Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
South East > Berkshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring SSL skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 93 | 109 | 110 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +16 | +1 | +20 |
| Contract jobs citing SSL | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | 0.17% | 0.18% | 0.33% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 1.00% | 1.05% | 1.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £378 |
| 25th Percentile | £575 | £413 | £383 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £425 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +41.18% | +6.25% | -11.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £438 | £463 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £488 |
| South East median daily rate | £375 | £538 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.23% | +13.16% | -8.65% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire
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 Berkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 200 | 286 | 406 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire | 17.26% | 16.98% | 22.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 127 | 117 | 229 |
| 10th Percentile | £230 | £281 | £205 |
| 25th Percentile | £340 | £400 | £318 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £500 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +11.11% | -2.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £537 | £608 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £650 | £650 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £460 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +8.70% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 13 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £56.25 | £16.70 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £71.75 | £24.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £55.00 | £83.50 | £73.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.13% | +13.61% | +276.92% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £87.46 | £75.67 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £79.44 |
| South East median hourly rate | £55.00 | £57.35 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.10% | -4.42% | +33.33% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings citing SSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SSL.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SSL.
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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | +23 | 1 | £600 | +41.18% | 1 |
| Bracknell | - | 1 | - | - | |
| SSL South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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: