(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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 874 839 1153
Rank change year-on-year -35 +314 -285
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 48 106 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.11% 0.074%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.34% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 46 96 95
10th Percentile £50,000 £27,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £56,188 £31,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £53,750 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.58% -7.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year +41.18% -27.66% +0.43%

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 28,550 31,536 47,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.33% 33.88% 27.39%
Number of salaries quoted 17,234 14,336 19,350
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £30,874
25th Percentile £38,734 £42,500 £40,535
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £49,549
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.96% +0.10%

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 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SSCP in the UK

SSCP
Top 13 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 9 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 -25 44 £70,000 +64.71% 11
Work from Home +38 30 £72,500 +123.08% 2
UK excluding London -81 27 £60,000 +41.18% 9
London +36 21 £75,000 +42.86% 3
North of England +35 14 £60,000 +41.18% 7
Yorkshire - 13 £60,000 - 6
Scotland - 4 £50,000 -
West Midlands -10 3 £105,000 +68.00%
South East -27 3 £45,000 +57.89% 1
Midlands -31 3 £105,000 +68.00%
East of England - 2 £65,000 -
South West -42 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 (4.17%) IIS
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 20 (41.67%) Azure
2 16 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (31.25%) Azure Sentinel
4 11 (22.92%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (22.92%) Cloud Computing
4 11 (22.92%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (4.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 29 (60.42%) Firewall
2 13 (27.08%) Intrusion Detection
2 13 (27.08%) Network Security
3 11 (22.92%) LAN
3 11 (22.92%) TCP/IP
3 11 (22.92%) WAN
3 11 (22.92%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Snyk
General
1 20 (41.67%) Law
2 19 (39.58%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (25.00%) Finance
3 12 (25.00%) Legal
4 11 (22.92%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (8.33%) Social Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Games
7 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (45.83%) Lead
2 13 (27.08%) Analyst
3 11 (22.92%) Security Engineer
3 11 (22.92%) Senior
4 10 (20.83%) Security Analyst
4 10 (20.83%) Team Leader
5 9 (18.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 9 (18.75%) Information Security Engineer
6 4 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (8.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (8.33%) Senior Security Analyst
6 4 (8.33%) Senior Security Engineer
7 3 (6.25%) Head of Information
7 3 (6.25%) Head of Information Security
7 3 (6.25%) Head of Security
8 2 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (4.17%) Information Security Consultant
8 2 (4.17%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (4.17%) Senior Information Security Consultant
8 2 (4.17%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 24 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 13 (27.08%) Security Posture
3 11 (22.92%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.08%) CESG
4 1 (2.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.08%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 14 (29.17%) Windows
2 11 (22.92%) Android
2 11 (22.92%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.17%) Linux
3 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (89.58%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (66.67%) Information Security
3 22 (45.83%) SIEM
4 21 (43.75%) Security Operations
5 18 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (35.42%) Vulnerability Management
7 15 (31.25%) Disaster Recovery
7 15 (31.25%) Ethical Hacking
8 13 (27.08%) Cryptography
8 13 (27.08%) Kalman Filter
9 12 (25.00%) Cloud Security
10 11 (22.92%) Data Loss Prevention
10 11 (22.92%) Key Management
10 11 (22.92%) Privileged Access Management
10 11 (22.92%) Project Roadmap
10 11 (22.92%) Regulatory Compliance
10 11 (22.92%) Roadmaps
10 11 (22.92%) Secrets Management
10 11 (22.92%) Web Filtering
10 11 (22.92%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.92%) PowerShell
1 11 (22.92%) Python
2 2 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (83.33%) CISSP
2 21 (43.75%) CompTIA Security+
3 19 (39.58%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (35.42%) CEH
5 16 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 16 (33.33%) CCSP
6 15 (31.25%) Degree
7 14 (29.17%) GSEC
8 13 (27.08%) GIAC
9 12 (25.00%) CISM
10 11 (22.92%) SANS
11 6 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (6.25%) CCNA
12 3 (6.25%) CISA
12 3 (6.25%) ISACA
12 3 (6.25%) MCSE
12 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (6.25%) OSCP
13 2 (4.17%) CRISC
13 2 (4.17%) GISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (81.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (37.50%) NIST
3 13 (27.08%) GDPR
4 12 (25.00%) PCI DSS
5 6 (12.50%) ISO 22301
6 2 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (4.17%) GRC
6 2 (4.17%) ISO 9001
7 1 (2.08%) HIPAA
System Software
1 11 (22.92%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (22.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 11 (22.92%) Nmap
2 5 (10.42%) Nessus
3 2 (4.17%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 16 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (27.08%) Splunk
3 11 (22.92%) Qualys
3 11 (22.92%) Rapid7
3 11 (22.92%) Thycotic
4 5 (10.42%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.17%) Cisco
5 2 (4.17%) Citrix
5 2 (4.17%) Darktrace
5 2 (4.17%) VMware
6 1 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.08%) iManage
6 1 (2.08%) Intel
6 1 (2.08%) Palo Alto