SSL Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage 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 35 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing SSL 11 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 3.89% 3.11% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.64% 9.80% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £499 - -
25th Percentile £567 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £290 -
Median % change year-on-year +134.48% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £680 £290 £300
% change year-on-year +134.48% -3.33% -
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 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 56 51 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 19.79% 31.68% 33.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 10
10th Percentile £248 £297 £368
25th Percentile £489 £338 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £540 £400
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +35.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £700 £575 £567
90th Percentile - - £593
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £500 £435
% change year-on-year -5.00% +14.94% -13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 19 50
10th Percentile £41.25 £35.00 £54.50
25th Percentile £45.00 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile - £67.50 -
90th Percentile £71.50 £71.00 £70.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - -0.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

SSL job vacancy trend in Stevenage

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Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SSL

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Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

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

Daily rate histogram for SSL in Stevenage

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Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SSL

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate histogram for SSL in Stevenage

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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