SSL Contracts in England

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SSL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SSL over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 354 469
Rank change year-on-year +1 +115 +29
Contract jobs citing SSL 132 190 185
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.51% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.15% 3.79% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 107 135
10th Percentile £338 £363 £328
25th Percentile £450 £431 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £708 £704
UK median daily rate £520 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -9.57% +4.55% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 7
10th Percentile £80.34 £41.32 £57.75
25th Percentile £80.59 - £62.00
Median hourly rate £81.35 £45.88 £63.23
Median % change year-on-year +77.31% -27.44% +22.18%
75th Percentile £81.91 £61.16 £69.61
90th Percentile £83.05 £66.88 £78.79
UK median hourly rate £81.35 £45.88 £63.23
% change year-on-year +77.31% -27.44% +23.93%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SSL in England

SSL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SSL in England.

Daily rate trend for SSL in England

SSL
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SSL in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SSL in England

SSL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SSL in England.

Hourly rate trend for SSL in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +29 60 £500 -13.04% 42
East of England +44 18 £600 +106.90% 7
South East -23 18 £600 -4.00% 21
North of England +21 16 £590 +36.89% 12
Midlands +24 8 - - 6
West Midlands +16 8 - - 3
Yorkshire +7 8 £413 -4.29% 2
South West +52 7 £585 - 13
North East - 6 £590 -
North West +14 2 £600 - 10
SSL
UK

SSL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (5.30%) nginx
2 4 (3.03%) Apache
2 4 (3.03%) Tomcat
3 3 (2.27%) Confluence
3 3 (2.27%) IIS
4 2 (1.52%) CMS
4 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.76%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.76%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 41 (31.06%) AWS
2 29 (21.97%) Azure
3 8 (6.06%) AWS KMS
3 8 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.30%) Azure Monitor
4 7 (5.30%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (5.30%) GCP
5 6 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.55%) SaaS
6 5 (3.79%) Amazon EC2
6 5 (3.79%) Amazon ECS
6 5 (3.79%) GitHub
6 5 (3.79%) Serverless
6 5 (3.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (3.03%) Cloudflare
7 4 (3.03%) OpenShift
7 4 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 48 (36.36%) DNS
2 41 (31.06%) Network Security
3 35 (26.52%) Firewall
4 31 (23.48%) HTTP
5 29 (21.97%) VPN
6 27 (20.45%) SMTP
7 22 (16.67%) FTP
8 21 (15.91%) BGP
9 20 (15.15%) OSPF
10 19 (14.39%) IPsec
11 16 (12.12%) WAN
12 15 (11.36%) Wireless
13 13 (9.85%) TCP/IP
13 13 (9.85%) VLAN
14 11 (8.33%) DHCP
15 10 (7.58%) HTTPS
16 9 (6.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 9 (6.82%) LAN
16 9 (6.82%) S/MIME
17 8 (6.06%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.27%) Power BI
2 3 (2.27%) RDBMS
2 3 (2.27%) Redis
2 3 (2.27%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.52%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.52%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.52%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 6 (4.55%) GitLab
2 5 (3.79%) Git
2 5 (3.79%) JIRA
3 4 (3.03%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.03%) Maven
4 2 (1.52%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.76%) SonarQube
General
1 44 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 24 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (12.12%) Finance
4 15 (11.36%) Banking
5 10 (7.58%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.55%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.03%) Law
9 3 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.76%) Aviation
11 1 (0.76%) Dutch Language
11 1 (0.76%) Front Office
11 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.76%) Retail
11 1 (0.76%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 22 (16.67%) Architect
2 16 (12.12%) Analyst
3 15 (11.36%) Network Engineer
4 13 (9.85%) SOC Analyst
5 12 (9.09%) Lead
6 9 (6.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (6.06%) Developer
8 7 (5.30%) Security Engineer
9 6 (4.55%) Senior
10 5 (3.79%) Administrator
10 5 (3.79%) Network Security Engineer
10 5 (3.79%) Security Architect
11 4 (3.03%) Check Point Expert
11 4 (3.03%) Consultant
11 4 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
11 4 (3.03%) Senior Developer
12 3 (2.27%) AWS DevOps
12 3 (2.27%) AWS Engineer
12 3 (2.27%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
12 3 (2.27%) Network Implementation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (20.45%) LDAP
2 17 (12.88%) REST
3 12 (9.09%) Web Services
4 10 (7.58%) SAML
4 10 (7.58%) SOAP
5 9 (6.82%) .NET
5 9 (6.82%) 802.1X
5 9 (6.82%) Middleware
5 9 (6.82%) XML
6 8 (6.06%) JSON
7 6 (4.55%) Kafka
7 6 (4.55%) OAuth
8 5 (3.79%) HTML
8 5 (3.79%) YAML
9 4 (3.03%) CSS
9 4 (3.03%) JDBC
9 4 (3.03%) Node.js
9 4 (3.03%) ODBC
9 4 (3.03%) OpenID
9 4 (3.03%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.94%) PKI
2 14 (10.61%) Management Information System
3 13 (9.85%) Cyberattack
4 12 (9.09%) Data Centre
5 11 (8.33%) Onboarding
5 11 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (7.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (7.58%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (6.82%) Algorithms
8 8 (6.06%) CSOC
9 7 (5.30%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (3.03%) Clustering
10 4 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (3.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (2.27%) Security Posture
11 3 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (1.52%) Virtual Team
12 2 (1.52%) YARA
13 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (18.94%) Windows
2 11 (8.33%) Linux
3 10 (7.58%) Unix
3 10 (7.58%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.03%) Check Point GAiA
4 4 (3.03%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.52%) CentOS
5 2 (1.52%) Debian
5 2 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.52%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.52%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.76%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (21.21%) Key Management
2 26 (19.70%) Agile
2 26 (19.70%) DevOps
3 23 (17.42%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (15.91%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (14.39%) Cryptography
5 19 (14.39%) Migration
5 19 (14.39%) SIEM
6 18 (13.64%) Information Security
7 15 (11.36%) Security Operations
7 15 (11.36%) Threat Detection
8 14 (10.61%) CI/CD
8 14 (10.61%) Microservices
9 13 (9.85%) Data Security
9 13 (9.85%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (9.09%) Analytics
10 12 (9.09%) Load Balancing
10 12 (9.09%) Roadmaps
11 11 (8.33%) High Availability
11 11 (8.33%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.18%) PowerShell
1 24 (18.18%) Python
2 9 (6.82%) ActionScript
2 9 (6.82%) ActionScript 2.0
2 9 (6.82%) C#
3 8 (6.06%) SQL
4 7 (5.30%) Bash
4 7 (5.30%) C
4 7 (5.30%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.79%) Perl
6 4 (3.03%) PHP
7 3 (2.27%) Bicep
7 3 (2.27%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (2.27%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.52%) Java
8 2 (1.52%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.76%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 24 (18.18%) DV Cleared
3 22 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 18 (13.64%) Degree
5 9 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (6.06%) CCNP
6 8 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.79%) CCSE
8 4 (3.03%) CCSA
8 4 (3.03%) CISM
8 4 (3.03%) CISSP
9 3 (2.27%) CCIE
9 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.52%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.52%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.76%) CCDP
11 1 (0.76%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.55%) NIST
2 5 (3.79%) SOC 2
3 3 (2.27%) GDPR
4 2 (1.52%) FIPS 140-2
4 2 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.52%) NIST 800
4 2 (1.52%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.76%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.76%) QA
5 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 11 (8.33%) Docker
3 5 (3.79%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 4 (3.03%) Firmware
4 4 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.27%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.27%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.52%) RACF
7 1 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (11.36%) Terraform
2 13 (9.85%) Kubernetes
3 11 (8.33%) Grafana
4 8 (6.06%) Prometheus
4 8 (6.06%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (5.30%) Ansible
6 6 (4.55%) SCCM
7 4 (3.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (3.03%) FortiGate
8 3 (2.27%) CA Spectrum
8 3 (2.27%) OPNET
8 3 (2.27%) WSUS
9 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (1.52%) Nessus
9 2 (1.52%) Packer
9 2 (1.52%) Puppet
10 1 (0.76%) CASB
10 1 (0.76%) Istio
10 1 (0.76%) QRadar
10 1 (0.76%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 26 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 24 (18.18%) Cisco
3 19 (14.39%) F5
4 11 (8.33%) CheckPoint
4 11 (8.33%) Palo Alto
4 11 (8.33%) Splunk
5 10 (7.58%) Juniper
6 9 (6.82%) IBM
7 8 (6.06%) Fortinet
8 6 (4.55%) Arista
8 6 (4.55%) IBM Sterling
8 6 (4.55%) Meraki
8 6 (4.55%) VMware
9 5 (3.79%) Confluent
9 5 (3.79%) HP
9 5 (3.79%) Oracle
9 5 (3.79%) SolarWinds
10 4 (3.03%) McAfee
10 4 (3.03%) OpenText
10 4 (3.03%) SAP