SSL Job Trends in Merseyside

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring SSL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - 76
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Permanent jobs citing SSL 1 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.084% - 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.86% - 8.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 13
10th Percentile - - £28,400
25th Percentile - - £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.23%
75th Percentile - - £70,000
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £40,000 - £42,500
% change year-on-year - - +4.94%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 35 85 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.93% 18.01% 11.87%
Number of salaries quoted 30 43 136
10th Percentile £27,375 £25,850 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £28,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,250 £32,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% -27.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £38,750 £35,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £41,725 £67,500 £70,500
North West median annual salary £41,000 £37,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.81% -17.78% -10.00%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

SSL job vacancy trend in Merseyside

SSL
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing SSL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing SSL

SSL
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 23 June 2026. 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
Wirral - 1 £32,500 - 1
SSL
North West

SSL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HND