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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 626 703 742
Rank change year-on-year +77 +39 -144
Permanent jobs citing SSL 289 293 540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.28% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.12% 1.83% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 217 169 386
10th Percentile £33,700 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,950 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.94% +7.18% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £83,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £88,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,364 £37,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +36.97% -25.00% -4.76%

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 13,628 15,972 20,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.82% 15.39% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,500 8,150 11,820
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -

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 3 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 3 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 +79 253 £52,500 -12.50% 47
UK excluding London +70 211 £51,364 +36.97% 32
Work from Home +91 155 £54,000 -16.92% 26
South East +48 82 £52,500 +23.53% 12
North of England +84 65 £45,000 +20.00% 7
London +64 64 £75,000 +15.38% 16
North West +50 49 £42,500 +18.06% 4
Midlands +29 28 £52,500 -16.00% 2
Yorkshire +80 17 £52,500 +31.25% 3
West Midlands +18 14 £54,000 -13.60% 1
South West -24 14 £52,500 +64.06% 5
East Midlands - 14 £52,500 - 1
Wales +16 11 £50,000 - 1
East of England +1 8 £54,500 +55.71% 4
Scotland -74 8 - - 3
North East -9 5 £62,500 +66.67%
Northern Ireland +27 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 40 (13.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 37 (12.80%) IIS
4 22 (7.61%) SharePoint
5 19 (6.57%) nginx
6 18 (6.23%) Apache
7 13 (4.50%) CMS
8 12 (4.15%) WordPress
9 9 (3.11%) Confluence
10 8 (2.77%) Skype for Business
11 7 (2.42%) Tomcat
12 3 (1.04%) JBoss
13 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
13 1 (0.35%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 46 (15.92%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (2.42%) Remedy ITSM
3 5 (1.73%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 109 (37.72%) Azure
2 97 (33.56%) AWS
3 60 (20.76%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (15.92%) Amazon EKS
4 46 (15.92%) Amazon SQS
5 21 (7.27%) 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%) GCP
11 4 (1.38%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.38%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.04%) Datadog
12 3 (1.04%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 160 (55.36%) DNS
2 126 (43.60%) Firewall
3 114 (39.45%) TCP/IP
4 88 (30.45%) BGP
5 86 (29.76%) VPN
6 59 (20.42%) WAN
7 53 (18.34%) LAN
8 51 (17.65%) Network Security
9 47 (16.26%) DHCP
10 37 (12.80%) IPsec
11 35 (12.11%) OSPF
12 26 (9.00%) HTTP
12 26 (9.00%) MPLS
12 26 (9.00%) Wireless
13 25 (8.65%) HTTPS
14 24 (8.30%) Internet
14 24 (8.30%) VoIP
15 22 (7.61%) SNMP
16 21 (7.27%) SD-WAN
16 21 (7.27%) 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 41 (14.19%) SQL Server
6 19 (6.57%) MySQL
7 5 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.73%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.69%) Power BI
8 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 13 (4.50%) Git
2 9 (3.11%) JIRA
3 8 (2.77%) Vagrant
4 7 (2.42%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.73%) GitLab
6 4 (1.38%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.69%) 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 86 (29.76%) Social Skills
2 32 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (9.34%) Finance
4 12 (4.15%) Law
4 12 (4.15%) Marketing
4 12 (4.15%) Organisational Skills
4 12 (4.15%) Telecoms
5 11 (3.81%) Legal
6 9 (3.11%) Banking
6 9 (3.11%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.38%) Aviation
8 4 (1.38%) Avionics
8 4 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.04%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.69%) Automotive
10 2 (0.69%) Electronics
10 2 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.69%) Police
11 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 85 (29.41%) 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 41 (14.19%) Developer
6 40 (13.84%) Senior
7 39 (13.49%) Network Engineer
8 24 (8.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (7.61%) Support Engineer
10 19 (6.57%) IT Engineer
10 19 (6.57%) Lead Developer
11 18 (6.23%) Analyst
12 14 (4.84%) Administrator
13 13 (4.50%) Security Analyst
14 12 (4.15%) IT Support
14 12 (4.15%) IT Support Engineer
14 12 (4.15%) Project Engineer
14 12 (4.15%) Web Manager
15 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 24 (8.30%) 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 21 (7.27%) XML
10 19 (6.57%) jQuery
10 19 (6.57%) Tailwind CSS
10 19 (6.57%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 19 (6.57%) Vue
10 19 (6.57%) WPF
11 17 (5.88%) 802.1X
12 15 (5.19%) LDAP
13 14 (4.84%) Web Services
14 13 (4.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 53 (18.34%) Public Cloud
2 48 (16.61%) Enterprise Software
3 40 (13.84%) 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%) CMDB
7 10 (3.46%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.77%) Client/Server
8 8 (2.77%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.77%) EFT
8 8 (2.77%) Video Conferencing
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 95 (32.87%) Linux
2 70 (24.22%) Windows
3 60 (20.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 30 (10.38%) 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 69 (23.88%) 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 40 (13.84%) ITIL
11 35 (12.11%) Web Development
12 34 (11.76%) Information Security
12 34 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 51 (17.65%) SQL
2 34 (11.76%) PowerShell
3 28 (9.69%) JavaScript
4 27 (9.34%) C#
5 26 (9.00%) Python
6 19 (6.57%) XAML
7 13 (4.50%) PHP
8 10 (3.46%) Bash
9 8 (2.77%) Shell Script
10 7 (2.42%) Java
11 3 (1.04%) C
11 3 (1.04%) C++
11 3 (1.04%) Ruby
12 2 (0.69%) AWK
12 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.69%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.35%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.35%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.35%) Go
13 1 (0.35%) Perl
Qualifications
1 80 (27.68%) Security Cleared
2 73 (25.26%) 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 32 (11.07%) Degree
8 16 (5.54%) CCNA
8 16 (5.54%) CCNP
9 12 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (4.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (3.81%) MCSA
11 9 (3.11%) DV Cleared
11 9 (3.11%) GIAC
12 7 (2.42%) CCIE
13 6 (2.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (2.08%) JNCIA
14 5 (1.73%) CompTIA CySA+
14 5 (1.73%) JNCIE
14 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%) SLA
4 3 (1.04%) GRC
4 3 (1.04%) NIST
5 2 (0.69%) QA
System Software
1 67 (23.18%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.50%) Docker
4 10 (3.46%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (2.77%) Hyper-V
6 6 (2.08%) vSphere
7 5 (1.73%) Virtual Desktop
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 21 (7.27%) Ansible
2 13 (4.50%) Puppet
2 13 (4.50%) Terraform
3 12 (4.15%) SCCM
3 12 (4.15%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (3.81%) Progress Chef
5 10 (3.46%) vCenter Server
6 7 (2.42%) HP UCMDB
7 6 (2.08%) Endace
7 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.73%) Kubernetes
8 5 (1.73%) Pingdom
8 5 (1.73%) ZABBIX
9 4 (1.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.38%) Nagios
9 4 (1.38%) WSUS
10 3 (1.04%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.69%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.69%) Foglight
11 2 (0.69%) Grafana
Vendors
1 65 (22.49%) Microsoft
2 50 (17.30%) Cisco
3 47 (16.26%) Oracle
4 46 (15.92%) Sparx
5 37 (12.80%) VMware
6 23 (7.96%) Juniper
7 20 (6.92%) F5
8 19 (6.57%) CheckPoint
9 18 (6.23%) Veeam
10 15 (5.19%) ServiceNow
11 14 (4.84%) Fortinet
11 14 (4.84%) SolarWinds
12 13 (4.50%) Citrix
12 13 (4.50%) HP
13 9 (3.11%) Google
14 8 (2.77%) Globalscape
14 8 (2.77%) Ribbon
15 7 (2.42%) Arista
15 7 (2.42%) Remedy
15 7 (2.42%) Tufin