SSL Job Trends in the South East

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring SSL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 234 237
Rank change year-on-year -34 +3 +117
Permanent jobs citing SSL 7 68 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.068% 0.74% 0.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.46% 4.76% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 7 50 28
10th Percentile £39,500 £44,625 £35,280
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -19.23%
75th Percentile £57,687 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £60,513 £62,625 £73,000
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
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,513 1,428 1,164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.60% 15.45% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 678 749 975
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £59,500 £63,750 £61,700
90th Percentile £71,250 £76,500 £75,000
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 South East

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

SSL job vacancy trend in the South East

SSL
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SSL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SSL

SSL
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSL in the South East over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SSL in the South East

SSL
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Thames Valley -3 5 £45,000 -5.26% 4
Buckinghamshire -2 3 £45,000 +5.88%
Oxfordshire - 2 £58,801 - 1
Hampshire -12 1 £57,500 -4.17%
Surrey - 1 £45,000 - 2
SSL
England

SSL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (28.57%) CMS
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
1 2 (28.57%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (14.29%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) DHCP
2 2 (28.57%) DNS
2 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 2 (28.57%) VLAN
2 2 (28.57%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) BGP
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (14.29%) EIGRP
3 1 (14.29%) HTTPS
3 1 (14.29%) IKE
3 1 (14.29%) IPsec
3 1 (14.29%) LAN
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) OSPF
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
3 1 (14.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) AS400 Operator
1 2 (28.57%) Head of IT
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) AS400 Support
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Flash
2 2 (28.57%) Web Services
3 1 (14.29%) JSON
3 1 (14.29%) OAuth
3 1 (14.29%) REST
3 1 (14.29%) SOAP
3 1 (14.29%) XML
3 1 (14.29%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Cloud
1 3 (42.86%) IBM Storwize
2 2 (28.57%) AS400
2 2 (28.57%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
3 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Android
1 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Mac OS
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Management
2 3 (42.86%) Key Management
2 3 (42.86%) Proactive Management
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Security
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Network Management
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Server Management
3 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
4 1 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Sprint Retrospective
4 1 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) IBM
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto