SSL Contracts in the Thames Valley

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 140 141
Rank change year-on-year +11 +1 -20
Contract jobs citing SSL 14 6 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.53% 0.21% 0.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.46% 1.35% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 9
10th Percentile - £251 £175
25th Percentile - £388 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £588 £425
Median % change year-on-year -31.91% +38.24% +21.43%
75th Percentile £409 £606 £525
90th Percentile £426 £655 £547
South East median daily rate £625 £588 £500
% change year-on-year +6.38% +17.50% +5.26%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 569 446 611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.53% 15.80% 17.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 274 341
10th Percentile £205 £300 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £463
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% +5.14% +15.63%
75th Percentile £591 £572 £550
90th Percentile £639 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £488 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +1.44% +6.79% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 15 19
10th Percentile £17.36 £18.90 £12.21
25th Percentile £23.36 £22.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -40.87%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.48 £81.22 £34.70
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £52.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +9.24% +144.19% -36.30%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing SSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for SSL in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SSL in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for SSL in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SSL in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for SSL in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 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
Berkshire +1 14 £400 -18.99% 1
SSL
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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