The first table below looks at the demand for SSCP in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SSCP over the 3 months to 17 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
Rank 154 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.096% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.340% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £80,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
883 1072 1044
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 28.21% 31.17% 30.37%
Number of salaries quoted 505 781 777
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
SSCP
UK

SSCP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Edinburgh - 3 £80,000 -
SSCP
UK

SSCP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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%) CISSP
2 6 (85.71%) Management Information System
2 6 (85.71%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (71.43%) Finance
3 5 (71.43%) GIAC
3 5 (71.43%) Firewall
4 4 (57.14%) Information Security
5 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
5 3 (42.86%) Cryptography
5 3 (42.86%) Information Management
5 3 (42.86%) CEH
5 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (42.86%) Security Management
5 3 (42.86%) CISA
5 3 (42.86%) CISM
5 3 (42.86%) ITIL
5 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (42.86%) UNIX
5 3 (42.86%) Windows
5 3 (42.86%) LAN
5 3 (42.86%) WAN
5 3 (42.86%) CCSP
5 3 (42.86%) ITIL V3
5 3 (42.86%) SIEM
6 2 (28.57%) COSO
6 2 (28.57%) COBIT
6 2 (28.57%) Project Management
6 2 (28.57%) QiCA
6 2 (28.57%) Banking
7 1 (14.29%) Asset Management

SSCP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 6 (85.71%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (71.43%) Firewall
3 3 (42.86%) LAN
3 3 (42.86%) WAN
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Security Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Information Security Officer
2 2 (28.57%) Security Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Information Security Officer
3 1 (14.29%) Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Management Information System
2 3 (42.86%) Cryptography
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) UNIX
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL V3
2 3 (42.86%) SIEM
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Security Management
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Information Management
2 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CISSP
2 5 (71.43%) GIAC
3 3 (42.86%) CEH
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (42.86%) CISA
3 3 (42.86%) CISM
3 3 (42.86%) CCSP
4 2 (28.57%) QiCA
5 1 (14.29%) PMP
5 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
5 1 (14.29%) ISSMP
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) COBIT
1 2 (28.57%) COSO
2 1 (14.29%) BS7799
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001