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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 180 168
Rank change year-on-year +11 -12 -24
Permanent jobs citing SSL 7 20 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.46% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.99% 3.74% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 13
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £35,080
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,623 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £69,079 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £54,250 -
South East median annual salary £65,490 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +19.07% +4.76% -12.50%

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 352 535 535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.58% 12.39% 16.19%
Number of salaries quoted 227 252 408
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £29,675
25th Percentile £31,563 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.91% -3.81% +6.06%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,063 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,250 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +2.04%

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025. 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
Buckinghamshire +11 3 £45,000 +5.88% 2
Berkshire -2 2 £70,000 +36.59% 4
Oxfordshire - 2 £58,801 - 2
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 2 (28.57%) CMS
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
1 2 (28.57%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
1 2 (28.57%) Ethernet
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
1 2 (28.57%) VLAN
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Health Technology
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) AS400 Operator
1 2 (28.57%) Head of IT
1 2 (28.57%) Integration Specialist
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) AS400 Support
2 1 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Flash
2 2 (28.57%) FHIR
2 2 (28.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Cloud
1 3 (42.86%) IBM Storwize
2 2 (28.57%) AS400
2 2 (28.57%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (28.57%) NHS
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 3 (42.86%) Key Management
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Management
1 3 (42.86%) Proactive Management
2 2 (28.57%) API Integration
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Security
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Network Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Server Management
2 2 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (28.57%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) HL7
1 2 (28.57%) SNOMED CT
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%) VMware