SSL Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring SSL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SSL 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 0.32% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
East of England median daily rate £427 £600 £290
% change year-on-year -28.83% +106.90% -22.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bedfordshire

SSL falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 32 7 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 10.39% 4.67% 12.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 20
10th Percentile £95 £300 £296
25th Percentile £400 £375 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £325
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +53.85% -13.33%
75th Percentile £494 £550 £481
90th Percentile £675 £580 £539
East of England median daily rate £425 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £64.25 £40.80 -
25th Percentile £66.88 £58.50 -
Median hourly rate £72.50 £88.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.61% +467.74% -0.39%
75th Percentile £76.88 - £34.63
90th Percentile £78.75 - £46.10
East of England median hourly rate £23.50 £35.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -32.86% -44.00% +19.05%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SSL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

SSL job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

SSL
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing SSL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing SSL

SSL
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 4 March 2026. 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
Luton - 1 £400 - 2
SSL
East of England

SSL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Coat