SSL Contracts in Berkshire

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
South East > Berkshire

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 108 112
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -22
Contract jobs citing SSL 14 4 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.71% 0.22% 0.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.93% 1.21% 4.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 9
10th Percentile - £228 £197
25th Percentile - £331 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £494 £425
Median % change year-on-year -18.99% +16.18% +21.43%
75th Percentile £409 £627 £535
90th Percentile £426 £663 £549
South East median daily rate £625 £588 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% +17.50% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 478 331 433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 24.18% 18.46% 18.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 182 229
10th Percentile £205 £304 £200
25th Percentile £315 £395 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £480 £467
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% +2.78% +20.59%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £565
90th Percentile £623 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £490 £483 £450
% change year-on-year +1.50% +7.28% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 7
10th Percentile £40.70 £19.65 -
25th Percentile £76.99 £25.13 -
Median hourly rate £83.77 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% +288.24% -50.72%
75th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £47.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £81.26 £73.60
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +9.24% +144.19% -37.68%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SSL in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SSL in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for SSL in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SSL in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for SSL in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bracknell - 10 - - 2
Reading -8 4 £400 -36.63%
SSL
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (64.29%) Azure
2 8 (57.14%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) BGP
1 5 (35.71%) MPLS
2 4 (28.57%) Firewall
3 3 (21.43%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (21.43%) GLBP
3 3 (21.43%) HSRP
3 3 (21.43%) IPsec
3 3 (21.43%) SNMP
3 3 (21.43%) VPLS
3 3 (21.43%) VRRP
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (14.29%) WAN
5 1 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (7.14%) Network Security
General
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Network Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (57.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) PKI
2 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Cryptography
1 8 (57.14%) Key Management
2 3 (21.43%) Network Monitoring
3 2 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (14.29%) Network Design
3 2 (14.29%) Network Management
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.14%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (7.14%) Information Security
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 9 (64.29%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 8 (57.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Endace
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Cisco
1 5 (35.71%) Juniper
2 2 (14.29%) F5
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto