SSCP Jobs in the UK excluding London

(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 629 528 762
Rank change year-on-year -101 +234 +1
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 20 63 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.037% 0.19% 0.064%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.52% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8 12 40
10th Percentile £45,125 £42,550 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,375 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £52,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -0.94% -12.40%
75th Percentile £57,062 £64,688 £60,000
90th Percentile £64,899 £78,750 £67,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £53,773
% change year-on-year +8.70% +6.93% -23.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

SSCP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 18,384 12,197 23,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.78% 36.37% 34.81%
Number of salaries quoted 6,271 6,850 9,823
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,870 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year - +2.68% +1.82%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SSCP in the UK excluding London

SSCP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SSCP in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SSCP in the UK excluding London

SSCP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Salary histogram for SSCP in the UK excluding London

SSCP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Midlands -27 8 £47,500 -
South East -29 6 £59,498 +13.33% 2
West Midlands - 5 £75,000 -
East Midlands -31 3 £47,500 -
South West +5 2 £53,000 +6.00% 1
Scotland -16 2 £52,500 -19.23%
East of England - 2 - -
SSCP
UK

SSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (65.00%) Azure
2 6 (30.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (10.00%) OpenShift
5 1 (5.00%) AWS
5 1 (5.00%) GCP
5 1 (5.00%) IaaS
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (5.00%) PaaS
5 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) Firewall
2 7 (35.00%) Network Security
3 2 (10.00%) Internet
3 2 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (10.00%) IPsec
3 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Military
4 1 (5.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Law
4 1 (5.00%) Retail
4 1 (5.00%) Retail Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Security Analyst
2 6 (30.00%) Senior
3 5 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Security Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 4 (20.00%) Security Manager
4 4 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Security Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Information Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Information Security Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Information Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Information Security Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Security Posture
2 5 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (15.00%) Cyberattack
5 2 (10.00%) PKI
6 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (5.00%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Linux
2 4 (20.00%) Windows
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (55.00%) SIEM
3 10 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 8 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (35.00%) Security Operations
6 6 (30.00%) Roadmaps
6 6 (30.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 5 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
8 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security
8 4 (20.00%) Line Management
8 4 (20.00%) Network Architecture
8 4 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
9 3 (15.00%) Ethical Hacking
9 3 (15.00%) ITIL
9 3 (15.00%) Security Architecture
9 3 (15.00%) Security Testing
10 2 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
10 2 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) Bash
2 2 (10.00%) C#
2 2 (10.00%) Java
2 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (60.00%) CISSP
2 9 (45.00%) CISM
2 9 (45.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 7 (35.00%) CISA
4 6 (30.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (30.00%) Azure Certification
4 6 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (30.00%) GIAC
5 5 (25.00%) CEH
6 4 (20.00%) ISACA
6 4 (20.00%) ISSEP
6 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (20.00%) SANS
6 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
7 3 (15.00%) CCSP
7 3 (15.00%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (10.00%) Degree
8 2 (10.00%) GCIA
8 2 (10.00%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (25.00%) NCSC
4 4 (20.00%) JSP 440
5 3 (15.00%) NIST
6 2 (10.00%) ISO 22301
7 1 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (5.00%) Def Stans
7 1 (5.00%) GDPR
7 1 (5.00%) GPG13
7 1 (5.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (5.00%) NIST 800
7 1 (5.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Splunk
2 2 (10.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco
3 1 (5.00%) Meraki
3 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto