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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 611 695 637
Rank change year-on-year +84 -58 -21
Permanent jobs citing SSL 306 227 799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.25% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.21% 1.50% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 232 143 358
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,400 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,677 £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 £75,000 £71,250
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% -4.55%

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 13,853 15,169 22,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.61% 16.40% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9,443 7,634 11,811
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.25% -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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +93 273 £52,500 -8.70% 52
UK excluding London +60 223 £51,364 +36.97% 28
Work from Home +58 150 £52,500 -16.00% 34
South East +38 90 £52,500 +41.89% 6
London +68 70 £75,000 +11.11% 21
North of England +49 66 £45,096 +20.26% 3
North West +21 51 £42,500 +4.94% 2
Midlands -19 28 £52,500 -16.00% 8
South West -41 17 £52,500 +33.63% 6
Yorkshire +68 16 £52,500 +31.25% 1
West Midlands -6 14 £54,000 -13.60% 6
East Midlands - 14 £52,500 - 2
Wales - 10 £50,000 - 2
East of England -18 9 £62,500 +92.31% 3
Scotland -71 8 - -
North East -19 5 £62,500 +66.67%
Northern Ireland - 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 (15.03%) WebLogic
2 39 (12.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 38 (12.42%) IIS
4 24 (7.84%) SharePoint
5 22 (7.19%) nginx
6 21 (6.86%) Apache
7 13 (4.25%) CMS
7 13 (4.25%) WordPress
8 8 (2.61%) Skype for Business
9 7 (2.29%) Confluence
10 6 (1.96%) JBoss
10 6 (1.96%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.33%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 46 (15.03%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (1.63%) Sage X3
3 4 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 117 (38.24%) Azure
2 102 (33.33%) AWS
3 60 (19.61%) Microsoft 365
4 46 (15.03%) Amazon EKS
4 46 (15.03%) Amazon SQS
5 16 (5.23%) SaaS
6 14 (4.58%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.92%) iTunes
8 10 (3.27%) IaaS
8 10 (3.27%) PaaS
9 8 (2.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 7 (2.29%) AWS Direct Connect
10 7 (2.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 7 (2.29%) GCP
10 7 (2.29%) OpenShift
11 6 (1.96%) Datadog
12 4 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.31%) OneDrive
12 4 (1.31%) Slack
13 3 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 155 (50.65%) DNS
2 123 (40.20%) Firewall
3 110 (35.95%) TCP/IP
4 86 (28.10%) BGP
5 83 (27.12%) VPN
6 62 (20.26%) WAN
7 58 (18.95%) Network Security
8 57 (18.63%) LAN
9 43 (14.05%) DHCP
10 35 (11.44%) IPsec
11 34 (11.11%) OSPF
12 27 (8.82%) Wireless
13 26 (8.50%) HTTP
13 26 (8.50%) MPLS
14 25 (8.17%) HTTPS
15 22 (7.19%) Internet
15 22 (7.19%) VoIP
16 20 (6.54%) SD-WAN
16 20 (6.54%) SNMP
17 19 (6.21%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (16.67%) Relational Database
2 49 (16.01%) Amazon RDS
3 47 (15.36%) RDBMS
4 46 (15.03%) Oracle Database
5 39 (12.75%) SQL Server
6 17 (5.56%) MySQL
7 5 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.63%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 15 (4.90%) Git
2 9 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.61%) Vagrant
4 7 (2.29%) Bitbucket
4 7 (2.29%) JIRA
5 5 (1.63%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.31%) GitLab
7 3 (0.98%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.98%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.33%) Log4Net
8 1 (0.33%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.33%) Selenium
8 1 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 91 (29.74%) Social Skills
2 33 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (8.82%) Finance
4 15 (4.90%) Marketing
4 15 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (4.25%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.92%) Law
7 10 (3.27%) Legal
8 9 (2.94%) Public Sector
9 6 (1.96%) Banking
9 6 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.31%) Aviation
10 4 (1.31%) Avionics
10 4 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.98%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.65%) Automotive
12 2 (0.65%) Electronics
12 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 83 (27.12%) Lead
2 68 (22.22%) Architect
3 48 (15.69%) Network Engineer
4 46 (15.03%) Lead Architect
4 46 (15.03%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 46 (15.03%) Solutions Architect
5 45 (14.71%) Developer
6 35 (11.44%) Senior
7 26 (8.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (7.84%) Analyst
9 21 (6.86%) IT Engineer
10 20 (6.54%) Lead Developer
11 19 (6.21%) Support Engineer
12 18 (5.88%) Security Analyst
13 13 (4.25%) Security Engineer
14 12 (3.92%) Administrator
14 12 (3.92%) IT Support
14 12 (3.92%) IT Support Engineer
14 12 (3.92%) Project Engineer
14 12 (3.92%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (16.34%) RabbitMQ
2 49 (16.01%) HTML
3 46 (15.03%) Spring Boot
4 39 (12.75%) CSS
5 30 (9.80%) .NET
6 27 (8.82%) React
7 25 (8.17%) AngularJS
8 23 (7.52%) REST
9 22 (7.19%) ASP.NET
9 22 (7.19%) ASP.NET MVC
9 22 (7.19%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 19 (6.21%) jQuery
10 19 (6.21%) Tailwind CSS
10 19 (6.21%) Vue
10 19 (6.21%) WPF
10 19 (6.21%) XML
11 18 (5.88%) 802.1X
12 13 (4.25%) LDAP
13 12 (3.92%) SOAP
14 11 (3.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 49 (16.01%) Public Cloud
2 46 (15.03%) Enterprise Software
3 39 (12.75%) Data Centre
4 38 (12.42%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (5.88%) Management Information System
5 18 (5.88%) Replication
6 11 (3.59%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.59%) PKI
7 8 (2.61%) Client/Server
7 8 (2.61%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.61%) Video Conferencing
8 7 (2.29%) CMDB
8 7 (2.29%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.96%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.96%) EFT
10 5 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.63%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.31%) Cyberattack
12 3 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.98%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 102 (33.33%) Linux
2 75 (24.51%) Windows
3 63 (20.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 29 (9.48%) Windows Server
5 15 (4.90%) Unix
6 8 (2.61%) Apple iOS
6 8 (2.61%) CentOS
6 8 (2.61%) Ubuntu
6 8 (2.61%) Windows 10
7 7 (2.29%) Android
7 7 (2.29%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.98%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.98%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.98%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (24.51%) Migration
2 74 (24.18%) Agile
3 67 (21.90%) Project Management
4 64 (20.92%) Load Balancing
5 56 (18.30%) Collaborative Working
6 55 (17.97%) Open Source
7 51 (16.67%) Scrum
8 48 (15.69%) SDLC
9 47 (15.36%) Kanban
10 46 (15.03%) Actionable Insight
10 46 (15.03%) ArchiMate
10 46 (15.03%) Cloud Operations
10 46 (15.03%) Data Migration
10 46 (15.03%) Re-Platforming
10 46 (15.03%) Systems Engineering
10 46 (15.03%) TOGAF
11 37 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 34 (11.11%) Web Development
13 33 (10.78%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 50 (16.34%) SQL
2 34 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 29 (9.48%) JavaScript
3 29 (9.48%) Python
4 27 (8.82%) C#
5 19 (6.21%) XAML
6 13 (4.25%) Bash
6 13 (4.25%) PHP
7 8 (2.61%) Java
7 8 (2.61%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.31%) C
8 4 (1.31%) C++
9 3 (0.98%) Ruby
10 2 (0.65%) AWK
10 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.65%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.33%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.33%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.33%) Perl
Qualifications
1 87 (28.43%) Security Cleared
2 78 (25.49%) SC Cleared
3 52 (16.99%) Azure Certification
4 47 (15.36%) AWS Certification
5 46 (15.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 37 (12.09%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (9.80%) Degree
8 19 (6.21%) DV Cleared
9 17 (5.56%) CCNA
10 14 (4.58%) CCNP
11 12 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (3.27%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (2.94%) GIAC
13 9 (2.94%) MCSA
14 7 (2.29%) CCIE
14 7 (2.29%) CREST Certified
15 6 (1.96%) JNCIA
16 5 (1.63%) GCIA
16 5 (1.63%) JNCIE
16 5 (1.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.61%) NIST
3 5 (1.63%) COBIT
3 5 (1.63%) NCSC
3 5 (1.63%) SLA
4 4 (1.31%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.98%) GRC
6 2 (0.65%) QA
System Software
1 65 (21.24%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.21%) Docker
2 19 (6.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.94%) Hyper-V
3 9 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (1.96%) vSphere
5 4 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.65%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.33%) NFS
Systems Management
1 23 (7.52%) Ansible
2 17 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
3 16 (5.23%) Puppet
3 16 (5.23%) Terraform
4 14 (4.58%) Progress Chef
5 10 (3.27%) SCCM
6 8 (2.61%) Kubernetes
6 8 (2.61%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (2.29%) Nagios
8 6 (1.96%) Endace
8 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.96%) Pingdom
9 5 (1.63%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.31%) HP UCMDB
10 4 (1.31%) WSUS
11 3 (0.98%) Nessus
11 3 (0.98%) Nmap
12 2 (0.65%) Backup Exec
12 2 (0.65%) Foglight
Vendors
1 63 (20.59%) Cisco
1 63 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 47 (15.36%) Oracle
3 46 (15.03%) Sparx
4 42 (13.73%) VMware
5 26 (8.50%) F5
6 24 (7.84%) Juniper
7 18 (5.88%) Veeam
8 17 (5.56%) CheckPoint
9 14 (4.58%) Fortinet
10 13 (4.25%) ServiceNow
11 12 (3.92%) Google
12 11 (3.59%) Citrix
12 11 (3.59%) Red Hat
12 11 (3.59%) SolarWinds
13 10 (3.27%) HP
14 9 (2.94%) Ribbon
15 7 (2.29%) Atlassian
15 7 (2.29%) Splunk
15 7 (2.29%) Tufin