Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SSL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SSL over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 614 712 723
Rank change year-on-year +98 +11 -123
Permanent jobs citing SSL 289 271 591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.27% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.14% 1.73% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 217 163 380
10th Percentile £33,700 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,364 £37,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +36.97% -28.57% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,478 15,631 21,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.76% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,397 7,898 11,750
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,580 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%

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 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SSL in the UK

SSL
Top 17 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 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +102 254 £52,500 -8.70% 42
UK excluding London +37 211 £51,364 +36.97% 24
Work from Home +75 149 £53,250 -14.80% 21
South East +54 84 £52,500 +41.89% 11
North of England +83 64 £42,500 +13.33% 4
London +60 64 £75,000 +15.38% 20
North West +47 49 £42,500 +18.06% 2
Midlands +6 27 £52,500 -16.00% 1
Yorkshire +83 16 £52,500 +31.25% 2
South West -26 15 £52,500 +61.54% 5
East Midlands - 14 £52,500 -
West Midlands +13 13 £54,000 -13.60% 1
Wales +15 10 £50,000 -
East of England -8 8 £54,500 +67.69% 4
Scotland -73 8 - - 2
North East -11 5 £62,500 +66.67%
Northern Ireland +19 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 46 (15.92%) WebLogic
2 39 (13.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (12.80%) IIS
4 22 (7.61%) SharePoint
5 21 (7.27%) nginx
6 20 (6.92%) Apache
7 13 (4.50%) CMS
8 12 (4.15%) WordPress
9 8 (2.77%) Skype for Business
10 7 (2.42%) Confluence
11 5 (1.73%) JBoss
11 5 (1.73%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.35%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 46 (15.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (1.73%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (1.73%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 108 (37.37%) Azure
2 98 (33.91%) AWS
3 58 (20.07%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (15.92%) Amazon EKS
4 46 (15.92%) Amazon SQS
5 18 (6.23%) SaaS
6 13 (4.50%) Entra ID
7 12 (4.15%) iTunes
8 10 (3.46%) IaaS
8 10 (3.46%) PaaS
8 10 (3.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 7 (2.42%) AWS Direct Connect
9 7 (2.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 6 (2.08%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.73%) Datadog
12 4 (1.38%) GCP
12 4 (1.38%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.04%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 156 (53.98%) DNS
2 123 (42.56%) Firewall
3 111 (38.41%) TCP/IP
4 87 (30.10%) BGP
5 83 (28.72%) VPN
6 60 (20.76%) WAN
7 55 (19.03%) Network Security
8 54 (18.69%) LAN
9 45 (15.57%) DHCP
10 36 (12.46%) IPsec
11 34 (11.76%) OSPF
12 26 (9.00%) MPLS
12 26 (9.00%) Wireless
13 25 (8.65%) HTTP
13 25 (8.65%) HTTPS
14 24 (8.30%) Internet
14 24 (8.30%) VoIP
15 21 (7.27%) SNMP
16 20 (6.92%) SD-WAN
16 20 (6.92%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (17.65%) Relational Database
2 49 (16.96%) Amazon RDS
3 47 (16.26%) RDBMS
4 46 (15.92%) Oracle Database
5 39 (13.49%) SQL Server
6 17 (5.88%) MySQL
7 5 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.73%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 15 (5.19%) Git
2 9 (3.11%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.77%) Vagrant
4 7 (2.42%) JIRA
5 6 (2.08%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.73%) GitLab
7 4 (1.38%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.35%) Log4Net
8 1 (0.35%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.35%) Selenium
8 1 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 87 (30.10%) Social Skills
2 30 (10.38%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (8.65%) Finance
4 14 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (4.15%) Law
5 12 (4.15%) Marketing
5 12 (4.15%) Telecoms
6 10 (3.46%) Legal
7 9 (3.11%) Public Sector
8 6 (2.08%) Banking
8 6 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.38%) Aviation
9 4 (1.38%) Avionics
9 4 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.04%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.69%) Automotive
11 2 (0.69%) Electronics
11 2 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.69%) Police
12 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 84 (29.07%) Lead
2 69 (23.88%) Architect
3 47 (16.26%) Solutions Architect
4 46 (15.92%) Lead Architect
4 46 (15.92%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 42 (14.53%) Network Engineer
6 41 (14.19%) Developer
7 38 (13.15%) Senior
8 23 (7.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 20 (6.92%) Analyst
10 19 (6.57%) IT Engineer
10 19 (6.57%) Lead Developer
10 19 (6.57%) Support Engineer
11 15 (5.19%) Security Analyst
12 13 (4.50%) Administrator
13 12 (4.15%) IT Support
13 12 (4.15%) IT Support Engineer
13 12 (4.15%) Project Engineer
13 12 (4.15%) Web Manager
14 10 (3.46%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (17.30%) RabbitMQ
2 48 (16.61%) HTML
3 46 (15.92%) Spring Boot
4 37 (12.80%) CSS
5 30 (10.38%) .NET
6 26 (9.00%) React
7 23 (7.96%) REST
8 22 (7.61%) AngularJS
8 22 (7.61%) ASP.NET
8 22 (7.61%) ASP.NET MVC
9 19 (6.57%) jQuery
9 19 (6.57%) Tailwind CSS
9 19 (6.57%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 19 (6.57%) Vue
9 19 (6.57%) WPF
9 19 (6.57%) XML
10 17 (5.88%) 802.1X
11 13 (4.50%) LDAP
12 12 (4.15%) Web Services
13 11 (3.81%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (17.65%) Public Cloud
2 47 (16.26%) Enterprise Software
3 39 (13.49%) Data Centre
4 36 (12.46%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (6.23%) Management Information System
5 18 (6.23%) Replication
6 11 (3.81%) PKI
7 10 (3.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.77%) Client/Server
8 8 (2.77%) CMDB
8 8 (2.77%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.77%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (2.42%) EFT
9 7 (2.42%) Onboarding
10 6 (2.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.73%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.73%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.38%) Cyberattack
13 3 (1.04%) IBM Storwize
Operating Systems
1 97 (33.56%) Linux
2 71 (24.57%) Windows
3 62 (21.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 29 (10.03%) Windows Server
5 12 (4.15%) Unix
6 8 (2.77%) Apple iOS
6 8 (2.77%) CentOS
6 8 (2.77%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.77%) Windows 10
7 7 (2.42%) Android
8 6 (2.08%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (1.73%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (1.04%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (1.04%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (25.61%) Agile
1 74 (25.61%) Migration
2 68 (23.53%) Project Management
3 66 (22.84%) Load Balancing
4 57 (19.72%) Collaborative Working
5 54 (18.69%) Open Source
6 52 (17.99%) Scrum
7 48 (16.61%) SDLC
8 47 (16.26%) ArchiMate
8 47 (16.26%) Kanban
9 46 (15.92%) Actionable Insight
9 46 (15.92%) Cloud Operations
9 46 (15.92%) Data Migration
9 46 (15.92%) Re-Platforming
9 46 (15.92%) Systems Engineering
9 46 (15.92%) TOGAF
10 37 (12.80%) ITIL
11 35 (12.11%) Information Security
11 35 (12.11%) Web Development
12 34 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.65%) SQL
2 33 (11.42%) PowerShell
3 28 (9.69%) JavaScript
3 28 (9.69%) Python
4 27 (9.34%) C#
5 19 (6.57%) XAML
6 13 (4.50%) PHP
7 12 (4.15%) Bash
8 8 (2.77%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.42%) Java
10 3 (1.04%) C
10 3 (1.04%) C++
10 3 (1.04%) Ruby
11 2 (0.69%) AWK
11 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.69%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.35%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.35%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.35%) Go
12 1 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 83 (28.72%) Security Cleared
2 74 (25.61%) SC Cleared
3 51 (17.65%) Azure Certification
4 47 (16.26%) AWS Certification
5 46 (15.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 38 (13.15%) Cisco Certification
7 29 (10.03%) Degree
8 16 (5.54%) CCNA
8 16 (5.54%) CCNP
9 13 (4.50%) DV Cleared
10 12 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (3.46%) MCSA
13 9 (3.11%) GIAC
14 7 (2.42%) CCIE
15 6 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 6 (2.08%) JNCIA
16 5 (1.73%) CompTIA CySA+
16 5 (1.73%) CompTIA Security+
16 5 (1.73%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.08%) PCI DSS
3 5 (1.73%) NCSC
3 5 (1.73%) NIST
3 5 (1.73%) SLA
4 3 (1.04%) GRC
5 2 (0.69%) COBIT
5 2 (0.69%) QA
System Software
1 65 (22.49%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.19%) Docker
4 9 (3.11%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (2.77%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (2.08%) vSphere
8 3 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.69%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.35%) NFS
10 1 (0.35%) RACF
Systems Management
1 23 (7.96%) Ansible
2 15 (5.19%) Puppet
2 15 (5.19%) Terraform
3 14 (4.84%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (4.50%) Progress Chef
5 11 (3.81%) SCCM
6 9 (3.11%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.42%) Kubernetes
8 6 (2.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (2.08%) Endace
8 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (2.08%) Nagios
9 5 (1.73%) HP UCMDB
9 5 (1.73%) Pingdom
9 5 (1.73%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.38%) WSUS
11 2 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.69%) Foglight
11 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.69%) Grafana
Vendors
1 63 (21.80%) Microsoft
2 55 (19.03%) Cisco
3 47 (16.26%) Oracle
4 46 (15.92%) Sparx
5 38 (13.15%) VMware
6 24 (8.30%) F5
7 23 (7.96%) Juniper
8 19 (6.57%) CheckPoint
9 18 (6.23%) Veeam
10 14 (4.84%) Fortinet
11 13 (4.50%) ServiceNow
11 13 (4.50%) SolarWinds
12 12 (4.15%) Citrix
13 11 (3.81%) HP
14 9 (3.11%) Google
15 8 (2.77%) Ribbon
16 7 (2.42%) Arista
16 7 (2.42%) Globalscape
16 7 (2.42%) Red Hat
16 7 (2.42%) Tufin