SSL Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring SSL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 192 181
Rank change year-on-year +27 -11 -7
Permanent jobs citing SSL 38 9 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.51% 0.23% 0.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.55% 1.58% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 38 9 22
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,000 £36,625
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £67,188 £80,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,750 - £54,875
South East median annual salary £42,500 £80,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -46.88% +45.45% +14.58%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 503 568 661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.70% 14.78% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 371 258 297
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% -2.86%
75th Percentile £61,625 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,325 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -19.05% +5.00%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

SSL job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

SSL
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SSL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SSL

SSL
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSL in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Salary histogram for SSL in the Thames Valley

SSL
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 October 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
Berkshire +23 17 £39,000 -48.00%
Oxfordshire - 13 £72,500 -
Buckinghamshire +4 8 £42,500 -5.56%
SSL
South East

SSL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 17 (44.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 17 (44.74%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.89%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 26 (68.42%) Azure
2 21 (55.26%) Entra ID
3 19 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (28.95%) Google Workspace
5 8 (21.05%) Azure Sentinel
6 6 (15.79%) Cloudflare
7 4 (10.53%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (92.11%) DNS
2 27 (71.05%) DHCP
3 23 (60.53%) VLAN
3 23 (60.53%) VPN
4 17 (44.74%) Firewall
5 12 (31.58%) IPsec
5 12 (31.58%) WAN
6 11 (28.95%) VoIP
6 11 (28.95%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (26.32%) BGP
7 10 (26.32%) FTP
7 10 (26.32%) HTTP
7 10 (26.32%) ICMP
7 10 (26.32%) MPLS
7 10 (26.32%) Network Security
7 10 (26.32%) SD-WAN
7 10 (26.32%) SNMP
7 10 (26.32%) SSH
8 2 (5.26%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (5.26%) Wireless
General
1 17 (44.74%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.26%) Finance
4 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (42.11%) IT Support
2 14 (36.84%) IT Engineer
2 14 (36.84%) IT Support Engineer
2 14 (36.84%) Support Engineer
3 11 (28.95%) Senior
3 11 (28.95%) Senior IT Engineer
3 11 (28.95%) Senior IT Support
3 11 (28.95%) Senior Support Engineer
4 10 (26.32%) Architect
4 10 (26.32%) Network Architect
4 10 (26.32%) Network Security Architect
4 10 (26.32%) Security Architect
5 8 (21.05%) Analyst
5 8 (21.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 8 (21.05%) Security Analyst
5 8 (21.05%) SOC Analyst
6 6 (15.79%) Incident Analyst
6 6 (15.79%) Security Incident Analyst
7 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (5.26%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (26.32%) OAuth
1 10 (26.32%) SAML
2 2 (5.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (34.21%) Driving Licence
2 10 (26.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 6 (15.79%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (15.79%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 22 (57.89%) Windows
2 14 (36.84%) Windows Server
3 11 (28.95%) Mac OS
4 9 (23.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (21.05%) Linux
6 2 (5.26%) Android
6 2 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (76.32%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (47.37%) Project Delivery
3 17 (44.74%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (39.47%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (34.21%) Customer Service
5 13 (34.21%) Kalman Filter
6 11 (28.95%) Data Privacy
6 11 (28.95%) Mobile Device Management
7 10 (26.32%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 10 (26.32%) Network Segmentation
8 8 (21.05%) Analytics
8 8 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (21.05%) ITIL
8 8 (21.05%) Security Operations
8 8 (21.05%) Service Management
9 7 (18.42%) Migration
10 6 (15.79%) Data Protection
10 6 (15.79%) High Availability
10 6 (15.79%) SIEM
11 4 (10.53%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 12 (31.58%) PowerShell
2 8 (21.05%) Python
3 2 (5.26%) C#
3 2 (5.26%) Go
Qualifications
1 19 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 15 (39.47%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (28.95%) DBS Check
3 11 (28.95%) Degree
3 11 (28.95%) Network+ Certification
4 8 (21.05%) SC Cleared
4 8 (21.05%) Security Cleared
5 6 (15.79%) Azure Certification
5 6 (15.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (39.47%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (28.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 10 (26.32%) NIST
5 4 (10.53%) NCSC
6 2 (5.26%) ISO 22301
6 2 (5.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 23 (60.53%) Active Directory
2 11 (28.95%) Hyper-V
2 11 (28.95%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (39.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (28.95%) Jamf Pro
3 10 (26.32%) CASB
3 10 (26.32%) FortiGate
4 6 (15.79%) Graylog
Vendors
1 38 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 21 (55.26%) Cisco
3 11 (28.95%) Apple
3 11 (28.95%) Datto
3 11 (28.95%) Google
3 11 (28.95%) SonicWALL
3 11 (28.95%) Veeam
3 11 (28.95%) VMware
4 10 (26.32%) Palo Alto