (11.86%) IPsec
11 34 (11.53%) OSPF
12 26 (8.81%) MPLS
13 25 (8.47%) HTTPS
13 25 (8.47%) Wireless
14 24 (8.14%) HTTP
15 23 (7.80%) Internet
15 23 (7.80%) VoIP
16 20 (6.78%) SD-WAN
16 20 (6.78%) SNMP
17 19 (6.44%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (17.29%) Relational Database
2 49 (16.61%) Amazon RDS
3 47 (15.93%) RDBMS
4 46 (15.59%) Oracle Database
5 39 (13.22%) SQL Server
6 17 (5.76%) MySQL
7 5 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.69%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 16 (5.42%) Git
2 10 (3.39%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.71%) Vagrant
4 7 (2.37%) Bitbucket
4 7 (2.37%) JIRA
5 5 (1.69%) GitLab
5 5 (1.69%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.34%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.34%) Log4Net
6 1 (0.34%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.34%) Selenium
6 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 87 (29.49%) Social Skills
2 30 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (9.15%) Finance
4 15 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (4.41%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.07%) Law
6 12 (4.07%) Marketing
7 10 (3.39%) Legal
8 9 (3.05%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.03%) Banking
9 6 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.36%) Aviation
10 4 (1.36%) Avionics
10 4 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.02%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.68%) Automotive
12 2 (0.68%) Electronics
12 2 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.68%) Police
13 1 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 84 (28.47%) Lead
2 68 (23.05%) Architect
3 46 (15.59%) Lead Architect
3 46 (15.59%) Lead Solutions Architect
3 46 (15.59%) Network Engineer
3 46 (15.59%) Solutions Architect
4 43 (14.58%) Developer
5 37 (12.54%) Senior
6 23 (7.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (7.46%) Analyst
8 20 (6.78%) IT Engineer
9 19 (6.44%) Lead Developer
9 19 (6.44%) Support Engineer
10 17 (5.76%) Security Analyst
11 13 (4.41%) Administrator
12 12 (4.07%) IT Support
12 12 (4.07%) IT Support Engineer
12 12 (4.07%) Project Engineer
12 12 (4.07%) Security Engineer
12 12 (4.07%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (16.95%) RabbitMQ
2 48 (16.27%) HTML
3 46 (15.59%) Spring Boot
4 38 (12.88%) CSS
5 30 (10.17%) .NET
6 27 (9.15%) React
7 24 (8.14%) AngularJS
8 23 (7.80%) REST
9 22 (7.46%) ASP.NET
9 22 (7.46%) ASP.NET MVC
10 21 (7.12%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 19 (6.44%) jQuery
11 19 (6.44%) Tailwind CSS
11 19 (6.44%) Vue
11 19 (6.44%) WPF
12 18 (6.10%) XML
13 17 (5.76%) 802.1X
14 12 (4.07%) LDAP
15 11 (3.73%) SOAP
16 10 (3.39%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 50 (16.95%) Public Cloud
2 47 (15.93%) Enterprise Software
3 38 (12.88%) Data Centre
4 36 (12.20%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (6.10%) Management Information System
5 18 (6.10%) Replication
6 11 (3.73%) PKI
7 10 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.71%) Client/Server
8 8 (2.71%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.71%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (2.37%) CMDB
9 7 (2.37%) Onboarding
10 6 (2.03%) EFT
11 5 (1.69%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.69%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.36%) Cyberattack
12 4 (1.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 3 (1.02%) IBM Storwize
Operating Systems
1 100 (33.90%) Linux
2 72 (24.41%) Windows
3 63 (21.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 28 (9.49%) Windows Server
5 14 (4.75%) Unix
6 8 (2.71%) Apple iOS
6 8 (2.71%) CentOS
6 8 (2.71%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.71%) Windows 10
7 7 (2.37%) Android
8 6 (2.03%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.02%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (1.02%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (25.08%) Migration
2 73 (24.75%) Agile
3 67 (22.71%) Project Management
4 65 (22.03%) Load Balancing
5 56 (18.98%) Collaborative Working
6 55 (18.64%) Open Source
7 51 (17.29%) Scrum
8 48 (16.27%) SDLC
9 47 (15.93%) Kanban
10 46 (15.59%) Actionable Insight
10 46 (15.59%) ArchiMate
10 46 (15.59%) Cloud Operations
10 46 (15.59%) Data Migration
10 46 (15.59%) Re-Platforming
10 46 (15.59%) Systems Engineering
10 46 (15.59%) TOGAF
11 35 (11.86%) Information Security
12 34 (11.53%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (11.53%) Web Development
13 33 (11.19%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 50 (16.95%) SQL
2 32 (10.85%) PowerShell
3 29 (9.83%) Python
4 28 (9.49%) JavaScript
5 27 (9.15%) C#
6 19 (6.44%) XAML
7 13 (4.41%) Bash
7 13 (4.41%) PHP
8 8 (2.71%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.37%) Java
10 3 (1.02%) C
10 3 (1.02%) C++
10 3 (1.02%) Ruby
11 2 (0.68%) AWK
11 2 (0.68%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.34%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.34%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.34%) Go
12 1 (0.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 84 (28.47%) Security Cleared
2 75 (25.42%) SC Cleared
3 52 (17.63%) Azure Certification
4 47 (15.93%) AWS Certification
5 46 (15.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 38 (12.88%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (9.49%) Degree
8 17 (5.76%) CCNA
9 16 (5.42%) DV Cleared
10 15 (5.08%) CCNP
11 12 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (3.39%) MCSA
14 9 (3.05%) GIAC
15 7 (2.37%) CCIE
16 6 (2.03%) JNCIA
17 5 (1.69%) Citrix Certification
17 5 (1.69%) JNCIE
17 5 (1.69%) VCAP
17 5 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.37%) NIST
3 5 (1.69%) NCSC
3 5 (1.69%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.69%) SLA
4 4 (1.36%) COBIT
5 3 (1.02%) GRC
6 2 (0.68%) QA
System Software
1 64 (21.69%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (5.42%) Docker
4 9 (3.05%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.05%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (2.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (2.03%) vSphere
7 4 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.68%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.34%) NFS
Systems Management
1 24 (8.14%) Ansible
2 16 (5.42%) Puppet
2 16 (5.42%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (5.42%) Terraform
3 14 (4.75%) Progress Chef
4 10 (3.39%) SCCM
5 8 (2.71%) Kubernetes
5 8 (2.71%) vCenter Server
6 7 (2.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 7 (2.37%) Nagios
7 6 (2.03%) Endace
7 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.69%) Pingdom
8 5 (1.69%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.36%) HP UCMDB
9 4 (1.36%) WSUS
10 2 (0.68%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.68%) Foglight
10 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.68%) Grafana
Vendors
1 63 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 60 (20.34%) Cisco
3 47 (15.93%) Oracle
4 46 (15.59%) Sparx
5 40 (13.56%) VMware
6 26 (8.81%) F5
7 24 (8.14%) Juniper
8 18 (6.10%) CheckPoint
8 18 (6.10%) Veeam
9 14 (4.75%) Fortinet
10 12 (4.07%) ServiceNow
10 12 (4.07%) SolarWinds
11 11 (3.73%) Citrix
12 10 (3.39%) HP
13 9 (3.05%) Google
13 9 (3.05%) Red Hat
13 9 (3.05%) Ribbon
14 7 (2.37%) Arista
14 7 (2.37%) Splunk
14 7 (2.37%) Tufin