The first table below looks at the demand for SSCP in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
Rank 144 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.115% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.455% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £22,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Qualifications
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
659 565 373
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 25.35% 26.75% 20.68%
Number of salaries quoted 499 471 329
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +10.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
SSCP
West Yorkshire

SSCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds SSCP Salary Trend

SSCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 7 (100.00%) GCIH
1 7 (100.00%) CEH
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) SIEM
3 4 (57.14%) GCED
3 4 (57.14%) Degree
3 4 (57.14%) GCFA
3 4 (57.14%) UNIX
3 4 (57.14%) Windows
3 4 (57.14%) CISSP
4 3 (42.86%) CISM
4 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
4 3 (42.86%) GCIA
5 2 (28.57%) Information Security
5 2 (28.57%) Service Management
5 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
5 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (28.57%) Firewall
5 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
5 2 (28.57%) Finance
5 2 (28.57%) Perl
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) Python
5 2 (28.57%) PhD
5 2 (28.57%) Cyber Security
5 2 (28.57%) Marketing
6 1 (14.29%) ArcSight
6 1 (14.29%) LogLogic
6 1 (14.29%) Q1 Labs

SSCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Security Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Team Leader
2 2 (28.57%) Head of Service Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Operations Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Service Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Services Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) UNIX
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) SIEM
2 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Security
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Perl
1 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) GCIH
1 7 (100.00%) CEH
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) GCED
3 4 (57.14%) Degree
3 4 (57.14%) GCFA
3 4 (57.14%) CISSP
4 3 (42.86%) CISM
4 3 (42.86%) GCIA
5 2 (28.57%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) HP
1 1 (14.29%) EMC
1 1 (14.29%) Novell
1 1 (14.29%) Symantec
1 1 (14.29%) Tripwire
1 1 (14.29%) ArcSight
1 1 (14.29%) LogLogic
1 1 (14.29%) Q1 Labs