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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 170 162
Rank change year-on-year -3 -8 -13
Permanent jobs citing SSL 8 23 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.23% 0.53% 0.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.52% 4.25% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 8 20 15
10th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £29,150
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,094 £35,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,490 £51,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £53,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £76,500 £53,875 -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% +14.58% -16.52%

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 317 541 555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.11% 12.55% 16.75%
Number of salaries quoted 240 255 423
10th Percentile £27,475 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £32,750 £38,750 £35,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £77,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +1.73%

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 6 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 6 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
Berkshire -3 4 £70,000 +33.33% 4
Buckinghamshire +9 3 £45,000 +12.50%
Oxfordshire - 1 £60,980 - 1
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 1 (12.50%) CMS
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
1 1 (12.50%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) VLAN
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 4 (50.00%) Health Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Integration Specialist
1 4 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) AS400 Operator
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) AS400 Support
3 1 (12.50%) Head of IT
3 1 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) FHIR
2 3 (37.50%) Flash
3 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) NHS
2 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Cloud
2 3 (37.50%) IBM Storwize
3 2 (25.00%) AS400
4 1 (12.50%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Android
1 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) API Integration
2 3 (37.50%) Key Management
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Management
2 3 (37.50%) Proactive Management
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Security
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) Network Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Server Management
3 1 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) HL7
1 4 (50.00%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) VMware