The first table below looks at the demand for SSCP in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SSCP over the 3 months to 20 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
Rank 263 277 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.024% 0.011% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.083% 0.037% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £41,750 - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Qualifications
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2407 2686 3006
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 29.36% 30.76% 32.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1992 2215 2642
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
SSCP
England

SSCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England SSCP Salary Trend

SSCP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Essex +37 2 £41,750 -
SSCP
England

SSCP
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 9 (100.00%) CISSP
2 7 (77.78%) ITIL
2 7 (77.78%) PCI DSS
3 5 (55.56%) Information Security
4 4 (44.44%) Firewall
4 4 (44.44%) Information Security Management
4 4 (44.44%) Security Management
4 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
4 4 (44.44%) CISM
4 4 (44.44%) COBIT
4 4 (44.44%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (33.33%) Data Security
6 2 (22.22%) Wealth Management
6 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
6 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
6 2 (22.22%) Degree
7 1 (11.11%) Banking
7 1 (11.11%) Finance
7 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (11.11%) Change Management
7 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (11.11%) BCP

SSCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 (44.44%) Firewall
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Security Manager
2 4 (44.44%) IT Consultant
2 4 (44.44%) Consultant
2 4 (44.44%) Security Consultant
2 4 (44.44%) Team Leader
2 4 (44.44%) IT Security Consultant
3 3 (33.33%) Change Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Information Security
3 4 (44.44%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (44.44%) Information Security Management
3 4 (44.44%) Security Management
4 3 (33.33%) Data Security
5 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
5 2 (22.22%) Wealth Management
5 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
6 1 (11.11%) BCP
6 1 (11.11%) Change Management
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (44.44%) CISM
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) PCI DSS
2 4 (44.44%) COBIT