SSL Jobs in England

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring SSL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SSL over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 564 663 540
Rank change year-on-year +99 -123 +67
Permanent jobs citing SSL 245 172 912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.24% 0.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.46% 1.50% 4.80%
Number of salaries quoted 189 125 354
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,700 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SSL falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,962 11,495 18,987
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.71% 16.17% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6,437 6,665 10,966
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,985 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% -2.89% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SSL in England

SSL
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SSL in England.

Salary trend for SSL in England

SSL
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSL in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for SSL in England

SSL
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the England region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +62 80 £52,500 +41.89% 8
London +76 74 £70,000 +7.69% 10
North of England +41 49 £51,364 +26.82% 3
North West +21 36 £49,432 +4.07% 1
Midlands -5 29 £52,500 +5.92% 2
West Midlands -2 15 £54,000 +8.95% 1
Yorkshire +64 14 £52,500 +16.67%
East Midlands - 14 £52,500 - 1
South West -7 13 £52,500 +33.63% 5
East of England -8 9 £62,500 +66.67% 2
North East -8 5 £62,500 +73.61% 2
SSL
UK

SSL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (13.47%) IIS
2 29 (11.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (11.43%) WebLogic
4 24 (9.80%) SharePoint
5 10 (4.08%) nginx
5 10 (4.08%) Tomcat
6 9 (3.67%) Apache
7 8 (3.27%) Skype for Business
8 6 (2.45%) JBoss
9 3 (1.22%) Confluence
10 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 28 (11.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (2.04%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 95 (38.78%) Azure
2 66 (26.94%) AWS
3 45 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (11.43%) Amazon EKS
4 28 (11.43%) Amazon SQS
5 13 (5.31%) iTunes
6 11 (4.49%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.67%) IaaS
7 9 (3.67%) PaaS
8 8 (3.27%) GCP
9 7 (2.86%) AWS Direct Connect
9 7 (2.86%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 6 (2.45%) Datadog
10 6 (2.45%) OpenShift
11 5 (2.04%) SaaS
11 5 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.63%) Slack
13 3 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
14 2 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 110 (44.90%) DNS
2 105 (42.86%) Firewall
3 97 (39.59%) TCP/IP
4 77 (31.43%) BGP
5 70 (28.57%) VPN
6 53 (21.63%) Network Security
7 52 (21.22%) IPsec
8 46 (18.78%) OSPF
9 43 (17.55%) WAN
10 42 (17.14%) LAN
11 31 (12.65%) DHCP
12 27 (11.02%) VLAN
13 25 (10.20%) Cisco Firepower
13 25 (10.20%) EIGRP
14 23 (9.39%) HTTP
14 23 (9.39%) MPLS
15 21 (8.57%) Wireless
16 19 (7.76%) SD-WAN
16 19 (7.76%) SNMP
17 18 (7.35%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (12.24%) Amazon RDS
2 29 (11.84%) RDBMS
2 29 (11.84%) Relational Database
3 28 (11.43%) Oracle Database
4 27 (11.02%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.63%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.41%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.90%) Git
2 8 (3.27%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.45%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.04%) TeamCity
5 4 (1.63%) Burp Suite
5 4 (1.63%) Metasploit
6 3 (1.22%) GitLab
6 3 (1.22%) JIRA
7 1 (0.41%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.41%) Selenium
General
1 80 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.84%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (7.35%) Finance
4 15 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (4.08%) Law
6 6 (2.45%) Automotive
6 6 (2.45%) Banking
7 5 (2.04%) Legal
7 5 (2.04%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.63%) Aviation
8 4 (1.63%) Avionics
8 4 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.63%) Marketing
9 3 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.22%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.82%) Electronics
10 2 (0.82%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.82%) Retail
11 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 61 (24.90%) Lead
2 50 (20.41%) Network Engineer
3 42 (17.14%) Architect
4 31 (12.65%) Analyst
5 28 (11.43%) Developer
5 28 (11.43%) Lead Architect
5 28 (11.43%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 28 (11.43%) Senior
5 28 (11.43%) Solutions Architect
6 20 (8.16%) Lead Developer
6 20 (8.16%) Support Engineer
7 18 (7.35%) IT Engineer
7 18 (7.35%) Security Analyst
7 18 (7.35%) Security Engineer
8 17 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (5.31%) Project Engineer
10 11 (4.49%) Network Security Engineer
11 10 (4.08%) Applications Support
12 9 (3.67%) IT Support Engineer
12 9 (3.67%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (15.51%) HTML
2 31 (12.65%) 802.1X
2 31 (12.65%) RabbitMQ
3 30 (12.24%) CSS
4 28 (11.43%) Spring Boot
5 26 (10.61%) React
6 23 (9.39%) .NET
6 23 (9.39%) AngularJS
7 22 (8.98%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 21 (8.57%) REST
9 20 (8.16%) ASP.NET
9 20 (8.16%) ASP.NET MVC
10 19 (7.76%) jQuery
10 19 (7.76%) Tailwind CSS
10 19 (7.76%) Vue
10 19 (7.76%) WPF
11 13 (5.31%) XML
12 10 (4.08%) SAML
13 9 (3.67%) CSS3
13 9 (3.67%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 45 (18.37%) Data Centre
2 35 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (11.84%) Enterprise Software
4 28 (11.43%) Public Cloud
5 15 (6.12%) Management Information System
6 10 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (4.08%) Replication
7 9 (3.67%) IoT
8 8 (3.27%) Client/Server
8 8 (3.27%) PKI
8 8 (3.27%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (2.86%) Onboarding
10 6 (2.45%) Driving Licence
11 5 (2.04%) Algorithms
11 5 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (2.04%) EFT
12 4 (1.63%) Cyberattack
12 4 (1.63%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.63%) Mobile App
13 3 (1.22%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 68 (27.76%) Linux
2 64 (26.12%) Windows
3 35 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 26 (10.61%) Windows Server
5 16 (6.53%) Unix
6 7 (2.86%) Apple iOS
6 7 (2.86%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (2.45%) Android
8 4 (1.63%) Kali Linux
8 4 (1.63%) Windows 10
8 4 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.22%) Amazon Linux
10 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (22.86%) Agile
2 48 (19.59%) Project Management
3 47 (19.18%) Migration
4 43 (17.55%) Load Balancing
5 37 (15.10%) Open Source
6 35 (14.29%) SDLC
7 30 (12.24%) Scrum
8 29 (11.84%) Information Security
8 29 (11.84%) ITIL
9 28 (11.43%) Actionable Insight
9 28 (11.43%) ArchiMate
9 28 (11.43%) Cloud Operations
9 28 (11.43%) Collaborative Working
9 28 (11.43%) Data Migration
9 28 (11.43%) Kanban
9 28 (11.43%) Re-Platforming
9 28 (11.43%) Systems Engineering
9 28 (11.43%) TOGAF
10 27 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (10.20%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 45 (18.37%) SQL
2 37 (15.10%) Python
3 34 (13.88%) PowerShell
4 22 (8.98%) C#
5 19 (7.76%) XAML
6 16 (6.53%) Java
7 13 (5.31%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.49%) Bash
9 8 (3.27%) C++
10 4 (1.63%) C
11 1 (0.41%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.41%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.41%) AWK
11 1 (0.41%) PHP
11 1 (0.41%) Ruby
11 1 (0.41%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 72 (29.39%) Security Cleared
2 56 (22.86%) SC Cleared
3 44 (17.96%) Cisco Certification
4 34 (13.88%) Azure Certification
5 30 (12.24%) DV Cleared
6 29 (11.84%) CCNA
7 28 (11.43%) AWS Certification
7 28 (11.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 28 (11.43%) Degree
8 16 (6.53%) CCNP
9 14 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (4.49%) JNCIA
11 10 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (3.67%) GIAC
12 9 (3.67%) MCSA
13 8 (3.27%) CREST Certified
14 6 (2.45%) CCIE
15 5 (2.04%) GCIA
15 5 (2.04%) GCIH
15 5 (2.04%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.27%) NIST
3 5 (2.04%) COBIT
3 5 (2.04%) NCSC
3 5 (2.04%) SLA
4 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 55 (22.45%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.49%) Docker
4 8 (3.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (2.45%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.45%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.63%) vSphere
7 2 (0.82%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.41%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (7.35%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (6.12%) Terraform
3 14 (5.71%) Ansible
3 14 (5.71%) Puppet
4 13 (5.31%) Progress Chef
5 10 (4.08%) Pingdom
6 9 (3.67%) SCCM
7 7 (2.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (2.86%) Kubernetes
7 7 (2.86%) Nagios
8 5 (2.04%) vCenter Server
9 4 (1.63%) Nessus
9 4 (1.63%) Nmap
9 4 (1.63%) WSUS
10 3 (1.22%) Endace
10 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (1.22%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.41%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 62 (25.31%) Cisco
2 56 (22.86%) Microsoft
3 34 (13.88%) Juniper
4 29 (11.84%) Oracle
4 29 (11.84%) VMware
5 28 (11.43%) Sparx
6 14 (5.71%) CheckPoint
6 14 (5.71%) Fortinet
7 13 (5.31%) F5
7 13 (5.31%) Google
7 13 (5.31%) Veeam
8 10 (4.08%) Citrix
8 10 (4.08%) Red Hat
8 10 (4.08%) SolarWinds
9 9 (3.67%) Ribbon
10 8 (3.27%) HP
11 7 (2.86%) Arista
11 7 (2.86%) Tufin
12 6 (2.45%) New Relic
12 6 (2.45%) ServiceNow