SSL Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 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 53 42 68
Rank change year-on-year -11 +26 +9
Contract jobs citing SSL 11 7 3
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 1.77% 1.59% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.58% 7.14% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £499 - -
25th Percentile £567 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £290 £300
Median % change year-on-year +134.48% -3.33% -
75th Percentile - - £325
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £567 £290 £470
% change year-on-year +95.52% -38.30% +25.33%
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 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 81 98 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 13.06% 22.22% 25.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 46 91
10th Percentile £160 £290 £313
25th Percentile £225 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £435
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +14.94% -13.00%
75th Percentile £631 £575 £559
90th Percentile £700 £606 £713
East of England median daily rate £413 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -13.16% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 20 56
10th Percentile £41.25 £35.00 £46.25
25th Percentile £45.00 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.76%
75th Percentile - £67.81 -
90th Percentile £71.50 £73.88 £71.25
East of England median hourly rate £58.50 £44.28 £65.00
% change year-on-year +32.11% -31.88% +3.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

SSL job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SSL

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for SSL in Hertfordshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SSL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SSL

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for SSL in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage -3 11 £680 +134.48% 6
SSL
East of England

SSL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 10 (90.91%) DNS
1 10 (90.91%) FTP
1 10 (90.91%) HTTP
1 10 (90.91%) Network Security
1 10 (90.91%) SMTP
General
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 8 (72.73%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Aerospace
4 1 (9.09%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Analyst
1 10 (90.91%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Linux Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Linux Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Linux Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Linux Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Linux Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (90.91%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) Cyberattack
2 8 (72.73%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (72.73%) CSOC
2 8 (72.73%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (72.73%) Management Information System
2 8 (72.73%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
1 1 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (90.91%) Information Security
1 10 (90.91%) Network Packet Capture
2 9 (81.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (81.82%) SIEM
3 8 (72.73%) AI
3 8 (72.73%) Analytics
3 8 (72.73%) Behavioural Analytics
3 8 (72.73%) Incident Response
3 8 (72.73%) Information Management
3 8 (72.73%) Machine Learning
3 8 (72.73%) Root Cause Analysis
3 8 (72.73%) Runbook
3 8 (72.73%) Security Operations
3 8 (72.73%) SOAR
3 8 (72.73%) Threat Detection
4 7 (63.64%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
5 1 (9.09%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (9.09%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (72.73%) PowerShell
1 8 (72.73%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 6 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Slurm Workload Manager
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Red Hat
1 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow