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 29 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 594 581 450
Rank change year-on-year -13 -131 +189
Permanent jobs citing SSL 184 196 1,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.34% 0.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.64% 2.26% 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 116 160 291
10th Percentile £38,000 £35,828 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,913 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% +5.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,625 £71,250
90th Percentile £70,625 £88,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £51,742
% change year-on-year - +1.46% -5.92%

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 11,187 8,680 17,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.72% 15.00% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4,078 6,645 10,889
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,250 £37,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -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 29 October 2024.

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 29 October 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 -30 177 £52,750 -8.26% 38
UK excluding London -21 147 £52,500 - 27
South East +14 77 £55,000 +14.58% 9
Work from Home -50 40 £50,000 -20.00% 31
London -14 34 £60,000 -27.27% 15
North of England +4 28 £45,096 -19.83% 2
North West -8 23 £45,096 -16.10% 1
East of England -33 18 £45,000 -5.26% 5
West Midlands -46 13 £50,000 +0.88% 2
Midlands -54 13 £50,000 +0.88% 4
South West -26 7 £55,000 -12.00% 2
Scotland +1 5 £65,000 -7.90% 5
North East - 5 £51,250 -

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 28 (15.22%) IIS
2 20 (10.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (5.43%) nginx
4 9 (4.89%) Apache
4 9 (4.89%) SharePoint
5 6 (3.26%) Tomcat
6 4 (2.17%) CMS
7 3 (1.63%) JBoss
8 1 (0.54%) Confluence
8 1 (0.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (4.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.54%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 70 (38.04%) Azure
2 36 (19.57%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (13.04%) AWS
4 18 (9.78%) Entra ID
5 10 (5.43%) SaaS
6 7 (3.80%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (3.80%) Cloudflare
6 7 (3.80%) GCP
7 4 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.17%) Google Analytics
7 4 (2.17%) IaaS
7 4 (2.17%) PaaS
8 3 (1.63%) Azure AKS
8 3 (1.63%) Datadog
8 3 (1.63%) GitHub
8 3 (1.63%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.09%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 2 (1.09%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 56 (30.43%) VPN
2 47 (25.54%) IPsec
3 43 (23.37%) Cisco Firepower
4 39 (21.20%) TCP/IP
5 38 (20.65%) VLAN
6 36 (19.57%) Ethernet
7 35 (19.02%) Cisco ASA
8 34 (18.48%) BGP
8 34 (18.48%) EIGRP
8 34 (18.48%) Ethernet VPN
8 34 (18.48%) OSPF
8 34 (18.48%) RIP
8 34 (18.48%) VXLAN
9 33 (17.93%) Firewall
10 28 (15.22%) DNS
11 24 (13.04%) Internet
12 21 (11.41%) Intrusion Detection
13 14 (7.61%) LAN
13 14 (7.61%) Network Security
13 14 (7.61%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.52%) MariaDB
3 8 (4.35%) Apache Cassandra
3 8 (4.35%) MySQL
4 7 (3.80%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.09%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.09%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (5.98%) Jenkins
2 9 (4.89%) Git
3 5 (2.72%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (2.17%) Burp Suite
4 4 (2.17%) Metasploit
5 3 (1.63%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.63%) Chocolatey
5 3 (1.63%) JIRA
5 3 (1.63%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.09%) JUnit
6 2 (1.09%) Mocha
7 1 (0.54%) GitLab
7 1 (0.54%) Maven
7 1 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 83 (45.11%) Social Skills
2 36 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (7.61%) Finance
4 9 (4.89%) Automotive
5 8 (4.35%) Marketing
6 7 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.72%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.17%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.17%) Retail
9 3 (1.63%) Banking
10 2 (1.09%) Law
10 2 (1.09%) Legal
10 2 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.54%) Advertising
11 1 (0.54%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 47 (25.54%) Network Engineer
2 28 (15.22%) Analyst
3 25 (13.59%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 21 (11.41%) Lead
5 17 (9.24%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 17 (9.24%) Systems Engineer
6 14 (7.61%) Security Engineer
6 14 (7.61%) Senior
7 13 (7.07%) Support Analyst
7 13 (7.07%) Support Engineer
8 11 (5.98%) Administrator
9 10 (5.43%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (4.89%) IT Engineer
10 9 (4.89%) IT Support
10 9 (4.89%) Network Security Engineer
11 8 (4.35%) Architect
12 7 (3.80%) Developer
12 7 (3.80%) Security Analyst
12 7 (3.80%) Systems Administrator
13 6 (3.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (19.02%) 802.1X
2 21 (11.41%) .NET
3 17 (9.24%) ASP.NET
4 13 (7.07%) CSS
4 13 (7.07%) HTML
5 12 (6.52%) XML
6 10 (5.43%) Web Services
7 6 (3.26%) CSS3
7 6 (3.26%) HTML5
7 6 (3.26%) LDAP
7 6 (3.26%) Middleware
7 6 (3.26%) XML Messaging
8 5 (2.72%) OAuth
8 5 (2.72%) SOAP
9 4 (2.17%) Ajax
9 4 (2.17%) GraphQL
10 3 (1.63%) Keycloak
10 3 (1.63%) OpenID
10 3 (1.63%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (1.63%) React
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.04%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (6.52%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.98%) IoT
4 10 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.80%) Client/Server
6 5 (2.72%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.17%) CMDB
7 4 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.17%) Mainframe
7 4 (2.17%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.63%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.09%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.09%) Clustering
9 2 (1.09%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.09%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.54%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.54%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.54%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.54%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 68 (36.96%) Windows
2 49 (26.63%) Linux
3 43 (23.37%) Windows Server
4 13 (7.07%) Unix
5 10 (5.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (4.89%) Mac OS
7 6 (3.26%) Debian
7 6 (3.26%) Ubuntu
7 6 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (3.26%) zOS
8 4 (2.17%) Kali Linux
8 4 (2.17%) Solaris
8 4 (2.17%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.54%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (31.52%) Agile
2 46 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (21.74%) DevOps
4 34 (18.48%) ITIL
5 29 (15.76%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (12.50%) Containerisation
7 22 (11.96%) Mentoring
8 21 (11.41%) SIEM
9 19 (10.33%) CI/CD
10 18 (9.78%) Architectural Design
10 18 (9.78%) Performance Optimisation
11 17 (9.24%) Computer Science
12 14 (7.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (7.61%) High Availability
13 13 (7.07%) Incident Response
13 13 (7.07%) Migration
14 12 (6.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 12 (6.52%) Service Management
15 11 (5.98%) Analytics
15 11 (5.98%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.39%) PowerShell
2 31 (16.85%) Python
3 24 (13.04%) SQL
4 20 (10.87%) Java
5 16 (8.70%) Bash
6 13 (7.07%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.89%) C++
8 7 (3.80%) C#
8 7 (3.80%) Go
9 3 (1.63%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.09%) AWK
10 2 (1.09%) C
10 2 (1.09%) Perl
11 1 (0.54%) PHP
11 1 (0.54%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 71 (38.59%) Security Cleared
2 50 (27.17%) DV Cleared
3 37 (20.11%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (19.02%) CCNA
5 34 (18.48%) Degree
6 31 (16.85%) SC Cleared
7 25 (13.59%) Azure Certification
8 11 (5.98%) CCNP
9 9 (4.89%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (4.35%) JNCIA
11 6 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (3.26%) Master's Degree
12 5 (2.72%) GCFA
12 5 (2.72%) GCIA
12 5 (2.72%) GCIH
13 4 (2.17%) CREST Certified
13 4 (2.17%) OSCE
13 4 (2.17%) OSCP
14 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.26%) NIST
1 6 (3.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 6 (3.26%) SLA
2 5 (2.72%) COBIT
3 4 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.63%) NCSC
5 2 (1.09%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.54%) GDPR
6 1 (0.54%) GRC
System Software
1 35 (19.02%) Active Directory
2 25 (13.59%) Docker
3 12 (6.52%) Virtual Servers
4 10 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (4.35%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (2.72%) Terminal Server
7 4 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.09%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 25 (13.59%) Ansible
2 13 (7.07%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.43%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (5.43%) Terraform
4 7 (3.80%) Graylog
5 6 (3.26%) Puppet
6 5 (2.72%) Nessus
6 5 (2.72%) Pingdom
7 4 (2.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (2.17%) Nmap
8 3 (1.63%) Grafana
8 3 (1.63%) Kibana
8 3 (1.63%) Nagios
8 3 (1.63%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.09%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (1.09%) Istio
10 1 (0.54%) HP UCMDB
10 1 (0.54%) logstash
10 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 63 (34.24%) Cisco
2 60 (32.61%) Microsoft
3 35 (19.02%) Juniper
4 18 (9.78%) VMware
5 15 (8.15%) Google
6 11 (5.98%) Apple
6 11 (5.98%) Red Hat
7 10 (5.43%) F5
8 8 (4.35%) Citrix
9 7 (3.80%) ServiceNow
10 6 (3.26%) HP
11 5 (2.72%) Atlassian
11 5 (2.72%) Dell
11 5 (2.72%) Draytek
11 5 (2.72%) SolarWinds
11 5 (2.72%) SonicWALL
11 5 (2.72%) Splunk
11 5 (2.72%) Synology
11 5 (2.72%) WatchGuard
12 4 (2.17%) Qualys