Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 480 523
Rank change year-on-year +103 +43 -109
Contract jobs citing SSL 224 241 366
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.41% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.05% 3.30% 3.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 178 229
10th Percentile £380 £363 £400
25th Percentile £438 £459 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £743 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £492 £480
% change year-on-year +22.01% +2.45% +12.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 4
10th Percentile £41.32 £57.75 £44.26
25th Percentile - £62.00 £47.66
Median hourly rate £45.88 £63.23 £51.02
Median % change year-on-year -27.44% +23.93% -3.74%
75th Percentile £61.16 £69.61 £55.00
90th Percentile £66.88 £78.79 £57.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £62.62 £53.52
% change year-on-year -26.73% +16.99% +0.98%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,525 7,311 9,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.80% 12.38% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,306 4,755 6,321
10th Percentile £205 £240 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 473 363
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.72 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +112.54% -31.56% +3.77%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SSL in the UK

SSL
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SSL over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SSL in the UK

SSL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SSL in the UK

SSL
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SSL over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SSL in the UK

SSL
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +123 191 £600 +9.09% 56
UK excluding London +99 129 £600 +22.01% 38
South East +93 88 £625 +6.38% 14
Work from Home +79 84 £625 +11.61% 28
London +81 70 £575 -4.17% 19
Scotland +47 16 £589 +7.78% 3
North of England +9 14 £431 -11.32% 8
Yorkshire +21 9 £431 -38.43% 5
Midlands +26 6 £675 +51.69% 4
West Midlands +20 6 £675 +51.69% 3
North West +5 5 - - 3
East of England +18 4 £290 -58.57% 5
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
South West +11 1 - - 5

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 12 (5.36%) WebSphere
2 8 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.57%) WebSphere Application Server
3 7 (3.13%) WebLogic
4 6 (2.68%) Apache
4 6 (2.68%) CMS
4 6 (2.68%) IIS
5 4 (1.79%) Confluence
5 4 (1.79%) nginx
5 4 (1.79%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.34%) Drupal
6 3 (1.34%) JBoss
7 1 (0.45%) CICS
7 1 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.45%) IBM Domino
7 1 (0.45%) IBM Notes
7 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.45%) Tornado
Applications
1 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.34%) Dynamics GP
1 3 (1.34%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 74 (33.04%) Azure
2 64 (28.57%) AWS
3 9 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (3.13%) GitHub
6 6 (2.68%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.68%) GCP
7 5 (2.23%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (1.79%) Firebase
8 4 (1.79%) Flurry Analytics
8 4 (1.79%) IaaS
8 4 (1.79%) PaaS
8 4 (1.79%) PubNub
8 4 (1.79%) SaaS
8 4 (1.79%) Serverless
9 3 (1.34%) Amazon EMR
9 3 (1.34%) Amazon SageMaker
9 3 (1.34%) Apigee
9 3 (1.34%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (21.43%) Firewall
2 41 (18.30%) BGP
3 36 (16.07%) HTTP
4 35 (15.63%) MPLS
5 34 (15.18%) DNS
6 33 (14.73%) TCP/IP
7 31 (13.84%) WAN
8 28 (12.50%) VPN
9 25 (11.16%) Cisco Firepower
10 22 (9.82%) Network Security
11 19 (8.48%) IPsec
12 13 (5.80%) OSPF
13 11 (4.91%) SNMP
14 9 (4.02%) DHCP
15 8 (3.57%) SMTP
15 8 (3.57%) VLAN
16 7 (3.13%) FTP
16 7 (3.13%) SAN
16 7 (3.13%) SSH
16 7 (3.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.68%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.79%) Mixpanel
3 3 (1.34%) Apache Cassandra
3 3 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.34%) RDBMS
3 3 (1.34%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.45%) DB2
4 1 (0.45%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 35 (15.63%) Jenkins
2 21 (9.38%) Git
3 9 (4.02%) JIRA
4 7 (3.13%) IBM UrbanCode
5 5 (2.23%) Bitbucket
5 5 (2.23%) Selenium
6 4 (1.79%) Artifactory
6 4 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (1.34%) gulp
7 3 (1.34%) Maven
7 3 (1.34%) Postman
7 3 (1.34%) Subversion
8 2 (0.89%) JMeter
9 1 (0.45%) GitLab
General
1 44 (19.64%) Finance
2 38 (16.96%) Social Skills
3 15 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (5.80%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.36%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (4.91%) Banking
7 7 (3.13%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.79%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.34%) Electronics
10 3 (1.34%) Marketing
11 2 (0.89%) Automotive
11 2 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Advertising
12 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.45%) French Language
12 1 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 88 (39.29%) Architect
2 26 (11.61%) Network Architect
3 19 (8.48%) Developer
4 18 (8.04%) Senior
5 16 (7.14%) Network Engineer
6 14 (6.25%) Lead
7 12 (5.36%) Linux Engineer
8 11 (4.91%) Linux Server Engineer
8 11 (4.91%) Server Engineer
9 9 (4.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (4.02%) Python Developer
9 9 (4.02%) Security Architect
10 7 (3.13%) Administrator
10 7 (3.13%) Applications Specialist
10 7 (3.13%) Consultant
10 7 (3.13%) Server Specialist
10 7 (3.13%) WebSphere Server Specialist
10 7 (3.13%) WebSphere Specialist
11 6 (2.68%) DevOps Engineer
12 5 (2.23%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (18.75%) Web Services
2 12 (5.36%) Kafka
3 10 (4.46%) WebSphere MQ
4 9 (4.02%) REST
4 9 (4.02%) RESTful
4 9 (4.02%) SAML
5 8 (3.57%) ActiveMQ
5 8 (3.57%) LDAP
6 7 (3.13%) AngularJS
6 7 (3.13%) OAuth
7 6 (2.68%) OpenID
8 5 (2.23%) .NET
8 5 (2.23%) ARM Templates
8 5 (2.23%) Twisted
9 4 (1.79%) JSON
9 4 (1.79%) JWT
9 4 (1.79%) WebSockets
9 4 (1.79%) XML
10 3 (1.34%) JPA
10 3 (1.34%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 63 (28.13%) PKI
2 23 (10.27%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.36%) DataPower
4 11 (4.91%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.68%) Mainframe
6 5 (2.23%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.23%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.23%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.34%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.34%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.34%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.89%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.89%) Shadow IT
10 1 (0.45%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 70 (31.25%) Linux
2 33 (14.73%) Windows
3 18 (8.04%) Unix
4 11 (4.91%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.13%) Android
5 7 (3.13%) VMS
6 4 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.34%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.45%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (19.20%) Cryptography
1 43 (19.20%) Key Management
2 37 (16.52%) CI/CD
3 31 (13.84%) DevOps
3 31 (13.84%) Technical Leadership
4 26 (11.61%) Network Management
5 25 (11.16%) Agile
5 25 (11.16%) Customer Requirements
5 25 (11.16%) Migration
5 25 (11.16%) Network Design
6 20 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (8.04%) ITIL
8 17 (7.59%) Change Management
9 12 (5.36%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (5.36%) Infrastructure as Code
9 12 (5.36%) Kalman Filter
10 11 (4.91%) Test Automation
11 10 (4.46%) Continuous Integration
11 10 (4.46%) Infrastructure Automation
12 9 (4.02%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 27 (12.05%) Python
2 20 (8.93%) Java
3 15 (6.70%) Bash
4 13 (5.80%) JavaScript
5 12 (5.36%) PowerShell
6 10 (4.46%) Perl
7 8 (3.57%) SQL
8 5 (2.23%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.79%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.45%) ABAP
10 1 (0.45%) C
10 1 (0.45%) C++
10 1 (0.45%) Groovy
10 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 95 (42.41%) Security Cleared
2 56 (25.00%) Degree
3 47 (20.98%) DV Cleared
4 44 (19.64%) SC Cleared
5 16 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (4.46%) CCNP
7 7 (3.13%) MCSE
7 7 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.23%) CCIE
8 5 (2.23%) CCNA
9 4 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.34%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.89%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.89%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.89%) CISA
11 2 (0.89%) CISM
11 2 (0.89%) CISSP
11 2 (0.89%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.13%) QA
2 4 (1.79%) NCSC
3 2 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.89%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (0.89%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.89%) SLA
4 1 (0.45%) GDPR
4 1 (0.45%) JSP 440
System Software
1 60 (26.79%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.68%) RACF
3 5 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.79%) Docker
4 4 (1.79%) Firmware
4 4 (1.79%) vSphere
5 3 (1.34%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.34%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.89%) Terminal Server
6 2 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.89%) XenApp
7 1 (0.45%) Postfix
7 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (11.61%) Ansible
2 25 (11.16%) Endace
3 12 (5.36%) Progress Chef
3 12 (5.36%) Puppet
4 8 (3.57%) SCCM
5 6 (2.68%) Terraform
6 5 (2.23%) Kubernetes
6 5 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.23%) zSecure
7 3 (1.34%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.89%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.89%) Packer
8 2 (0.89%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.89%) SolarWinds Orion
9 1 (0.45%) Grafana
9 1 (0.45%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 43 (19.20%) Cisco
2 34 (15.18%) F5
3 33 (14.73%) Juniper
4 28 (12.50%) IBM
5 19 (8.48%) Microsoft
6 15 (6.70%) Palo Alto
7 12 (5.36%) Oracle
7 12 (5.36%) ServiceNow
8 8 (3.57%) Solace
9 6 (2.68%) Citrix
9 6 (2.68%) SAP
9 6 (2.68%) VMware
10 5 (2.23%) Aruba
11 4 (1.79%) Google
11 4 (1.79%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.79%) Zscaler
12 3 (1.34%) Darktrace
12 3 (1.34%) Sage
12 3 (1.34%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.34%) Symantec