SSL Contract Job Trends in Slough

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Slough requiring SSL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SSL 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 1.82% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £368 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £386 - -
75th Percentile £404 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £400 £650 £400
% change year-on-year -38.46% +62.50% -31.91%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3 18 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 5.45% 25.00% 37.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 26
10th Percentile £371 £218 -
25th Percentile £376 £230 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £390 £386
Median % change year-on-year +0.90% +0.97% -3.56%
75th Percentile £403 £444 £400
90th Percentile £404 £465 £538
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £463 £425
% change year-on-year -8.11% +8.82% -17.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.34
Median hourly rate - £24.66 £25.12
Median % change year-on-year - -1.81% -
75th Percentile - - £25.89
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £75.00 £21.83 £82.50
% change year-on-year +243.56% -73.54% +146.28%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

SSL job vacancy trend in Slough

SSL
Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing SSL

SSL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) RSVP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IP Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IP Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIP
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BT
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper