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 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	174	184	173
Rank change year-on-year	+10	-11	-1
Permanent jobs citing SSL	37	9	24
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley	0.48%	0.24%	0.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category	6.83%	1.70%	4.17%
Number of salaries quoted	37	9	21
10^th Percentile	£37,500	£43,000	£36,250
25^th Percentile	£38,500	£45,000	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£42,500	£70,000	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	-39.29%	+33.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£73,750	£80,000	£53,750
90^th Percentile	-	-	£55,000
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.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills	542	528	575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley	7.02%	13.80%	13.10%
Number of salaries quoted	376	252	270
10^th Percentile	£29,000	£28,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£32,500	£35,000	£38,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£45,500	£50,500
Median % change year-on-year	-1.10%	-9.90%	-3.81%
75^th Percentile	£62,500	£63,750	£67,438
90^th Percentile	£72,500	£70,000	£80,000
South East median annual salary	£47,500	£42,500	£53,025
% change year-on-year	+11.76%	-19.85%	+6.05%

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 Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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 22 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 22 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	+13	17	£39,000	-48.00%	2
Oxfordshire	-	12	£72,500	-
Buckinghamshire	-4	8	£42,500	-5.56%
SSL South East

SSL Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, job vacancies citing SSL also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region with a requirement for SSL.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	100.0%	37
2	DNS	94.6%	35
3	Cybersecurity	78.4%	29
4	DHCP	73.0%	27
5	Azure	67.6%	25
6	Active Directory	62.2%	23
6	VLAN	62.2%	23
6	VPN	62.2%	23
9	Cisco	56.8%	21
9	Entra ID	56.8%	21
9	Windows	56.8%	21
12	CompTIA Security+	51.4%	19
12	Microsoft 365	51.4%	19
14	Firewall	45.9%	17
14	Microsoft Exchange	45.9%	17
14	Problem-Solving	45.9%	17
14	Project Delivery	45.9%	17
14	SharePoint	45.9%	17
19	Cyber Essentials	40.5%	15
19	Disaster Recovery	40.5%	15
19	Microsoft Certification	40.5%	15
19	Microsoft Intune	40.5%	15
23	Customer Service	35.1%	13
23	Kalman Filter	35.1%	13
23	Windows Server	35.1%	13
26	IPsec	32.4%	12
26	ISO/IEC 27001	32.4%	12
26	PowerShell	32.4%	12
26	WAN	32.4%	12
30	Apple	29.7%	11

SSL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Communications & Networking

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	DNS	94.6%	35
2	DHCP	73.0%	27
3	VLAN	62.2%	23
3	VPN	62.2%	23
5	Firewall	45.9%	17
6	IPsec	32.4%	12
6	WAN	32.4%	12
8	VoIP	29.7%	11
8	Wi-Fi	29.7%	11
10	BGP	27.0%	10
10	FTP	27.0%	10
10	HTTP	27.0%	10
10	ICMP	27.0%	10
10	MPLS	27.0%	10
10	Network Security	27.0%	10
10	SD-WAN	27.0%	10
10	SNMP	27.0%	10
10	SSH	27.0%	10
19	LAN	5.4%	2
19	Remote Desktop	5.4%	2