SSL Jobs with Work from Home Options

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SSL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SSL over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 441 514 619
Rank change year-on-year +73 +105 -140
Permanent jobs citing SSL 152 150 239
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.45% 0.36% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.90% 3.21% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 97 103 149
10th Percentile £38,400 £39,000 £38,502
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,097 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% +23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,968 £88,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,000 - £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £58,950 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.94% +7.18% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

SSL is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,233 4,673 7,508
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.45% 11.24% 10.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,379 3,467 4,922
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,852 £88,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SSL trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SSL.

SSL salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SSL over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

SSL salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 46 (30.26%) WebLogic
2 28 (18.42%) IIS
3 13 (8.55%) CMS
3 13 (8.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (8.55%) nginx
4 12 (7.89%) Apache
4 12 (7.89%) WordPress
5 5 (3.29%) Tomcat
6 3 (1.97%) Confluence
7 2 (1.32%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.66%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 46 (30.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (4.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 70 (46.05%) AWS
1 70 (46.05%) Azure
2 46 (30.26%) Amazon EKS
2 46 (30.26%) Amazon SQS
3 19 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (10.53%) SaaS
5 6 (3.95%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.29%) IaaS
6 5 (3.29%) PaaS
7 3 (1.97%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.97%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.97%) Slack
7 3 (1.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (1.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.32%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.66%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.66%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 111 (73.03%) DNS
2 86 (56.58%) TCP/IP
3 60 (39.47%) Firewall
4 57 (37.50%) BGP
5 27 (17.76%) VPN
6 19 (12.50%) DHCP
7 16 (10.53%) SMTP
8 15 (9.87%) SNMP
9 13 (8.55%) LAN
9 13 (8.55%) WAN
10 12 (7.89%) HTTPS
11 11 (7.24%) HTTP
11 11 (7.24%) VLAN
12 10 (6.58%) Network Security
12 10 (6.58%) OSPF
13 9 (5.92%) FTP
13 9 (5.92%) SSH
14 8 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
14 8 (5.26%) SD-WAN
14 8 (5.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (30.92%) Relational Database
2 46 (30.26%) Amazon RDS
2 46 (30.26%) Oracle Database
2 46 (30.26%) RDBMS
3 23 (15.13%) SQL Server
4 12 (7.89%) MySQL
5 5 (3.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.29%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (5.26%) Vagrant
2 7 (4.61%) Git
3 4 (2.63%) GitLab
4 3 (1.97%) JIRA
5 2 (1.32%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.66%) Log4Net
6 1 (0.66%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 58 (38.16%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.89%) Marketing
3 10 (6.58%) Legal
4 9 (5.92%) Finance
5 8 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.61%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.29%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.29%) Banking
8 4 (2.63%) Law
9 2 (1.32%) Automotive
9 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 71 (46.71%) Lead
2 49 (32.24%) Architect
3 46 (30.26%) Lead Architect
3 46 (30.26%) Lead Solutions Architect
3 46 (30.26%) Solutions Architect
4 32 (21.05%) Developer
5 24 (15.79%) Senior
6 19 (12.50%) Lead Developer
7 13 (8.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (7.89%) Web Manager
9 10 (6.58%) Network Engineer
9 10 (6.58%) Web Developer
10 9 (5.92%) Administrator
11 8 (5.26%) Consultant
11 8 (5.26%) Linux Administrator
11 8 (5.26%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 8 (5.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (5.26%) ServiceNow Consultant
11 8 (5.26%) Systems Administrator
11 8 (5.26%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (30.92%) RabbitMQ
2 46 (30.26%) Spring Boot
3 34 (22.37%) HTML
4 32 (21.05%) CSS
5 23 (15.13%) .NET
6 22 (14.47%) ASP.NET
6 22 (14.47%) ASP.NET MVC
7 20 (13.16%) AngularJS
8 19 (12.50%) jQuery
8 19 (12.50%) React
8 19 (12.50%) REST
8 19 (12.50%) Tailwind CSS
8 19 (12.50%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 19 (12.50%) Vue
8 19 (12.50%) WPF
9 12 (7.89%) LDAP
9 12 (7.89%) XML
10 11 (7.24%) Web Services
11 10 (6.58%) Ajax
11 10 (6.58%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 46 (30.26%) Enterprise Software
1 46 (30.26%) Public Cloud
2 21 (13.82%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (11.84%) Data Centre
4 8 (5.26%) EFT
5 7 (4.61%) CMDB
6 5 (3.29%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.29%) Data Structures
6 5 (3.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.97%) IBM Storwize
7 3 (1.97%) PKI
7 3 (1.97%) Robotics
8 2 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.66%) AS400
9 1 (0.66%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.66%) Insider Threat
9 1 (0.66%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.66%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 60 (39.47%) Linux
2 56 (36.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 41 (26.97%) Windows
4 15 (9.87%) Windows Server
5 8 (5.26%) CentOS
5 8 (5.26%) Ubuntu
6 5 (3.29%) Android
6 5 (3.29%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.97%) Amazon Linux
7 3 (1.97%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (38.82%) Migration
2 56 (36.84%) Collaborative Working
3 53 (34.87%) Agile
4 52 (34.21%) Project Management
5 47 (30.92%) Scrum
6 46 (30.26%) Actionable Insight
6 46 (30.26%) ArchiMate
6 46 (30.26%) Cloud Operations
6 46 (30.26%) Data Migration
6 46 (30.26%) Kanban
6 46 (30.26%) Load Balancing
6 46 (30.26%) Open Source
6 46 (30.26%) Re-Platforming
6 46 (30.26%) SDLC
6 46 (30.26%) Systems Engineering
6 46 (30.26%) TOGAF
7 35 (23.03%) Web Development
8 23 (15.13%) MVC
9 19 (12.50%) API Development
10 18 (11.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 28 (18.42%) SQL
2 23 (15.13%) C#
3 19 (12.50%) XAML
4 15 (9.87%) JavaScript
5 14 (9.21%) PowerShell
6 13 (8.55%) PHP
7 11 (7.24%) Python
8 8 (5.26%) Shell Script
9 6 (3.95%) Java
10 5 (3.29%) Bash
11 2 (1.32%) AWK
12 1 (0.66%) C
12 1 (0.66%) C++
12 1 (0.66%) Go
12 1 (0.66%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 54 (35.53%) SC Cleared
1 54 (35.53%) Security Cleared
2 46 (30.26%) AWS Certification
2 46 (30.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 46 (30.26%) Azure Certification
3 15 (9.87%) Degree
4 8 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.61%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (3.29%) CCIE
6 5 (3.29%) JNCIE
7 2 (1.32%) CCNA
7 2 (1.32%) CCNP
7 2 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.66%) CISSP
8 1 (0.66%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.66%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.29%) SLA
2 2 (1.32%) QA
3 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.66%) NIST
3 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (9.21%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.26%) Docker
2 8 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.32%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.32%) vSphere
6 1 (0.66%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.66%) NFS
Systems Management
1 14 (9.21%) Ansible
2 8 (5.26%) SCCM
2 8 (5.26%) Terraform
2 8 (5.26%) vCenter Server
3 7 (4.61%) HP UCMDB
4 5 (3.29%) Pingdom
5 3 (1.97%) ZABBIX
6 2 (1.32%) Puppet
7 1 (0.66%) Grafana
7 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.66%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 47 (30.92%) Oracle
2 46 (30.26%) Sparx
3 17 (11.18%) Microsoft
4 14 (9.21%) VMware
5 11 (7.24%) ServiceNow
6 9 (5.92%) HP
7 8 (5.26%) Citrix
7 8 (5.26%) Globalscape
8 7 (4.61%) BMC
8 7 (4.61%) Remedy
9 5 (3.29%) CheckPoint
9 5 (3.29%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.29%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.97%) IBM
11 2 (1.32%) Aerohive Networks
11 2 (1.32%) Cisco
11 2 (1.32%) Juniper
11 2 (1.32%) Meraki
11 2 (1.32%) NETGEAR
11 2 (1.32%) Veeam