SSL Jobs in the UK excluding London

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SSL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SSL over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 515 583 334
Rank change year-on-year +68 -249 +165
Permanent jobs citing SSL 193 95 802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.20% 1.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.40% 1.05% 7.10%
Number of salaries quoted 140 67 171
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,932 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.83% -20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,125 £53,478 £62,500
90th Percentile £64,800 £66,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,042 9,068 11,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.32% 18.83% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,374 4,409 6,985
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SSL in the UK excluding London

SSL
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SSL in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SSL in the UK excluding London

SSL
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for SSL in the UK excluding London

SSL
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
South East +62 80 £52,500 +41.89% 8
North of England +41 49 £51,364 +26.82% 3
North West +21 36 £49,432 +4.07% 1
Midlands -5 29 £52,500 +5.92% 2
West Midlands -2 15 £54,000 +8.95% 1
Yorkshire +64 14 £52,500 +16.67%
East Midlands - 14 £52,500 - 1
South West -7 13 £52,500 +33.63% 5
Wales +38 10 £50,000 - 2
East of England -8 9 £62,500 +66.67% 2
Scotland -42 9 - -
North East -8 5 £62,500 +73.61% 2
Northern Ireland +23 4 - - 1
SSL
UK

SSL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 40 (20.73%) WebLogic
2 27 (13.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (11.40%) IIS
4 21 (10.88%) SharePoint
5 5 (2.59%) nginx
6 4 (2.07%) Apache
6 4 (2.07%) JBoss
7 3 (1.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 40 (20.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (2.59%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 74 (38.34%) Azure
2 61 (31.61%) AWS
3 40 (20.73%) Amazon EKS
3 40 (20.73%) Amazon SQS
4 39 (20.21%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (6.74%) iTunes
6 9 (4.66%) Entra ID
7 8 (4.15%) IaaS
7 8 (4.15%) PaaS
8 5 (2.59%) SaaS
8 5 (2.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.07%) Datadog
9 4 (2.07%) GCP
9 4 (2.07%) OpenShift
10 3 (1.55%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.55%) Slack
11 2 (1.04%) AWS Direct Connect
11 2 (1.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 89 (46.11%) DNS
2 88 (45.60%) TCP/IP
3 74 (38.34%) BGP
4 66 (34.20%) Firewall
5 53 (27.46%) VPN
6 43 (22.28%) Network Security
7 35 (18.13%) IPsec
8 31 (16.06%) OSPF
9 25 (12.95%) Cisco Firepower
10 23 (11.92%) WAN
11 21 (10.88%) VLAN
12 20 (10.36%) LAN
13 18 (9.33%) DHCP
13 18 (9.33%) EIGRP
14 15 (7.77%) VXLAN
15 14 (7.25%) Cisco ASA
16 13 (6.74%) Ethernet
16 13 (6.74%) Ethernet VPN
16 13 (6.74%) NAS
16 13 (6.74%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (21.24%) Amazon RDS
2 40 (20.73%) Oracle Database
2 40 (20.73%) RDBMS
2 40 (20.73%) Relational Database
3 26 (13.47%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.07%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.52%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 9 (4.66%) Git
2 5 (2.59%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.07%) Bitbucket
3 4 (2.07%) Vagrant
4 3 (1.55%) GitLab
4 3 (1.55%) JIRA
4 3 (1.55%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.52%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.52%) Selenium
General
1 70 (36.27%) Social Skills
2 14 (7.25%) Finance
3 12 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (3.11%) Public Sector
5 5 (2.59%) Legal
5 5 (2.59%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.07%) Aviation
6 4 (2.07%) Avionics
7 3 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.04%) Electronics
8 2 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.04%) Law
8 2 (1.04%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.04%) Police
9 1 (0.52%) Automotive
9 1 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 73 (37.82%) Lead
2 45 (23.32%) Architect
3 44 (22.80%) Network Engineer
4 40 (20.73%) Lead Architect
4 40 (20.73%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 40 (20.73%) Solutions Architect
5 27 (13.99%) Developer
6 20 (10.36%) Lead Developer
7 16 (8.29%) IT Engineer
7 16 (8.29%) Senior
8 14 (7.25%) Support Engineer
9 13 (6.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (6.74%) Project Engineer
10 11 (5.70%) Network Security Engineer
10 11 (5.70%) Security Engineer
11 9 (4.66%) IT Support
11 9 (4.66%) IT Support Engineer
12 8 (4.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 8 (4.15%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
12 8 (4.15%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (21.76%) RabbitMQ
2 40 (20.73%) Spring Boot
3 28 (14.51%) HTML
4 27 (13.99%) CSS
5 24 (12.44%) React
6 23 (11.92%) AngularJS
7 22 (11.40%) .NET
7 22 (11.40%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 20 (10.36%) ASP.NET
8 20 (10.36%) ASP.NET MVC
8 20 (10.36%) REST
9 19 (9.84%) jQuery
9 19 (9.84%) Tailwind CSS
9 19 (9.84%) Vue
9 19 (9.84%) WPF
10 15 (7.77%) 802.1X
11 7 (3.63%) CSS3
11 7 (3.63%) HTML5
12 5 (2.59%) Web Services
13 4 (2.07%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 41 (21.24%) Enterprise Software
2 40 (20.73%) Public Cloud
3 30 (15.54%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (10.36%) Data Centre
5 9 (4.66%) Replication
6 7 (3.63%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.63%) PKI
7 6 (3.11%) Driving Licence
8 5 (2.59%) Algorithms
8 5 (2.59%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (2.59%) EFT
8 5 (2.59%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.07%) Cyberattack
9 4 (2.07%) Data Structures
9 4 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.55%) IBM Storwize
10 3 (1.55%) Robotics
11 2 (1.04%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (1.04%) Molecular Biology
12 1 (0.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 65 (33.68%) Linux
2 49 (25.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 43 (22.28%) Windows
4 20 (10.36%) Windows Server
5 6 (3.11%) Android
5 6 (3.11%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.07%) CentOS
6 4 (2.07%) Ubuntu
6 4 (2.07%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.07%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.55%) Amazon Linux
7 3 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.52%) Unix
8 1 (0.52%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (32.12%) Agile
2 60 (31.09%) Project Management
3 48 (24.87%) Migration
4 41 (21.24%) Open Source
4 41 (21.24%) Scrum
5 40 (20.73%) Actionable Insight
5 40 (20.73%) ArchiMate
5 40 (20.73%) Cloud Operations
5 40 (20.73%) Collaborative Working
5 40 (20.73%) Data Migration
5 40 (20.73%) Kanban
5 40 (20.73%) Load Balancing
5 40 (20.73%) Re-Platforming
5 40 (20.73%) SDLC
5 40 (20.73%) Systems Engineering
5 40 (20.73%) TOGAF
6 21 (10.88%) API Development
6 21 (10.88%) ITIL
7 20 (10.36%) MVC
7 20 (10.36%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 44 (22.80%) SQL
2 21 (10.88%) C#
3 19 (9.84%) XAML
4 14 (7.25%) PowerShell
5 9 (4.66%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.66%) Python
6 8 (4.15%) Bash
7 4 (2.07%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.04%) C
8 2 (1.04%) C++
9 1 (0.52%) AWK
9 1 (0.52%) Java
9 1 (0.52%) PHP
9 1 (0.52%) Ruby
9 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 79 (40.93%) Security Cleared
2 65 (33.68%) SC Cleared
3 46 (23.83%) Azure Certification
4 40 (20.73%) AWS Certification
4 40 (20.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 36 (18.65%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (15.54%) DV Cleared
7 21 (10.88%) CCNA
8 18 (9.33%) Degree
9 16 (8.29%) CCNP
10 11 (5.70%) JNCIA
11 9 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (3.11%) CCIE
13 5 (2.59%) MCSE
13 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (2.07%) GIAC
14 4 (2.07%) JNCIE
14 4 (2.07%) MCP
14 4 (2.07%) MCSA
14 4 (2.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.59%) SLA
3 1 (0.52%) NIST
3 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (18.13%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.15%) Docker
4 6 (3.11%) Hyper-V
4 6 (3.11%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.07%) vSphere
6 2 (1.04%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.52%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (6.74%) Ansible
2 11 (5.70%) Terraform
3 9 (4.66%) SCCM
4 8 (4.15%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (2.59%) Puppet
5 5 (2.59%) vCenter Server
6 4 (2.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (2.07%) Kubernetes
6 4 (2.07%) Nagios
6 4 (2.07%) Progress Chef
6 4 (2.07%) WSUS
7 3 (1.55%) Endace
7 3 (1.55%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.52%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 48 (24.87%) Cisco
2 41 (21.24%) Oracle
3 40 (20.73%) Sparx
4 37 (19.17%) Microsoft
5 27 (13.99%) Juniper
6 22 (11.40%) VMware
7 13 (6.74%) Veeam
8 12 (6.22%) F5
9 10 (5.18%) Citrix
10 7 (3.63%) HP
11 6 (3.11%) Fortinet
11 6 (3.11%) Sage
12 5 (2.59%) Dell
12 5 (2.59%) Globalscape
13 4 (2.07%) Atlassian
13 4 (2.07%) Google
13 4 (2.07%) New Relic
13 4 (2.07%) Red Hat
13 4 (2.07%) ServiceNow
13 4 (2.07%) Splunk