Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 528 616 698
Rank change year-on-year +88 +82 +41
Permanent jobs citing SSL 183 291 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.29% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.90% 2.16% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 66 219 158
10th Percentile £27,500 £34,100 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,375 £76,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,364 £37,500
% change year-on-year -2.66% +36.97% -28.57%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,652 13,442 15,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.68% 13.43% 15.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4,148 9,360 7,848
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £43,742 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.27% -2.80% -5.26%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SSL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SSL in the UK

SSL
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SSL.

Salary trend for SSL in the UK

SSL
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSL over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SSL in the UK

SSL
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the UK over the 6 months to 23 May 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
England +84 164 £60,000 +14.29% 123
Work from Home +96 116 £50,000 -4.76% 70
UK excluding London +70 91 £50,000 -2.66% 89
London +96 51 £60,000 -20.00% 58
South East +45 35 £62,500 +19.05% 46
East of England +53 23 £27,500 -49.54% 4
South West +101 13 £50,000 -4.76% 15
Scotland +124 11 £40,000 - 9
Midlands +52 7 £70,000 +33.33% 6
West Midlands +61 6 - - 2
North of England -19 3 £47,500 +8.45% 7
North West -47 2 - - 2
Yorkshire +47 1 £47,500 -9.52% 4

SSL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (5.46%) IIS
1 10 (5.46%) Tomcat
2 7 (3.83%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.64%) WordPress
4 2 (1.09%) Apache
5 1 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.55%) CICS
5 1 (0.55%) CMS
5 1 (0.55%) Confluence
5 1 (0.55%) nginx
5 1 (0.55%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (7.65%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.83%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.55%) Magento
1 1 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.55%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 121 (66.12%) AWS
2 90 (49.18%) AWS Lambda
2 90 (49.18%) Serverless
3 42 (22.95%) Azure
4 26 (14.21%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (11.48%) Entra ID
6 13 (7.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 12 (6.56%) Amazon S3
8 11 (6.01%) SaaS
9 9 (4.92%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (4.92%) Google Workspace
9 9 (4.92%) Microsoft Copilot
9 9 (4.92%) Power Automate
10 8 (4.37%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 7 (3.83%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (3.83%) AWS KMS
12 5 (2.73%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (2.19%) GCP
13 4 (2.19%) OneDrive
14 3 (1.64%) Amazon Glacier
Communications & Networking
1 87 (47.54%) SSH
2 84 (45.90%) Broadband
3 25 (13.66%) Firewall
4 20 (10.93%) IPsec
5 19 (10.38%) TCP/IP
6 18 (9.84%) VPN
7 15 (8.20%) VLAN
8 14 (7.65%) BGP
9 13 (7.10%) DNS
10 12 (6.56%) OSPF
10 12 (6.56%) Wireless
11 11 (6.01%) HTTP
12 9 (4.92%) DMARC
12 9 (4.92%) LAN
13 8 (4.37%) EIGRP
14 6 (3.28%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (3.28%) WAN
15 5 (2.73%) Cisco Firepower
15 5 (2.73%) RIP
15 5 (2.73%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.10%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (6.01%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.37%) Electronic Patient Records
4 4 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (2.19%) MySQL
4 4 (2.19%) NonStop SQL
5 2 (1.09%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.55%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.55%) Redis
6 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (4.92%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.83%) Bitbucket Server
3 6 (3.28%) Git
4 5 (2.73%) JIRA
5 3 (1.64%) Vagrant
6 2 (1.09%) Maven
7 1 (0.55%) Gradle
7 1 (0.55%) Log4Net
7 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 119 (65.03%) Social Skills
2 14 (7.65%) Finance
2 14 (7.65%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (4.92%) Czech Language
3 9 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (4.37%) Health Technology
5 5 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.19%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.09%) Law
7 2 (1.09%) Marketing
7 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.55%) Banking
8 1 (0.55%) Legal
8 1 (0.55%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 88 (48.09%) DevOps Engineer
2 85 (46.45%) Cloud Engineer
3 19 (10.38%) IT Support
4 18 (9.84%) Senior
5 12 (6.56%) Network Engineer
6 11 (6.01%) Administrator
6 11 (6.01%) Lead
7 10 (5.46%) Analyst
7 10 (5.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (4.92%) IT Administrator
9 8 (4.37%) Integration Specialist
9 8 (4.37%) Linux Engineer
10 7 (3.83%) Development Manager
11 6 (3.28%) IT Engineer
11 6 (3.28%) Technical Support
12 5 (2.73%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
12 5 (2.73%) Security Analyst
12 5 (2.73%) Senior Manager
12 5 (2.73%) Senior Network Engineer
13 4 (2.19%) Senior Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (46.45%) Web Services
2 83 (45.36%) RESTful
3 17 (9.29%) JSON
4 14 (7.65%) XML
5 13 (7.10%) REST
5 13 (7.10%) SOAP
6 10 (5.46%) OAuth
7 8 (4.37%) FHIR
8 7 (3.83%) Android Jetpack
8 7 (3.83%) Jetpack Compose
8 7 (3.83%) SwiftUI
8 7 (3.83%) UIKit
8 7 (3.83%) YAML
9 5 (2.73%) 802.1X
9 5 (2.73%) Middleware
10 3 (1.64%) LDAP
11 2 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
11 2 (1.09%) HTML
11 2 (1.09%) Jinja
11 2 (1.09%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 86 (46.99%) Onboarding
1 86 (46.99%) PKI
2 85 (46.45%) Management Information System
3 82 (44.81%) Cyber Threat
3 82 (44.81%) Cyberattack
4 18 (9.84%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (6.56%) Data Centre
6 10 (5.46%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (4.37%) NHS
8 7 (3.83%) Virtual Team
9 5 (2.73%) Replication
10 4 (2.19%) Tandem
11 3 (1.64%) Clustering
11 3 (1.64%) iPad
11 3 (1.64%) iPhone
11 3 (1.64%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (1.09%) Algorithms
13 1 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
13 1 (0.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (15.85%) Linux
2 23 (12.57%) Windows
3 16 (8.74%) Unix
4 9 (4.92%) Ubuntu
5 7 (3.83%) Android
5 7 (3.83%) Apple iOS
6 6 (3.28%) Windows Server
7 4 (2.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.64%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.64%) VMS
9 2 (1.09%) CentOS
9 2 (1.09%) Debian
9 2 (1.09%) Solaris
9 2 (1.09%) zOS
10 1 (0.55%) AIX
10 1 (0.55%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (56.83%) Roadmaps
2 99 (54.10%) DevOps
3 95 (51.91%) Cybersecurity
4 93 (50.82%) Key Management
5 89 (48.63%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 84 (45.90%) Deployment Automation
7 82 (44.81%) Programme Delivery
7 82 (44.81%) Use Case
8 28 (15.30%) Agile
9 25 (13.66%) Customer Service
10 20 (10.93%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (9.84%) Patch Management
12 17 (9.29%) Project Management
13 13 (7.10%) Business Continuity
13 13 (7.10%) Disaster Recovery
14 12 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 11 (6.01%) CRM
15 11 (6.01%) Technology Roadmap
16 10 (5.46%) ITIL
16 10 (5.46%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 98 (53.55%) Python
2 25 (13.66%) Java
3 22 (12.02%) PowerShell
3 22 (12.02%) SQL
4 11 (6.01%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.92%) Shell Script
5 9 (4.92%) VBA
6 7 (3.83%) Kotlin
6 7 (3.83%) Swift
7 5 (2.73%) Bash
8 4 (2.19%) Perl
9 3 (1.64%) Groovy
9 3 (1.64%) Ruby
10 2 (1.09%) PHP
11 1 (0.55%) AWK
11 1 (0.55%) C
11 1 (0.55%) C#
11 1 (0.55%) C++
11 1 (0.55%) JCL
11 1 (0.55%) Korn
Qualifications
1 19 (10.38%) Security Cleared
2 11 (6.01%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (4.92%) CCNP
3 9 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (4.92%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (4.92%) Degree
3 9 (4.92%) DV Cleared
4 7 (3.83%) CCNA
5 6 (3.28%) SC Cleared
6 5 (2.73%) CompTIA CySA+
6 5 (2.73%) GIAC
6 5 (2.73%) MCSA
7 2 (1.09%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.09%) CISM
7 2 (1.09%) CISSP
7 2 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.55%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (52.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (46.45%) NIST
3 8 (4.37%) HL7
3 8 (4.37%) SNOMED CT
4 5 (2.73%) NCSC
4 5 (2.73%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (2.19%) SLA
6 3 (1.64%) GDPR
7 2 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.55%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 118 (64.48%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.56%) Docker
2 12 (6.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (3.83%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.73%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.55%) KVM
6 1 (0.55%) Postfix
6 1 (0.55%) ProxySG
6 1 (0.55%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.55%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 93 (50.82%) Terraform
2 18 (9.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (7.65%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (7.10%) Ansible
5 9 (4.92%) Nessus
6 7 (3.83%) Proxmox
7 5 (2.73%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (2.19%) Dell DRAC
8 4 (2.19%) Nagios
9 3 (1.64%) Kubernetes
10 2 (1.09%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (1.09%) Grafana
10 2 (1.09%) Graylog
11 1 (0.55%) HP UCMDB
11 1 (0.55%) Puppet
11 1 (0.55%) SCCM
11 1 (0.55%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 86 (46.99%) Thales
2 36 (19.67%) Microsoft
3 23 (12.57%) Cisco
4 10 (5.46%) Juniper
4 10 (5.46%) Meraki
4 10 (5.46%) Oracle
5 9 (4.92%) Google
6 6 (3.28%) VMware
6 6 (3.28%) Zscaler
7 5 (2.73%) SAP
8 4 (2.19%) Citrix
8 4 (2.19%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.64%) Apple
9 3 (1.64%) Concur
9 3 (1.64%) HubSpot
9 3 (1.64%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.64%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.64%) Splunk
10 2 (1.09%) PayPal
10 2 (1.09%) SevOne