SSL Job Trends in the Midlands

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring SSL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 238 196
Rank change year-on-year +27 -42 +107
Permanent jobs citing SSL 10 10 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.13% 0.16% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.63% 1.05% 2.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 25
10th Percentile £46,525 £43,875 £32,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £36,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £68,750 £49,565
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +38.71% -4.99%
75th Percentile £63,400 £72,813 £57,000
90th Percentile £64,630 £77,500 £57,231
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +8.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,595 955 992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.34% 14.88% 18.06%
Number of salaries quoted 429 394 862
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,150 £26,500
25th Percentile £27,900 £35,813 £29,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.38% +6.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,500 £72,500 £69,955
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

SSL job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SSL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SSL

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSL in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SSL in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 January 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
West Midlands +24 9 £55,000 -20.00% 4
East Midlands - 1 £36,000 - 1
SSL
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (40.00%) 3G
2 4 (40.00%) DNS
2 4 (40.00%) GPRS
2 4 (40.00%) GSM
2 4 (40.00%) Modbus
2 4 (40.00%) RS-232
2 4 (40.00%) RS-485
3 3 (30.00%) DHCP
3 3 (30.00%) Firewall
3 3 (30.00%) HTTP
4 2 (20.00%) FTP
4 2 (20.00%) Internet
4 2 (20.00%) SAN
4 2 (20.00%) SMTP
4 2 (20.00%) SNMP
4 2 (20.00%) SSH
4 2 (20.00%) Telnet
4 2 (20.00%) VLAN
4 2 (20.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
1 1 (10.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) C Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Embedded C Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Linux Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (20.00%) PKI
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (40.00%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (30.00%) Windows
4 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (10.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Agile
1 4 (40.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 4 (40.00%) Secure Coding
1 4 (40.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (30.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (20.00%) Cryptography
3 2 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (20.00%) Product Requirements
3 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (20.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) C
1 4 (40.00%) C++
2 2 (20.00%) Embedded C++
3 1 (10.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) MISRA
2 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (40.00%) Firmware
2 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) CASB
1 2 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (10.00%) Nessus
2 1 (10.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) Netskope
2 1 (10.00%) Meraki
2 1 (10.00%) VMware