SSL Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring SSL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 82 105
Rank change year-on-year -10 +23 +30
Contract jobs citing SSL 13 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.83% 0.56% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.86% 2.99% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 8
10th Percentile £416 - -
25th Percentile £441 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £567 £290 £470
Median % change year-on-year +95.52% -38.30% +25.33%
75th Percentile £680 - £491
90th Percentile - - £500
England median daily rate £575 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £80.00 - -
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £65.98
% change year-on-year +36.84% -28.01% +14.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 222 234 347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 14.19% 18.87% 19.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 108 193
10th Percentile £160 £218 £246
25th Percentile £213 £279 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £538
90th Percentile £680 £604 £605
England median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 42 73
10th Percentile £13.25 £20.24 £20.00
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.46 £50.00
Median hourly rate £58.50 £44.28 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.11% -31.88% +3.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.63 £73.50
England median hourly rate £31.39 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -35.37% -14.04% +25.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

SSL job vacancy trend in the East of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SSL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SSL

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SSL in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SSL in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SSL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SSL

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SSL in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SSL in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the East of England region over the 6 months to 3 December 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
Hertfordshire -11 11 £680 +134.48% 7
Bedfordshire - 1 £400 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 - -
SSL
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 11 (84.62%) HTTP
1 11 (84.62%) Network Security
2 10 (76.92%) DNS
2 10 (76.92%) FTP
2 10 (76.92%) SMTP
3 1 (7.69%) Bluetooth
3 1 (7.69%) Firewall
3 1 (7.69%) LAN
3 1 (7.69%) MQTT
3 1 (7.69%) UWB
3 1 (7.69%) WAN
3 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.69%) ZigBee
General
1 9 (69.23%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.69%) Law
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Analyst
1 10 (76.92%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Linux Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Linux Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) PCB Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Linux Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Linux Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (76.92%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) Cyberattack
2 8 (61.54%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (61.54%) CSOC
2 8 (61.54%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (61.54%) Management Information System
2 8 (61.54%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Clustering
3 1 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
1 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
1 1 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Continuous Improvement
1 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (76.92%) Information Security
1 10 (76.92%) Network Packet Capture
2 9 (69.23%) SIEM
3 8 (61.54%) AI
3 8 (61.54%) Analytics
3 8 (61.54%) Behavioural Analytics
3 8 (61.54%) Incident Response
3 8 (61.54%) Information Management
3 8 (61.54%) Machine Learning
3 8 (61.54%) Root Cause Analysis
3 8 (61.54%) Runbook
3 8 (61.54%) Security Operations
3 8 (61.54%) SOAR
3 8 (61.54%) Threat Detection
4 7 (53.85%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.69%) Schematic Capture
6 1 (7.69%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Python
2 8 (61.54%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.69%) C
3 1 (7.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (7.69%) Firmware
1 1 (7.69%) ProxySG
1 1 (7.69%) Slurm Workload Manager
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Blue Coat
1 1 (7.69%) Red Hat
1 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow