SSL Job Trends in Hampshire

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring SSL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 118 113
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 +62
Permanent jobs citing SSL 1 49 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.040% 1.78% 0.40%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.31% 9.01% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1 35 7
10th Percentile - £47,500 £40,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £73,000
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -19.23%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 319 544 257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.71% 19.76% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 248 358 213
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,275 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £46,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £76,000 £77,500 £72,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

SSL job vacancy trend in Hampshire

SSL
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SSL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SSL

SSL
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Basingstoke +1 1 £57,500 +15.00% 1
SSL
South East

SSL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IKE
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto