SSL Contract Job Trends in South London

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
London > South London

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SSL 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 1.13% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £466 - -
25th Percentile £491 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - -
75th Percentile £616 - -
90th Percentile £629 - -
London median daily rate £600 £550 £584
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.78% +6.14%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 54 22 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 30.51% 10.89% 21.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 15 52
10th Percentile £252 £190 £200
25th Percentile £413 £365 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £544
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -17.24% -1.14%
75th Percentile £638 £506 £600
90th Percentile £723 £538 £649
London median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £83.25
London median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £28.63
% change year-on-year -32.48% +30.13% +16.84%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

SSL job vacancy trend in South London

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Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing SSL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing SSL

SSL
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing SSL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing SSL

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Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the South London region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Bromley - 1 £500 - 1
Croydon - 1 £625 -
SSL
London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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 (50.00%) DMZ
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) QA Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (50.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (50.00%) OWASP
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
1 1 (50.00%) SANS
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Blue Coat
1 1 (50.00%) F5
1 1 (50.00%) McAfee
1 1 (50.00%) Radware
1 1 (50.00%) Symantec