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 16 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 589 683
Rank change year-on-year +82 +94 -63
Permanent jobs citing SSL 174 276 201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.35% 0.29% 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.89% 2.22% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 62 219 131
10th Percentile £27,500 £34,900 £32,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,000 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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 9,214 12,414 13,480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.68% 12.88% 16.57%
Number of salaries quoted 3,967 8,532 6,876
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £27,750 £32,500 £35,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,250 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £38,500 £47,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year -18.95% -7.50% -2.19%

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 16 June 2025.

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 16 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +89 58 £60,000 -20.00% 157
South East +36 39 £62,500 +19.05% 59
East of England +50 23 £27,500 -56.00% 15
South West +112 13 £50,000 -4.76% 23
Midlands +62 6 £70,000 +33.33% 14
West Midlands +64 5 - - 3
North of England +3 2 £47,500 +5.33% 38
Yorkshire +50 1 £47,500 -9.52% 25
North West -30 1 - - 10
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 10 (5.75%) IIS
2 9 (5.17%) Tomcat
3 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.72%) WordPress
4 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.57%) CMS
4 1 (0.57%) Confluence
4 1 (0.57%) nginx
4 1 (0.57%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (8.05%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.02%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.57%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 125 (71.84%) AWS
2 90 (51.72%) AWS Lambda
2 90 (51.72%) Serverless
3 40 (22.99%) Azure
4 22 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (12.07%) Entra ID
6 14 (8.05%) SaaS
7 12 (6.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 11 (6.32%) Amazon S3
9 10 (5.75%) Amazon EC2
10 9 (5.17%) Google Workspace
10 9 (5.17%) Microsoft Copilot
10 9 (5.17%) Power Automate
11 8 (4.60%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 7 (4.02%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (4.02%) AWS KMS
13 5 (2.87%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (1.72%) Amazon ELB
14 3 (1.72%) Amazon MSK
14 3 (1.72%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 84 (48.28%) Broadband
2 82 (47.13%) SSH
3 29 (16.67%) Firewall
4 19 (10.92%) TCP/IP
5 17 (9.77%) IPsec
6 16 (9.20%) BGP
6 16 (9.20%) VLAN
6 16 (9.20%) VPN
7 14 (8.05%) OSPF
8 11 (6.32%) HTTP
8 11 (6.32%) LAN
8 11 (6.32%) Wireless
9 10 (5.75%) DNS
9 10 (5.75%) EIGRP
10 9 (5.17%) DMARC
10 9 (5.17%) Network Security
11 8 (4.60%) WAN
12 7 (4.02%) SD-WAN
13 5 (2.87%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (2.87%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.47%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (5.75%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.45%) Electronic Patient Records
4 4 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.15%) MySQL
5 2 (1.15%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (5.17%) Jenkins
2 7 (4.02%) Bitbucket Server
3 5 (2.87%) Git
4 3 (1.72%) JIRA
4 3 (1.72%) Vagrant
5 2 (1.15%) Maven
6 1 (0.57%) Gradle
6 1 (0.57%) Log4Net
6 1 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 116 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 17 (9.77%) Finance
3 13 (7.47%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (5.17%) Czech Language
4 9 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (4.02%) Law
6 6 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.45%) Health Technology
7 4 (2.30%) Marketing
8 3 (1.72%) Banking
9 2 (1.15%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.15%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 88 (50.57%) DevOps Engineer
2 85 (48.85%) Cloud Engineer
3 14 (8.05%) IT Support
3 14 (8.05%) Lead
4 13 (7.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (6.90%) Network Engineer
6 11 (6.32%) Senior
7 10 (5.75%) Administrator
7 10 (5.75%) Analyst
8 9 (5.17%) IT Administrator
9 7 (4.02%) Architect
9 7 (4.02%) Development Manager
10 6 (3.45%) Integration Specialist
10 6 (3.45%) Linux Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Technical Support
11 5 (2.87%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 5 (2.87%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.87%) Senior Network Engineer
12 4 (2.30%) IT Engineer
12 4 (2.30%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (50.00%) Web Services
2 85 (48.85%) RESTful
3 16 (9.20%) JSON
4 15 (8.62%) REST
5 13 (7.47%) XML
6 12 (6.90%) SOAP
7 9 (5.17%) OAuth
8 7 (4.02%) 802.1X
8 7 (4.02%) Android Jetpack
8 7 (4.02%) Jetpack Compose
8 7 (4.02%) SwiftUI
8 7 (4.02%) UIKit
8 7 (4.02%) YAML
9 6 (3.45%) FHIR
10 3 (1.72%) EJB
10 3 (1.72%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (1.72%) Lambda Expressions
10 3 (1.72%) LDAP
10 3 (1.72%) Spring
11 2 (1.15%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 89 (51.15%) PKI
2 86 (49.43%) Onboarding
3 83 (47.70%) Management Information System
4 82 (47.13%) Cyber Threat
4 82 (47.13%) Cyberattack
5 13 (7.47%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (6.32%) Data Centre
7 9 (5.17%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (4.02%) Virtual Team
9 6 (3.45%) NHS
10 3 (1.72%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.72%) Derivative
10 3 (1.72%) iPad
10 3 (1.72%) iPhone
11 2 (1.15%) Clustering
11 2 (1.15%) Product Ownership
11 2 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
12 1 (0.57%) CMDB
12 1 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.79%) Linux
2 19 (10.92%) Windows
3 14 (8.05%) Unix
4 8 (4.60%) Ubuntu
5 7 (4.02%) Android
5 7 (4.02%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.72%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.72%) VMS
7 2 (1.15%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.57%) CentOS
8 1 (0.57%) Debian
8 1 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.57%) Solaris
8 1 (0.57%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.57%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (58.05%) Roadmaps
2 96 (55.17%) Cybersecurity
2 96 (55.17%) DevOps
2 96 (55.17%) Key Management
3 88 (50.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 84 (48.28%) Deployment Automation
5 82 (47.13%) Programme Delivery
5 82 (47.13%) Use Case
6 26 (14.94%) Agile
7 22 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (9.20%) Project Management
9 15 (8.62%) Customer Service
9 15 (8.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 14 (8.05%) Business Continuity
11 13 (7.47%) Patch Management
12 12 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (6.32%) ITIL
14 10 (5.75%) Cloud Security
14 10 (5.75%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 99 (56.90%) Python
2 22 (12.64%) Java
3 19 (10.92%) PowerShell
4 17 (9.77%) SQL
5 11 (6.32%) JavaScript
6 9 (5.17%) Shell Script
6 9 (5.17%) VBA
7 7 (4.02%) Kotlin
7 7 (4.02%) Swift
8 3 (1.72%) Bash
8 3 (1.72%) Groovy
8 3 (1.72%) Perl
8 3 (1.72%) Ruby
9 1 (0.57%) C#
Qualifications
1 22 (12.64%) Security Cleared
2 12 (6.90%) Degree
2 12 (6.90%) DV Cleared
3 9 (5.17%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (4.60%) CCNP
4 8 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.02%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.45%) CCNA
6 6 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.30%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (2.30%) GIAC
7 4 (2.30%) MCSA
8 3 (1.72%) CISM
8 3 (1.72%) CISSP
9 2 (1.15%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.57%) CCA
10 1 (0.57%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (54.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 86 (49.43%) NIST
3 6 (3.45%) HL7
3 6 (3.45%) SNOMED CT
4 4 (2.30%) GDPR
4 4 (2.30%) NCSC
5 3 (1.72%) SLA
6 1 (0.57%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 122 (70.11%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 11 (6.32%) Docker
4 7 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.30%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 93 (53.45%) Terraform
2 18 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (8.62%) Ansible
3 15 (8.62%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (4.60%) Nessus
5 7 (4.02%) Proxmox
6 6 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 3 (1.72%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.72%) Nagios
8 2 (1.15%) Graylog
9 1 (0.57%) Grafana
9 1 (0.57%) HP UCMDB
9 1 (0.57%) Puppet
9 1 (0.57%) SCCM
9 1 (0.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 89 (51.15%) Thales
2 30 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 22 (12.64%) Cisco
4 10 (5.75%) Juniper
4 10 (5.75%) Meraki
5 9 (5.17%) Oracle
6 8 (4.60%) Google
6 8 (4.60%) Zscaler
7 5 (2.87%) Palo Alto
7 5 (2.87%) SolarWinds
8 4 (2.30%) Avaya
8 4 (2.30%) Blue Coat
8 4 (2.30%) Broadcom
8 4 (2.30%) Citrix
8 4 (2.30%) F5
8 4 (2.30%) Netskope
8 4 (2.30%) SevOne
8 4 (2.30%) Symantec
8 4 (2.30%) VMware
9 3 (1.72%) Concur