SSL Contracts in England

Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SSL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SSL over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 355 478 516
Rank change year-on-year +123 +38 -106
Contract jobs citing SSL 191 183 296
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.37% 0.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.89% 2.99% 3.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 135 177
10th Percentile £363 £328 £400
25th Percentile £432 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £739 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 2
10th Percentile £41.32 £57.75 £43.43
25th Percentile - £62.00 £45.56
Median hourly rate £45.88 £63.23 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.44% +22.18% +11.29%
75th Percentile £61.16 £69.61 £56.56
90th Percentile £66.88 £78.79 £57.88
UK median hourly rate £45.88 £63.23 £51.02
% change year-on-year -27.44% +23.93% -3.74%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SSL is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,912 6,111 7,924
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.32% 12.23% 11.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,966 4,015 5,202
10th Percentile £206 £237 £225
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 433 304
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.93 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.80 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.21
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £27.50
% change year-on-year +112.54% -31.56% +3.77%

SSL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SSL in England

SSL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SSL in England.

Daily rate trend for SSL in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SSL in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SSL in England

SSL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SSL in England.

Hourly rate trend for SSL in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SSL in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SSL in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSL within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +93 88 £625 +6.38% 14
London +81 70 £575 -4.17% 19
North of England +9 14 £431 -11.32% 8
Yorkshire +21 9 £431 -38.43% 5
Midlands +26 6 £675 +51.69% 4
West Midlands +20 6 £675 +51.69% 3
North West +5 5 - - 3
East of England +18 4 £290 -58.57% 5
South West +11 1 - - 5
SSL
UK

SSL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 12 (6.28%) WebSphere
2 8 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.19%) WebSphere Application Server
3 7 (3.66%) WebLogic
4 6 (3.14%) CMS
5 5 (2.62%) Apache
6 4 (2.09%) Tomcat
7 3 (1.57%) Confluence
7 3 (1.57%) Drupal
7 3 (1.57%) IIS
7 3 (1.57%) JBoss
7 3 (1.57%) nginx
8 1 (0.52%) CICS
8 1 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.52%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.52%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.52%) Tornado
Applications
1 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.57%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 65 (34.03%) Azure
2 61 (31.94%) AWS
3 6 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (3.14%) GitHub
4 5 (2.62%) GCP
4 5 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.09%) Firebase
5 4 (2.09%) Flurry Analytics
5 4 (2.09%) PaaS
5 4 (2.09%) PubNub
5 4 (2.09%) SaaS
5 4 (2.09%) Serverless
6 3 (1.57%) Amazon EMR
6 3 (1.57%) Amazon SageMaker
6 3 (1.57%) Apigee
6 3 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (1.57%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.57%) IaaS
6 3 (1.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (20.42%) BGP
2 34 (17.80%) MPLS
3 32 (16.75%) Firewall
4 30 (15.71%) WAN
5 27 (14.14%) DNS
6 26 (13.61%) HTTP
7 25 (13.09%) Cisco Firepower
8 24 (12.57%) TCP/IP
9 20 (10.47%) VPN
10 16 (8.38%) IPsec
11 15 (7.85%) Network Security
12 11 (5.76%) OSPF
13 10 (5.24%) SNMP
14 8 (4.19%) DHCP
14 8 (4.19%) SMTP
15 7 (3.66%) FTP
15 7 (3.66%) SAN
15 7 (3.66%) SSH
15 7 (3.66%) VLAN
15 7 (3.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.09%) Mixpanel
3 3 (1.57%) Apache Cassandra
3 3 (1.57%) RDBMS
3 3 (1.57%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.52%) DB2
Development Applications
1 26 (13.61%) Jenkins
2 12 (6.28%) Git
3 8 (4.19%) JIRA
4 7 (3.66%) IBM UrbanCode
5 5 (2.62%) Bitbucket
5 5 (2.62%) Selenium
6 3 (1.57%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.57%) gulp
6 3 (1.57%) Maven
6 3 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (1.57%) Subversion
7 2 (1.05%) JMeter
7 2 (1.05%) Postman
General
1 40 (20.94%) Finance
2 27 (14.14%) Social Skills
3 12 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (4.71%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.14%) Banking
5 6 (3.14%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.09%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.57%) Electronics
8 3 (1.57%) Marketing
9 2 (1.05%) Automotive
9 2 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Advertising
10 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 88 (46.07%) Architect
2 26 (13.61%) Network Architect
3 14 (7.33%) Network Engineer
3 14 (7.33%) Senior
4 11 (5.76%) Lead
4 11 (5.76%) Linux Engineer
4 11 (5.76%) Linux Server Engineer
4 11 (5.76%) Server Engineer
5 10 (5.24%) Developer
6 9 (4.71%) Security Architect
7 7 (3.66%) Applications Specialist
7 7 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (3.66%) Server Specialist
7 7 (3.66%) WebSphere Server Specialist
7 7 (3.66%) WebSphere Specialist
8 5 (2.62%) Mainframe Architect
8 5 (2.62%) Senior Architect
8 5 (2.62%) Senior Network Architect
9 4 (2.09%) Consultant
9 4 (2.09%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (21.99%) Web Services
2 10 (5.24%) Kafka
2 10 (5.24%) WebSphere MQ
3 9 (4.71%) SAML
4 7 (3.66%) OAuth
4 7 (3.66%) RESTful
5 6 (3.14%) ActiveMQ
5 6 (3.14%) OpenID
6 5 (2.62%) .NET
6 5 (2.62%) LDAP
7 4 (2.09%) JWT
7 4 (2.09%) WebSockets
8 3 (1.57%) IBM Integration Bus
8 3 (1.57%) JDBC
8 3 (1.57%) JPA
8 3 (1.57%) JSON
8 3 (1.57%) Lambda Expressions
8 3 (1.57%) Node.js
8 3 (1.57%) Spring
8 3 (1.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 58 (30.37%) PKI
2 21 (10.99%) Data Centre
3 12 (6.28%) DataPower
4 10 (5.24%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.14%) Mainframe
6 5 (2.62%) Public Cloud
7 4 (2.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (2.09%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.57%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.57%) Cyberattack
8 3 (1.57%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.05%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.52%) Blog
10 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.52%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.52%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 53 (27.75%) Linux
2 24 (12.57%) Windows
3 10 (5.24%) Unix
4 7 (3.66%) Android
4 7 (3.66%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.09%) VMS
6 3 (1.57%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.52%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (22.51%) Key Management
2 42 (21.99%) Cryptography
3 28 (14.66%) Technical Leadership
4 27 (14.14%) CI/CD
5 26 (13.61%) Network Management
6 25 (13.09%) Customer Requirements
6 25 (13.09%) Network Design
7 23 (12.04%) DevOps
8 18 (9.42%) Migration
9 17 (8.90%) Agile
10 16 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (6.81%) ITIL
12 12 (6.28%) Change Management
13 9 (4.71%) Continuous Integration
13 9 (4.71%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (4.71%) Test Automation
13 9 (4.71%) Validation
14 8 (4.19%) Architectural Patterns
14 8 (4.19%) Kanban
15 7 (3.66%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.33%) Python
2 11 (5.76%) Java
3 9 (4.71%) PowerShell
4 7 (3.66%) JavaScript
5 5 (2.62%) Shell Script
6 4 (2.09%) Bash
6 4 (2.09%) Kotlin
6 4 (2.09%) SQL
7 1 (0.52%) ABAP
7 1 (0.52%) C
7 1 (0.52%) C++
7 1 (0.52%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 95 (49.74%) Security Cleared
2 52 (27.23%) Degree
3 47 (24.61%) DV Cleared
4 44 (23.04%) SC Cleared
5 13 (6.81%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (3.66%) CCNP
7 5 (2.62%) CCNA
8 4 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.09%) MCSE
8 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (1.57%) CCIE
10 2 (1.05%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.05%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.05%) CISA
10 2 (1.05%) CISM
10 2 (1.05%) CISSP
10 2 (1.05%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.66%) QA
2 3 (1.57%) NCSC
3 2 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (1.05%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.05%) SLA
4 1 (0.52%) JSP 440
System Software
1 50 (26.18%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.14%) RACF
3 5 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.09%) Firmware
4 4 (2.09%) vSphere
5 3 (1.57%) Docker
5 3 (1.57%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.05%) Terminal Server
6 2 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.05%) XenApp
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (13.09%) Endace
2 19 (9.95%) Ansible
3 11 (5.76%) Progress Chef
3 11 (5.76%) Puppet
4 5 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (2.62%) Terraform
4 5 (2.62%) zSecure
5 4 (2.09%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.05%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (1.05%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.05%) Packer
6 2 (1.05%) SCCM
6 2 (1.05%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.52%) Grafana
7 1 (0.52%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 41 (21.47%) Cisco
2 32 (16.75%) Juniper
3 27 (14.14%) F5
4 25 (13.09%) IBM
5 18 (9.42%) Microsoft
6 11 (5.76%) Oracle
6 11 (5.76%) Palo Alto
7 10 (5.24%) ServiceNow
8 6 (3.14%) SAP
8 6 (3.14%) Solace
8 6 (3.14%) VMware
9 4 (2.09%) Citrix
9 4 (2.09%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.57%) Google
10 3 (1.57%) IronPort
10 3 (1.57%) LogRhythm
10 3 (1.57%) Sage
10 3 (1.57%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.57%) Symantec
10 3 (1.57%) Temenos