(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered 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 836 865 1124
Rank change year-on-year +29 +259 -296
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 54 112 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.054% 0.11% 0.075%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.34% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 51 102 88
10th Percentile £50,000 £27,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,750 £31,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +58.82% -29.17% +3.45%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £72,125 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +41.18% -29.17% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

SSCP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,486 32,730 43,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.51% 33.01% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,243 14,736 18,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,483 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.49% +4.70% +1.01%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SSCP in the UK

SSCP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SSCP.

Salary trend for SSCP in the UK

SSCP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSCP over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SSCP in the UK

SSCP
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP 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 +36 49 £70,000 +64.71% 16
Work from Home +54 33 £72,500 +123.08% 6
UK excluding London -48 30 £60,000 +41.18% 12
London +80 24 £75,000 +87.50% 4
North of England +64 16 £60,000 +41.18% 9
Yorkshire - 15 £60,000 - 8
Scotland - 4 £50,000 - 1
West Midlands +11 3 £105,000 +77.22% 2
Midlands -10 3 £105,000 +77.22% 2
South East -20 3 £45,000 +57.89%
East of England - 2 £65,000 -
Northern Ireland +21 1 £57,500 +35.29%
South West -39 1 - -
North East - 1 £37,500 -

SSCP
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 2 (3.70%) IIS
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 24 (44.44%) Azure
2 19 (35.19%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
4 14 (25.93%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (25.93%) Cloud Computing
4 14 (25.93%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 33 (61.11%) Firewall
2 16 (29.63%) Network Security
3 15 (27.78%) Wireshark
4 14 (25.93%) Intrusion Detection
4 14 (25.93%) LAN
4 14 (25.93%) TCP/IP
4 14 (25.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) AppScan
1 1 (1.85%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.85%) Metasploit
1 1 (1.85%) Snyk
General
1 21 (38.89%) Law
2 20 (37.04%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (27.78%) Finance
4 13 (24.07%) Legal
5 12 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (7.41%) Social Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Games
8 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (48.15%) Lead
2 14 (25.93%) Security Engineer
3 13 (24.07%) Analyst
3 13 (24.07%) Team Leader
4 11 (20.37%) Information Security Engineer
4 11 (20.37%) Senior
5 10 (18.52%) Security Analyst
6 9 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Security Analyst
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Security Engineer
8 3 (5.56%) Head of Information
8 3 (5.56%) Head of Information Security
8 3 (5.56%) Head of Security
9 2 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 2 (3.70%) Information Security Consultant
9 2 (3.70%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (3.70%) Senior Information Security Consultant
9 2 (3.70%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 28 (51.85%) Management Information System
2 14 (25.93%) Security Operations Centre
2 14 (25.93%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.85%) CESG
3 1 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 17 (31.48%) Windows
2 14 (25.93%) Android
2 14 (25.93%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.70%) Linux
3 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.85%) Kali Linux
4 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (66.67%) Information Security
3 25 (46.30%) SIEM
4 24 (44.44%) Security Operations
5 20 (37.04%) Vulnerability Management
6 19 (35.19%) Ethical Hacking
6 19 (35.19%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (29.63%) Cryptography
7 16 (29.63%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (27.78%) Cloud Security
9 14 (25.93%) Identity Access Management
9 14 (25.93%) Information Security Management
9 14 (25.93%) Key Management
9 14 (25.93%) Privileged Access Management
9 14 (25.93%) Project Roadmap
9 14 (25.93%) Roadmaps
9 14 (25.93%) Secrets Management
9 14 (25.93%) Security Management
9 14 (25.93%) Validation
9 14 (25.93%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.93%) PowerShell
1 14 (25.93%) Python
2 2 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (83.33%) CISSP
2 23 (42.59%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (40.74%) CompTIA Security+
4 21 (38.89%) CEH
5 19 (35.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 19 (35.19%) CCSP
6 16 (29.63%) Degree
7 15 (27.78%) GSEC
8 14 (25.93%) GIAC
8 14 (25.93%) SANS
9 13 (24.07%) CISM
10 6 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (9.26%) OSCP
12 4 (7.41%) CCNA
12 4 (7.41%) CISA
12 4 (7.41%) MCSE
12 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (5.56%) CRISC
13 3 (5.56%) ISACA
14 2 (3.70%) GISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (79.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (38.89%) NIST
3 15 (27.78%) PCI DSS
4 14 (25.93%) GDPR
5 6 (11.11%) ISO 22301
6 2 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.70%) GRC
6 2 (3.70%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.85%) HIPAA
System Software
1 14 (25.93%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (25.93%) Microsoft Intune
1 14 (25.93%) Nmap
2 6 (11.11%) Nessus
3 2 (3.70%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 19 (35.19%) Microsoft
2 16 (29.63%) Splunk
3 14 (25.93%) Qualys
3 14 (25.93%) Rapid7
3 14 (25.93%) Thycotic
4 5 (9.26%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.70%) Cisco
5 2 (3.70%) Citrix
5 2 (3.70%) Darktrace
5 2 (3.70%) VMware
6 1 (1.85%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.85%) iManage
6 1 (1.85%) Intel
6 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.85%) Trustwave