The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SSL skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SSL over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank394440443
Rank change year-on-year
Up+46Up+3
Matching permanent IT job ads634510346
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.526 %0.416 %0.362 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category2.994 %2.643 %2.351 %
Number of salaries quoted526431291
Average salary£45,000£40,000£42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50 %-4.76 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£28,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£67,500£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£35,750£37,500
% change year-on-year
+11.88 %-4.66 %
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
211741929914719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK17.56 %15.74 %15.42 %
Number of salaries quoted176421597812153
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£61,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66 %-

SSL
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SSL within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

SSL Demand Trend

SSL
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SSL within the UK.

SSL Salary Trend

SSL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SSL over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

SSL Salary Histogram

SSL
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+36602£45,000+12.50 %
LondonUp+43300£50,000+11.11 %
South EastDown-2150£42,500+11.84 %
SurreyUp+1859£45,000-10.00 %
BerkshireUp+1458£42,500-
East of EnglandUp+1352£37,500+15.38 %
City of LondonUp+743£47,500-9.52 %
North WestUp+324£37,500-
SloughUp+520£42,500+38.21 %
CambridgeshireDown-1219£44,000+25.71 %
West MidlandsDown-2219£27,000-20.58 %
East MidlandsUp+218£45,000+44.00 %
HampshireDown-218£37,500-11.76 %
YorkshireDown-5417£32,500-16.66 %
ScotlandUp+1816£25,000-34.64 %
South WestDown-416£45,000+83.67 %
NottinghamshireUp+2515£50,000+66.66 %
NottinghamUp+1915£50,000+66.66 %
GlasgowUp+2014£25,000-41.17 %
EssexNew entry-13£35,000-
RugbyNew entry-12£27,000-
WarwickshireNew entry-12£27,000-
StainesUp+1011£67,500+35.00 %
ManchesterUp+511£37,500-
West YorkshireDown-3311£31,000-20.00 %
PeterboroughNew entry-11£44,000-
GloucestershireDown-910£55,000+124.48 %
ChertseyNew entry-10£35,000-
HertfordshireUp+209£40,000+25.98 %
Canary WharfDown-29£75,000+25.00 %

SSL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1594 (46.92 %)Firewall
2511 (40.36 %)Linux
3506 (39.97 %)Windows
4496 (39.18 %)Cisco
5485 (38.31 %)TCP/IP
6458 (36.18 %)VPN
7365 (28.83 %)Apache
8351 (27.73 %)DNS
9322 (25.43 %)Microsoft
10304 (24.01 %)Juniper
11303 (23.93 %)Oracle
12301 (23.78 %)Java
13282 (22.27 %)Active Directory
14280 (22.12 %)WAN
15272 (21.48 %)HTTP
16271 (21.41 %)SQL Server
17268 (21.17 %)LAN
18262 (20.70 %)Cisco Certification
18262 (20.70 %)Finance
19261 (20.62 %)SQL
20243 (19.19 %)CheckPoint
21238 (18.80 %)Web Services
22229 (18.09 %)MySQL
23224 (17.69 %)IPsec
24212 (16.75 %)Cisco ASA
25200 (15.80 %)UNIX
26188 (14.85 %)E-Commerce
26188 (14.85 %)VMware
27187 (14.77 %)Tomcat
28179 (14.14 %)LDAP

SSL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1238 (18.80 %)Web Services
2172 (13.59 %)XML
3158 (12.48 %)HTML
4143 (11.30 %)Middleware
5136 (10.74 %)CSS
6122 (9.637 %).NET
7101 (7.978 %)WebSphere
892 (7.267 %)Ajax
973 (5.766 %)J2EE
1071 (5.608 %)SOAP
1163 (4.976 %)jQuery
1261 (4.818 %)XSLT
1360 (4.739 %)XHTML
1458 (4.581 %)ASP.NET
1545 (3.555 %)LAMP
1635 (2.765 %)JSP
1729 (2.291 %)Spring
1729 (2.291 %)REST
1825 (1.975 %)Hibernate
1825 (1.975 %)TopLink
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1365 (28.83 %)Apache
2187 (14.77 %)Tomcat
3178 (14.06 %)IIS
4169 (13.35 %)WebLogic
5136 (10.74 %)MS Exchange
690 (7.109 %)Exchange Server 2003
779 (6.240 %)Oracle Coherence
869 (5.450 %)Exchange Server 2007
957 (4.502 %)SharePoint
1042 (3.318 %)Exchange Server 2010
1140 (3.160 %)WebSphere Application Server
1236 (2.844 %)WebSphere MQ
1323 (1.817 %)nginx
1422 (1.738 %)CMS
1521 (1.659 %)Tuxedo
1521 (1.659 %)WordPress
1521 (1.659 %)Oracle Service Bus
1619 (1.501 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1716 (1.264 %)IBM HTTP Server
1815 (1.185 %)Umbraco
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1117 (9.242 %)MS Excel
254 (4.265 %)MS Office
339 (3.081 %)MS Visio
410 (0.790 %)InfoPath
58 (0.632 %)MS Project
64 (0.316 %)Photoshop
64 (0.316 %)Spreadsheet
73 (0.237 %)AutoCAD
82 (0.158 %)Google Apps
91 (0.079 %)MS PowerPoint
91 (0.079 %)Fireworks
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
114 (1.106 %)BASE24
114 (1.106 %)CA Clarity
25 (0.395 %)WebTrends
33 (0.237 %)Remedy ITSM
33 (0.237 %)Oracle EBS R12
42 (0.158 %)Oracle 11i
51 (0.079 %)Oracle BPM
51 (0.079 %)Google Analytics
51 (0.079 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.079 %)Oracle Applications
51 (0.079 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1594 (46.92 %)Firewall
2485 (38.31 %)TCP/IP
3458 (36.18 %)VPN
4351 (27.73 %)DNS
5280 (22.12 %)WAN
6272 (21.48 %)HTTP
7268 (21.17 %)LAN
8224 (17.69 %)IPsec
9212 (16.75 %)Cisco ASA
10179 (14.14 %)LDAP
11176 (13.90 %)Internet
12163 (12.88 %)SAN
13148 (11.69 %)BGP
14136 (10.74 %)Network Security
15135 (10.66 %)SMTP
16129 (10.19 %)OSPF
17110 (8.689 %)DHCP
18109 (8.610 %)Cisco PIX
19103 (8.136 %)DMZ
20101 (7.978 %)EIGRP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1271 (21.41 %)SQL Server
2229 (18.09 %)MySQL
363 (4.976 %)SQL Server 2005
449 (3.870 %)RDBMS
539 (3.081 %)SQL Server 2008
631 (2.449 %)SQL Server 2000
719 (1.501 %)PostgreSQL
815 (1.185 %)GIS
912 (0.948 %)Oracle 8/8i
1011 (0.869 %)ETL
1011 (0.869 %)BusinessObjects
1110 (0.790 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1110 (0.790 %)Oracle 11g
1110 (0.790 %)DTS
129 (0.711 %)Oracle 10g
138 (0.632 %)NoSQL
146 (0.474 %)Oracle Reports
155 (0.395 %)CouchDB
155 (0.395 %)MongoDB
155 (0.395 %)Redis
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
196 (7.583 %)Subversion
248 (3.791 %)Git (software)
336 (2.844 %)Ant
433 (2.607 %)Visual Studio
530 (2.370 %)JIRA
622 (1.738 %)Eclipse
720 (1.580 %)Maven
819 (1.501 %)JUnit
918 (1.422 %)Bugzilla
1017 (1.343 %)TeamCity
1115 (1.185 %)PHPUnit
1212 (0.948 %)TestNG
138 (0.632 %)InterDev
147 (0.553 %)Selenium
156 (0.474 %)Rhino Mocks
156 (0.474 %)Synon
165 (0.395 %)Hudson
165 (0.395 %)Atlassian Bamboo
173 (0.237 %)Fiddler
173 (0.237 %)Introscope
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1262 (20.70 %)Finance
2138 (10.90 %)Telecoms
3123 (9.716 %)Banking
447 (3.712 %)Retail
533 (2.607 %)Investment Banking
625 (1.975 %)Games
625 (1.975 %)Electronics
719 (1.501 %)French Language
818 (1.422 %)Marketing
916 (1.264 %)Manufacturing
1015 (1.185 %)Publishing
1114 (1.106 %)Retail Banking
1114 (1.106 %)Back Office
1213 (1.027 %)German Language
1311 (0.869 %)Italian Language
1311 (0.869 %)Spanish Language
149 (0.711 %)Advertising
157 (0.553 %)Financial Institution
166 (0.474 %)Law
174 (0.316 %)Military
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1175 (13.82 %)Network Engineer
2159 (12.56 %)Administrator
3150 (11.85 %)Developer
4137 (10.82 %)Analyst
5136 (10.74 %)Systems Administrator
6106 (8.373 %)Architect
771 (5.608 %)Network Architect
870 (5.529 %)Support Engineer
967 (5.292 %)Linux Administrator
967 (5.292 %)Middleware Engineer
1066 (5.213 %)Linux Systems Administrator
1155 (4.344 %)Security Engineer
1252 (4.107 %)Consultant
1349 (3.870 %)3rd Line Support
1447 (3.712 %)Network Analyst
1447 (3.712 %)Senior Network Engineer
1538 (3.002 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1538 (3.002 %)Network Security Engineer
1538 (3.002 %)Technical Support
1636 (2.844 %)Web Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1116 (9.163 %)Open Source
2110 (8.689 %)PKI
359 (4.660 %)Computer Science
446 (3.633 %)SaaS
545 (3.555 %)EMV
643 (3.397 %)Clustering
739 (3.081 %)Blackberry
838 (3.002 %)SecurID
933 (2.607 %)Replication
1026 (2.054 %)Digital Media
1125 (1.975 %)Management Information System
1221 (1.659 %)N-Tier
1221 (1.659 %)Online Games
1320 (1.580 %)Client/Server
1417 (1.343 %)Data Protection Act
1516 (1.264 %)Data Integration
1614 (1.106 %)Video Conferencing
1614 (1.106 %)Social Media
1713 (1.027 %)Cryptography
1713 (1.027 %)Social Network
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1511 (40.36 %)Linux
2506 (39.97 %)Windows
3200 (15.80 %)UNIX
4163 (12.88 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5148 (11.69 %)Windows Server 2003
6105 (8.294 %)Windows Server 2008
782 (6.477 %)CentOS
872 (5.687 %)Debian
968 (5.371 %)Windows XP
1062 (4.897 %)Windows 7
1161 (4.818 %)Solaris
1225 (1.975 %)Android
1324 (1.896 %)AIX
1422 (1.738 %)Ubuntu
1422 (1.738 %)Apple iOS
1521 (1.659 %)HPUX
1619 (1.501 %)VMS
1714 (1.106 %)Windows 2000
1714 (1.106 %)OpenSolaris
1813 (1.027 %)Windows Mobile
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1188 (14.85 %)E-Commerce
2148 (11.69 %)ITIL
3126 (9.953 %)Load Balancing
489 (7.030 %)Change Management
586 (6.793 %)Disaster Recovery
656 (4.423 %)OO
749 (3.870 %)Network Design
847 (3.712 %)Web Development
946 (3.633 %)Service Management
946 (3.633 %)Service Delivery
946 (3.633 %)Network Management
1045 (3.555 %)Project Management
1138 (3.002 %)Agile Software Development
1235 (2.765 %)UML
1334 (2.686 %)Unit Testing
1433 (2.607 %)Content Management
1529 (2.291 %)Configuration Management
1628 (2.212 %)MVC
1727 (2.133 %)Capacity Planning
1825 (1.975 %)Multithreading
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1301 (23.78 %)Java
2261 (20.62 %)SQL
3169 (13.35 %)JavaScript
4147 (11.61 %)PHP
5143 (11.30 %)Perl
6107 (8.452 %)Shell Script
7103 (8.136 %)C#
883 (6.556 %)Bash shell
970 (5.529 %)C
1069 (5.450 %)C++
1156 (4.423 %)Python
1253 (4.186 %)T-SQL
1334 (2.686 %)XPath
1428 (2.212 %)Ruby
1526 (2.054 %)VB.NET
1619 (1.501 %)PL/SQL
1619 (1.501 %)PHP5
1712 (0.948 %)ActionScript
1712 (0.948 %)VBScript
1811 (0.869 %)VB
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1262 (20.70 %)Cisco Certification
2150 (11.85 %)CCNA
3123 (9.716 %)CCNP
4113 (8.926 %)Degree
594 (7.425 %)JNCIA
683 (6.556 %)CCIE
773 (5.766 %)CCSP
867 (5.292 %)CCSE
965 (5.134 %)Microsoft Certification
1050 (3.949 %)Security Cleared
1146 (3.633 %)MCSE
1234 (2.686 %)CCDP
1330 (2.370 %)MCP
1420 (1.580 %)SC Cleared
1519 (1.501 %)CCSA
1617 (1.343 %)RHCE
1715 (1.185 %)DV Cleared
1813 (1.027 %)MCITP
1912 (0.948 %)CISSP
2011 (0.869 %)JNCIS
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
146 (3.633 %)SLA
239 (3.081 %)ISO/IEC 27001
335 (2.765 %)PCI DSS
426 (2.054 %)QA
524 (1.896 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
63 (0.237 %)COBIT
63 (0.237 %)ISO 9001
71 (0.079 %)ISO/IEC 7816
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1282 (22.27 %)Active Directory
2113 (8.926 %)VMware Infrastructure
367 (5.292 %)vSphere
432 (2.528 %)XenApp
531 (2.449 %)Xen
629 (2.291 %)Samba
724 (1.896 %)NFS
724 (1.896 %)VMware ESXi
821 (1.659 %)VMware ESX
920 (1.580 %)Varnish
1014 (1.106 %)Squid
1014 (1.106 %)Hyper-V
1113 (1.027 %)Terminal Services
1210 (0.790 %)UAG
139 (0.711 %)XenDesktop
147 (0.553 %)Sendmail
156 (0.474 %)Postfix
165 (0.395 %)Terminal Server
165 (0.395 %)Oracle RAC
174 (0.316 %)Nmap
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
175 (5.924 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
230 (2.370 %)Nagios
328 (2.212 %)CiscoWorks
426 (2.054 %)ZABBIX
522 (1.738 %)Cacti
621 (1.659 %)Tivoli
720 (1.580 %)SCCM
819 (1.501 %)WSUS
918 (1.422 %)Norton AntiVirus
1014 (1.106 %)Backup Exec
1113 (1.027 %)OpenView
1211 (0.869 %)Zenoss
1310 (0.790 %)McAfee ePO
1310 (0.790 %)Puppet
149 (0.711 %)SolarWinds Orion
158 (0.632 %)SCOM
158 (0.632 %)Cisco CUCM
158 (0.632 %)Netcool
167 (0.553 %)CA Wily
167 (0.553 %)HP SIM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1496 (39.18 %)Cisco
2322 (25.43 %)Microsoft
3304 (24.01 %)Juniper
4303 (23.93 %)Oracle
5243 (19.19 %)CheckPoint
6188 (14.85 %)VMware
7157 (12.40 %)Red Hat
8113 (8.926 %)F5
9100 (7.899 %)JBoss
1098 (7.741 %)HP
1192 (7.267 %)Sun
1285 (6.714 %)Citrix
1375 (5.924 %)Nokia
1464 (5.055 %)Blue Coat
1554 (4.265 %)IBM
1645 (3.555 %)Websense
1742 (3.318 %)Dell
1838 (3.002 %)EMC
1838 (3.002 %)Riverbed
1933 (2.607 %)Fortinet