England SSL Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Secure Socket Layer (SSL) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SSL over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Barking Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cheshunt Chester City of London Deeside Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dunfermline Dunstable East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Fife Flintshire Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Isle of Man Kent Knutsford Leeds Livingston London Lymington Manchester Marlow North Wales North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Surrey Swindon Telford Tunbridge Wells UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	510	496
Rank change on same period last year	-14
Matching permanent IT job ads	481	626
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.253 %	0.257 %
As % of the category below	1.533 %	1.658 %
Salaries quoted	379	468
Average minimum salary	£43,137	£42,724
Average salary	£46,287	£45,265
% change on same period last year	+2.25 %
Average maximum salary	£49,437	£47,805
UK excluding London average salary	£43,258	£41,951
% change on same period last year	+3.11 %
Communications & Networking England
Matching permanent IT job ads	31375	37752
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	16.52 %	15.48 %
Salaries quoted	26810	30601
Average minimum salary	£37,512	£39,254
Average salary	£40,394	£42,242
% change on same period last year	-4.37 %
Average maximum salary	£43,277	£45,230
UK excluding London average salary	£37,394	£39,723
% change on same period last year	-5.86 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SSL across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SSL across the England region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SSL across the England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
South East	+22	154	£45,683	-2.99 %
London	-23	147	£51,605	+3.26 %
East of England	+6	51	£42,179	+22.31 %
South West	+5	43	£36,742	-6.43 %
North West	+45	30	£39,989	+30.39 %
West Midlands	-24	29	£46,050	+51.18 %
Yorkshire	+24	26	£52,333	+21.17 %
East Midlands	+5	4	£31,500	-2.70 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing SSL also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SSL.

1 402 (36.91 %) Firewall 2 384 (35.26 %) VPN 3 339 (31.13 %) Cisco 4 333 (30.58 %) Windows 5 290 (26.63 %) UNIX 6 241 (22.13 %) TCP/IP 7 209 (19.19 %) WAN 8 207 (19.01 %) HTTP 8 207 (19.01 %) Linux 9 199 (18.27 %) Finance 10 198 (18.18 %) CheckPoint 11 181 (16.62 %) SQL 12 180 (16.53 %) IIS 13 171 (15.70 %) LAN 14 167 (15.34 %) IPsec

15 166 (15.24 %) Java 16 163 (14.97 %) Cisco Certification 17 156 (14.33 %) DNS 18 153 (14.05 %) Internet 19 152 (13.96 %) XML 20 151 (13.87 %) Microsoft 21 149 (13.68 %) SQL Server 22 142 (13.04 %) Network Security 23 141 (12.95 %) Oracle 24 138 (12.67 %) HTTPS 25 136 (12.49 %) Juniper 26 135 (12.40 %) Solaris 27 130 (11.94 %) HTML 27 130 (11.94 %) WebSphere 28 121 (11.11 %) JavaScript

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing SSL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SSL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 152 (13.96 %) XML 2 130 (11.94 %) HTML 2 130 (11.94 %) WebSphere 3 120 (11.02 %) .NET 4 99 (9.091 %) ASP.NET 5 77 (7.071 %) WebServices 6 72 (6.612 %) J2EE 7 69 (6.336 %) CSS 8 58 (5.326 %) ASP 9 56 (5.142 %) Middleware 10 50 (4.591 %) AJAX 11 47 (4.316 %) SOAP 12 38 (3.489 %) XHTML 13 30 (2.755 %) WAP 14 29 (2.663 %) WML 15 27 (2.479 %) JSP 16 25 (2.296 %) JDBC 17 23 (2.112 %) Java EE 18 18 (1.653 %) XSL 19 15 (1.377 %) WSDL	Application Platforms 1 180 (16.53 %) IIS 2 111 (10.19 %) Apache 3 74 (6.795 %) Tomcat 4 59 (5.418 %) WebLogic 5 46 (4.224 %) WebSphere Application Server 6 36 (3.306 %) MS Exchange 6 36 (3.306 %) WebSphere Message Broker 7 33 (3.030 %) WebSphere MQ 8 30 (2.755 %) Exchange Server 2003 9 25 (2.296 %) SharePoint 10 21 (1.928 %) Exchange Server 2000 10 21 (1.928 %) IBM HTTP Server 11 19 (1.745 %) MQSeries 12 16 (1.469 %) Lotus Domino 13 13 (1.194 %) JBoss 14 11 (1.010 %) Gentran 15 8 (0.735 %) QuickPlace 15 8 (0.735 %) Rendezvous 16 7 (0.643 %) Exchange Server 2007 17 6 (0.551 %) WebLogic Portal
Applications 1 55 (5.051 %) MS Excel 2 17 (1.561 %) MS Visio 3 12 (1.102 %) MS Office 4 9 (0.826 %) Fireworks 5 5 (0.459 %) Photoshop 6 2 (0.184 %) ImageReady	Business Applications 1 5 (0.459 %) SoftGrid 1 5 (0.459 %) RMDS 2 3 (0.275 %) Google Analytics 3 2 (0.184 %) ADP Wilco Gloss 4 1 (0.092 %) WebTrends
Communications & Networking 1 402 (36.91 %) Firewall 2 384 (35.26 %) VPN 3 241 (22.13 %) TCP/IP 4 209 (19.19 %) WAN 5 207 (19.01 %) HTTP 6 171 (15.70 %) LAN 7 167 (15.34 %) IPsec 8 156 (14.33 %) DNS 9 153 (14.05 %) Internet 10 142 (13.04 %) Network Security 11 138 (12.67 %) HTTPS 12 117 (10.74 %) SSH 13 98 (8.999 %) Cisco PIX 13 98 (8.999 %) VoIP 14 92 (8.448 %) BGP 15 89 (8.173 %) MPLS 15 89 (8.173 %) OSPF 16 88 (8.081 %) SMTP 17 85 (7.805 %) LDAP 18 79 (7.254 %) Ethernet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 149 (13.68 %) SQL Server 2 73 (6.703 %) MySQL 3 57 (5.234 %) SQL Server 2005 4 38 (3.489 %) SQL Server 2000 5 33 (3.030 %) DataStage 6 27 (2.479 %) DB2 7 16 (1.469 %) SQL Server 7 8 14 (1.286 %) Crystal Reports 9 13 (1.194 %) PostgreSQL 10 9 (0.826 %) RDBMS 11 7 (0.643 %) BusinessObjects 11 7 (0.643 %) Oracle 8/8i 11 7 (0.643 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 12 5 (0.459 %) Oracle 10g 13 2 (0.184 %) Oracle 9i 14 1 (0.092 %) Datawarehouse
Development Applications 1 47 (4.316 %) Flash 2 29 (2.663 %) Visual Studio 3 23 (2.112 %) ClearCase 4 22 (2.020 %) JUnit 5 13 (1.194 %) Dreamweaver 6 12 (1.102 %) Eclipse 7 10 (0.918 %) VSS/SourceSafe 8 9 (0.826 %) PVCS 9 4 (0.367 %) Ant 9 4 (0.367 %) Subversion 10 1 (0.092 %) JIRA 10 1 (0.092 %) Bugzilla 10 1 (0.092 %) NUnit	General 1 199 (18.27 %) Finance 2 80 (7.346 %) Telecoms 3 69 (6.336 %) Banking 4 37 (3.398 %) Pensions 5 30 (2.755 %) Marketing 6 25 (2.296 %) Financial Institution 7 22 (2.020 %) Health 8 20 (1.837 %) Back Office 9 13 (1.194 %) Games 10 12 (1.102 %) Multimedia 10 12 (1.102 %) Investment Banking 11 11 (1.010 %) Legal 12 10 (0.918 %) Government 12 10 (0.918 %) Front Office 13 9 (0.826 %) Education 13 9 (0.826 %) Electric 14 8 (0.735 %) Retail 15 6 (0.551 %) Insurance 15 6 (0.551 %) Music 16 5 (0.459 %) Auditing
Job Titles 1 170 (15.61 %) Developer 2 143 (13.13 %) Consultant 3 116 (10.65 %) Network Engineer 4 115 (10.56 %) Administrator 5 114 (10.47 %) Analyst 6 81 (7.438 %) Web Developer 7 69 (6.336 %) Security Engineer 8 61 (5.601 %) Systems Administrator 9 50 (4.591 %) Software Engineer 10 45 (4.132 %) Security Consultant 11 42 (3.857 %) Security Analyst 12 41 (3.765 %) Architect 13 38 (3.489 %) Design Engineer 14 33 (3.030 %) Support Analyst 14 33 (3.030 %) Support Engineer 15 32 (2.938 %) Test Manager 15 32 (2.938 %) Network Support 16 30 (2.755 %) Java Developer 17 29 (2.663 %) Network Security Engineer 18 27 (2.479 %) Network Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 83 (7.622 %) PKI 2 57 (5.234 %) SecurID 3 34 (3.122 %) Clustering 4 28 (2.571 %) Management Information System 5 26 (2.388 %) Cryptography 6 21 (1.928 %) N-Tier 7 14 (1.286 %) Client/Server 7 14 (1.286 %) Computer Science 7 14 (1.286 %) Derivative 8 12 (1.102 %) Mathematics 8 12 (1.102 %) Video Conferencing 8 12 (1.102 %) Mainframe 9 9 (0.826 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 9 9 (0.826 %) Statistics 10 8 (0.735 %) Credit Derivative 11 7 (0.643 %) Blackberry 12 6 (0.551 %) Tandem 12 6 (0.551 %) Data Protection Act 13 5 (0.459 %) Multithreading 14 4 (0.367 %) Firmware
Operating Systems 1 333 (30.58 %) Windows 2 290 (26.63 %) UNIX 3 207 (19.01 %) Linux 4 135 (12.40 %) Solaris 5 90 (8.264 %) AIX 6 60 (5.510 %) Windows NT 7 33 (3.030 %) HPUX 7 33 (3.030 %) Windows 2000 7 33 (3.030 %) SUSE 8 32 (2.938 %) Windows Server 2003 8 32 (2.938 %) Windows XP 9 14 (1.286 %) Debian 10 9 (0.826 %) OpenBSD 10 9 (0.826 %) Ubuntu 11 6 (0.551 %) Embedded Linux 12 4 (0.367 %) VMS 13 3 (0.275 %) Gentoo 14 1 (0.092 %) Fedora 14 1 (0.092 %) ThreadX 14 1 (0.092 %) zOS	Processes & Methodologies 1 64 (5.877 %) E-Commerce 2 55 (5.051 %) Web Development 2 55 (5.051 %) Load Balancing 3 50 (4.591 %) OO 4 39 (3.581 %) Network Design 5 38 (3.489 %) Information Security 5 38 (3.489 %) ITIL 6 35 (3.214 %) UML 7 34 (3.122 %) Project Management 8 31 (2.847 %) Problem Management 9 28 (2.571 %) Requirements Analysis 9 28 (2.571 %) Change Management 10 26 (2.388 %) Time Management 11 25 (2.296 %) Security Cleared 12 22 (2.020 %) Data Security 13 21 (1.928 %) Identity Management 14 20 (1.837 %) Stakeholder Management 15 19 (1.745 %) Incident Management 16 16 (1.469 %) Web Design 17 14 (1.286 %) Service Delivery
Programming Languages 1 181 (16.62 %) SQL 2 166 (15.24 %) Java 3 121 (11.11 %) JavaScript 4 118 (10.84 %) Perl 5 114 (10.47 %) C 6 66 (6.061 %) Python 7 59 (5.418 %) C# 8 49 (4.500 %) C++ 9 46 (4.224 %) PHP 10 44 (4.040 %) VB 10 44 (4.040 %) VB.NET 11 30 (2.755 %) Shell Script 12 16 (1.469 %) Transact-SQL 13 14 (1.286 %) PL/SQL 14 13 (1.194 %) VBScript 14 13 (1.194 %) VB6 15 11 (1.010 %) DHTML 16 9 (0.826 %) Ruby 16 9 (0.826 %) Korn 17 8 (0.735 %) PHP5	Qualifications 1 163 (14.97 %) Cisco Certification 2 88 (8.081 %) Degree 3 84 (7.713 %) CCNP 3 84 (7.713 %) CCNA 4 58 (5.326 %) CISSP 5 52 (4.775 %) Microsoft Certification 6 40 (3.673 %) CCSP 7 38 (3.489 %) MCSE 8 36 (3.306 %) CCIE 9 31 (2.847 %) CCSE 10 27 (2.479 %) CCSA 11 26 (2.388 %) JNCIA 12 22 (2.020 %) MCP 13 14 (1.286 %) CISM 13 14 (1.286 %) ITIL Certification 14 10 (0.918 %) JNCIS 15 9 (0.826 %) IBM WebSphere Certification 16 8 (0.735 %) RHCE 16 8 (0.735 %) CCDP 17 7 (0.643 %) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 28 (2.571 %) SLA 2 16 (1.469 %) ISO27001 3 11 (1.010 %) BS7799 4 5 (0.459 %) QA 5 3 (0.275 %) PCI DSS 6 2 (0.184 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 6 2 (0.184 %) WCAG 7 1 (0.092 %) MiFID 7 1 (0.092 %) GAMP 7 1 (0.092 %) ISO9000 7 1 (0.092 %) GxP 7 1 (0.092 %) Basel II	System Software 1 107 (9.826 %) Active Directory 2 31 (2.847 %) NFS 3 24 (2.204 %) Terminal Services 4 21 (1.928 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 20 (1.837 %) VMware ESX 6 19 (1.745 %) ISA Server 7 10 (0.918 %) Squid 8 9 (0.826 %) Snort 8 9 (0.826 %) Backup Exec 9 7 (0.643 %) Citrix Presentation Server 10 5 (0.459 %) VMware Server 10 5 (0.459 %) MetaFrame 11 2 (0.184 %) Samba 11 2 (0.184 %) Oracle RMAN 11 2 (0.184 %) ProxySG 11 2 (0.184 %) Oracle RAC 12 1 (0.092 %) Novell eDirectory 12 1 (0.092 %) NetBackup 12 1 (0.092 %) Terminal Server
Systems Management 1 76 (6.979 %) Tivoli 2 41 (3.765 %) OMEGAMON 3 31 (2.847 %) OpenView 4 22 (2.020 %) CiscoWorks 5 18 (1.653 %) Tivoli Monitoring 6 15 (1.377 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 6 15 (1.377 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 6 15 (1.377 %) CA SiteMinder 7 11 (1.010 %) WSUS 8 9 (0.826 %) Nessus 9 7 (0.643 %) MOM 10 6 (0.551 %) MAILsweeper 10 6 (0.551 %) Nagios 11 4 (0.367 %) Netcool 12 3 (0.275 %) Legato 12 3 (0.275 %) Norton AntiVirus 12 3 (0.275 %) NNM 13 2 (0.184 %) EMC NetWorker 14 1 (0.092 %) ARCserve	Vendors 1 339 (31.13 %) Cisco 2 198 (18.18 %) CheckPoint 3 151 (13.87 %) Microsoft 4 141 (12.95 %) Oracle 5 136 (12.49 %) Juniper 6 90 (8.264 %) Nokia 6 90 (8.264 %) IBM 6 90 (8.264 %) HP 7 72 (6.612 %) Blue Coat 8 66 (6.061 %) Sun 9 60 (5.510 %) Red Hat 10 42 (3.857 %) Nortel 11 36 (3.306 %) TIBCO 12 33 (3.030 %) VMware 13 27 (2.479 %) Crossbeam 14 22 (2.020 %) SonicWALL 14 22 (2.020 %) Citrix 15 19 (1.745 %) Symantec 16 18 (1.653 %) 3Com 17 16 (1.469 %) ZyXEL