The first table below looks at the demand for SSCP in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SSCP over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Qualifications
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
861 1127 1118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 33.74% 39.06% 36.70%
Number of salaries quoted 732 918 1027
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £53,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
SSCP
East of England

SSCP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SSCP across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Cambridgeshire SSCP Jobs Demand Trend

SSCP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SSCP across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire SSCP Salary Trend

SSCP
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing SSCP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SSCP.

1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) CISM
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 4 (100.00%) Security Management
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (100.00%) COBIT
1 4 (100.00%) PCI DSS

SSCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing SSCP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SSCP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) IT Consultant
1 4 (100.00%) Consultant
1 4 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 4 (100.00%) Team Leader
1 4 (100.00%) IT Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 4 (100.00%) Security Management
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
1 4 (100.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) COBIT
1 4 (100.00%) PCI DSS