SSL Contracts in the South East

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 210 215
Rank change year-on-year +94 +5 -39
Contract jobs citing SSL 87 16 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.57% 0.27% 0.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.94% 1.62% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 12 24
10th Percentile £400 £388 £219
25th Percentile £547 £491 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £588 £495
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +18.69% +4.21%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £528
90th Percentile - £745 £622
England median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £38.93 - -
25th Percentile £42.19 - -
Median hourly rate £50.75 - -
75th Percentile £60.69 - -
90th Percentile £64.78 - -
England median hourly rate £45.88 £63.23 £51.75
% change year-on-year -27.44% +22.18% +11.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,254 987 1,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.70% 16.93% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 612 595 776
10th Percentile £205 £235 £189
25th Percentile £363 £363 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £659
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 74 68
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.33 £15.25
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £16.81
Median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -34.85%
75th Percentile £64.69 £67.50 £46.40
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SSL in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SSL in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SSL in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SSL in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SSL in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SSL in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SSL in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SSL in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SSL in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Hampshire +58 66 £625 -13.79% 2
Thames Valley +16 14 £400 -31.91% 2
Berkshire +5 14 £400 -18.99% 2
Surrey +14 5 £363 -34.09% 5
West Sussex - 2 £193 -
SSL
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.30%) Apache
2 2 (2.30%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 46 (52.87%) Azure
2 44 (50.57%) AWS
3 2 (2.30%) PaaS
4 1 (1.15%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 29 (33.33%) BGP
1 29 (33.33%) MPLS
2 26 (29.89%) WAN
3 24 (27.59%) Cisco Firepower
4 10 (11.49%) Firewall
5 6 (6.90%) SAN
6 5 (5.75%) IPsec
7 4 (4.60%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (4.60%) iSCSI
7 4 (4.60%) NAS
7 4 (4.60%) TCP/IP
7 4 (4.60%) VLAN
7 4 (4.60%) VoIP
7 4 (4.60%) VPN
8 3 (3.45%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (3.45%) GLBP
8 3 (3.45%) HSRP
8 3 (3.45%) SNMP
8 3 (3.45%) VPLS
8 3 (3.45%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Git
1 3 (3.45%) JIRA
2 2 (2.30%) Bitbucket
2 2 (2.30%) JMeter
2 2 (2.30%) Selenium
General
1 23 (26.44%) Finance
2 4 (4.60%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.30%) Automotive
3 2 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (2.30%) Public Sector
3 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.15%) Advertising
4 1 (1.15%) Local Government
4 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (86.21%) Architect
2 24 (27.59%) Network Architect
3 7 (8.05%) Senior
4 5 (5.75%) Network Engineer
4 5 (5.75%) Senior Architect
4 5 (5.75%) Senior Network Architect
5 4 (4.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (2.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 2 (2.30%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (2.30%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (2.30%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (2.30%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (2.30%) Security Architect
6 2 (2.30%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 2 (2.30%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (2.30%) Senior Network Engineer
6 2 (2.30%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (2.30%) VMware Engineer
6 2 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (1.15%) Juniper Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (45.98%) Web Services
2 2 (2.30%) .NET
2 2 (2.30%) .NET Core
2 2 (2.30%) AngularJS
2 2 (2.30%) Kafka
2 2 (2.30%) RESTful
3 1 (1.15%) Flask
3 1 (1.15%) Pandas
3 1 (1.15%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 54 (62.07%) PKI
2 5 (5.75%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.30%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.30%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (21.84%) Linux
2 6 (6.90%) Unix
3 2 (2.30%) VMS
3 2 (2.30%) Windows
3 2 (2.30%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.15%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (48.28%) Cryptography
2 40 (45.98%) Key Management
3 24 (27.59%) Network Design
3 24 (27.59%) Network Management
3 24 (27.59%) Technical Leadership
4 23 (26.44%) Customer Requirements
5 6 (6.90%) Change Management
6 4 (4.60%) Computer Science
6 4 (4.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (4.60%) Infrastructure Management
6 4 (4.60%) Security Management
6 4 (4.60%) Virtual Infrastructure
7 3 (3.45%) Agile
7 3 (3.45%) Network Monitoring
8 2 (2.30%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (2.30%) Incident Management
8 2 (2.30%) Information Management
8 2 (2.30%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (2.30%) Mentoring
8 2 (2.30%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 74 (85.06%) Security Cleared
2 48 (55.17%) Degree
3 38 (43.68%) SC Cleared
4 35 (40.23%) DV Cleared
5 6 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (5.75%) CCNA
7 4 (4.60%) MCSE
7 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (4.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (2.30%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.30%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.30%) SLA
2 1 (1.15%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 42 (48.28%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.60%) Firmware
2 4 (4.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.60%) vSphere
3 1 (1.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (27.59%) Endace
2 2 (2.30%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (2.30%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.30%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (33.33%) Cisco
1 29 (33.33%) Juniper
2 26 (29.89%) F5
3 6 (6.90%) Microsoft
4 4 (4.60%) VMware
5 3 (3.45%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.30%) Barracuda Networks
6 2 (2.30%) Forcepoint
6 2 (2.30%) Oracle
6 2 (2.30%) SAP
6 2 (2.30%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.15%) Atlassian