Hybrid/Remote SSL Job Trends

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SSL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 380 459
Rank change year-on-year +28 +79 +50
Permanent jobs citing SSL 41 22 115
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.23% 0.16% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.10% 1.35% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 31 20 103
10th Percentile £36,250 £27,600 £39,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +1.85% -16.92%
75th Percentile £76,587 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,250 £87,000
UK median annual salary £57,937 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.34% +4.76% -12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,955 1,625 5,155
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.82% 12.04% 15.84%
Number of salaries quoted 955 1,191 3,432
10th Percentile £29,250 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,295 £33,250 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,058 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.82% -2.75% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £89,200 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.94%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SSL and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SSL job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SSL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SSL

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SSL over the 6 months to 26 April 2026.

SSL salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.44%) Apache
2 1 (2.44%) nginx
2 1 (2.44%) Tomcat
2 1 (2.44%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.44%) WebSphere Application Server
Cloud Services
1 18 (43.90%) AWS
2 14 (34.15%) Azure
3 10 (24.39%) SaaS
4 7 (17.07%) GCP
5 4 (9.76%) Entra ID
6 3 (7.32%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (7.32%) Cloudflare
6 3 (7.32%) GitHub
6 3 (7.32%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (7.32%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (2.44%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.44%) CloudFront
7 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.44%) Nutanix
7 1 (2.44%) Route 53
7 1 (2.44%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (46.34%) DNS
2 9 (21.95%) Firewall
2 9 (21.95%) VPN
3 8 (19.51%) HTTP
4 6 (14.63%) SSH
5 4 (9.76%) Broadband
5 4 (9.76%) TCP/IP
5 4 (9.76%) VLAN
6 3 (7.32%) Internet
6 3 (7.32%) IPsec
6 3 (7.32%) LAN
6 3 (7.32%) SMTP
6 3 (7.32%) Wireless
7 2 (4.88%) DHCP
7 2 (4.88%) FTP
7 2 (4.88%) HTTPS
7 2 (4.88%) SNMP
7 2 (4.88%) Telnet
7 2 (4.88%) WAN
7 2 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.44%) DB2
2 1 (2.44%) MySQL
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (12.20%) JIRA
2 3 (7.32%) Git
3 2 (4.88%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (51.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Finance
3 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.88%) Retail
7 1 (2.44%) Banking
7 1 (2.44%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (12.20%) Analyst
1 5 (12.20%) Junior
1 5 (12.20%) Site Engineer
1 5 (12.20%) Site Reliability Engineer
2 4 (9.76%) Architect
2 4 (9.76%) Developer
2 4 (9.76%) Head of Cybersecurity
2 4 (9.76%) Head of IT
2 4 (9.76%) IT Support
3 3 (7.32%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (7.32%) Senior
3 3 (7.32%) Senior Architect
3 3 (7.32%) Senior Technical Architect
3 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow Developer
3 3 (7.32%) Technical Architect
4 2 (4.88%) Consultant
4 2 (4.88%) Security Analyst
4 2 (4.88%) Support Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.07%) REST
2 5 (12.20%) LDAP
3 4 (9.76%) JSON
3 4 (9.76%) OAuth
3 4 (9.76%) RESTful
3 4 (9.76%) SAML
3 4 (9.76%) SOAP
3 4 (9.76%) XML
4 3 (7.32%) JDBC
4 3 (7.32%) Web Services
5 2 (4.88%) Kafka
5 2 (4.88%) LAPP Stack
6 1 (2.44%) LAMP
6 1 (2.44%) LEMP Stack
6 1 (2.44%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (2.44%) XSLT
6 1 (2.44%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (29.27%) Onboarding
2 9 (21.95%) PKI
3 5 (12.20%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (9.76%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (9.76%) Cyberattack
4 4 (9.76%) Digital Media
5 3 (7.32%) Data Centre
5 3 (7.32%) Security Posture
6 2 (4.88%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (4.88%) iPad
6 2 (4.88%) iPhone
6 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (4.88%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (4.88%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (2.44%) Anti-Piracy
7 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.44%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.44%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (31.71%) Windows
2 11 (26.83%) Linux
3 2 (4.88%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.88%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.88%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.44%) FreeBSD
4 1 (2.44%) OpenBSD
4 1 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) ITIL
2 14 (34.15%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (19.51%) Cryptography
5 7 (17.07%) Computer Science
6 6 (14.63%) Agile
6 6 (14.63%) Cloud Security
6 6 (14.63%) Incident Response
6 6 (14.63%) Key Management
6 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (14.63%) SIEM
7 5 (12.20%) BCP
7 5 (12.20%) Deployment Automation
7 5 (12.20%) Migration
7 5 (12.20%) Roadmaps
7 5 (12.20%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 4 (9.76%) Identity Management
8 4 (9.76%) IT Strategy
8 4 (9.76%) Threat Detection
8 4 (9.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) Python
2 4 (9.76%) SQL
3 3 (7.32%) Bash
3 3 (7.32%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.44%) PHP
4 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) CISSP
3 4 (9.76%) CEH
3 4 (9.76%) CISM
4 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.88%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (4.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.44%) CCIE
6 1 (2.44%) CCNP
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (21.95%) SLA
2 8 (19.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (19.51%) NIST
3 5 (12.20%) GDPR
3 5 (12.20%) SOC 2
4 1 (2.44%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Docker
2 1 (2.44%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.44%) KVM
2 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (12.20%) Grafana
2 5 (12.20%) Prometheus
3 3 (7.32%) Ansible
3 3 (7.32%) Terraform
4 2 (4.88%) CASB
4 2 (4.88%) Graylog
4 2 (4.88%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.88%) Progress Chef
4 2 (4.88%) Puppet
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.44%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 8 (19.51%) Splunk
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft
3 5 (12.20%) SolarWinds
4 4 (9.76%) ServiceNow
4 4 (9.76%) Thales
5 3 (7.32%) Google
5 3 (7.32%) IBM
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco
6 1 (2.44%) Meraki
6 1 (2.44%) Netskope
6 1 (2.44%) Oracle
6 1 (2.44%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.44%) VMware