SSL Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring SSL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SSL 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.93% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.06% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £660 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £670 - -
75th Percentile £680 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £425 £385 £580
% change year-on-year +10.39% -33.62% +28.89%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 33 11 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 15.42% 7.38% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 7 8
10th Percentile £258 £304 £297
25th Percentile £380 £434 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £408
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +16.56% -2.69%
75th Percentile £636 £500 £634
90th Percentile £688 £515 £637
North West median daily rate £457 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -3.84% -5.00% +3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £58.10 £20.35 -
25th Percentile - £22.01 -
Median hourly rate £74.26 £24.76 -
Median % change year-on-year +199.92% - -
75th Percentile - £37.88 -
90th Percentile - £45.75 -
North West median hourly rate £20.00 £48.56 £17.72
% change year-on-year -58.81% +174.04% -10.87%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

SSL job vacancy trend in Lancashire

SSL
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing SSL

SSL
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing SSL

SSL
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Preston - 2 £670 -
SSL
North West

SSL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (100.00%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) API Development
1 2 (100.00%) API Management
1 2 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Axway