SSCP Jobs in the UK excluding London

(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 733 699 750
Rank change year-on-year -34 +51 -87
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 30 49 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.042% 0.083% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% 0.23% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 28 46 70
10th Percentile £48,500 - £27,750
25th Percentile £55,563 £27,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -29.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £82,813
90th Percentile £81,300 £68,750 £84,675
UK median annual salary £67,500 £42,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +58.82% -29.17% +3.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,508 21,700 22,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.28% 36.77% 31.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,216 8,056 10,336
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,063 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,090 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.01% +4.18% +1.83%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,000 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SSCP in the UK excluding London

SSCP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SSCP in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SSCP in the UK excluding London

SSCP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SSCP in the UK excluding London

SSCP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
North of England +59 16 £60,000 +41.18% 7
Yorkshire - 15 £60,000 - 6
Scotland - 4 £50,000 - 1
West Midlands +14 3 £105,000 +77.22% 1
Midlands -7 3 £105,000 +77.22% 1
South East -25 3 £45,000 +57.89% 1
East of England - 2 £65,000 -
Northern Ireland +23 1 £57,500 +35.29%
South West -30 1 - -
North East - 1 £37,500 -
SSCP
UK

SSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (6.67%) IIS
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 16 (53.33%) Azure
2 11 (36.67%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (6.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (43.33%) Firewall
2 8 (26.67%) Network Security
3 7 (23.33%) Wireshark
4 6 (20.00%) LAN
4 6 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (20.00%) WAN
5 2 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) AppScan
1 1 (3.33%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.33%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Law
3 6 (20.00%) Finance
4 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Games
6 1 (3.33%) Legal
6 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Analyst
2 11 (36.67%) Lead
3 10 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 10 (33.33%) Team Leader
4 9 (30.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 6 (20.00%) Information Security Engineer
5 6 (20.00%) Security Engineer
6 4 (13.33%) Senior
6 4 (13.33%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (13.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (13.33%) Senior Security Analyst
7 3 (10.00%) Head of Information
7 3 (10.00%) Head of Information Security
7 3 (10.00%) Head of Security
8 2 (6.67%) SIEM Analyst
8 2 (6.67%) SOC Analyst
9 1 (3.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
9 1 (3.33%) IT Security Manager
9 1 (3.33%) Security Manager
9 1 (3.33%) Vulnerability Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Management Information System
2 6 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (6.67%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.33%) CESG
4 1 (3.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (30.00%) Windows
2 6 (20.00%) Android
2 6 (20.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (6.67%) Linux
3 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.33%) Kali Linux
4 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (96.67%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (53.33%) Security Operations
2 16 (53.33%) SIEM
3 14 (46.67%) Information Security
4 11 (36.67%) Ethical Hacking
4 11 (36.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (26.67%) Cryptography
6 7 (23.33%) Cloud Security
6 7 (23.33%) People Management
6 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
7 6 (20.00%) DevOps
7 6 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (20.00%) Key Management
7 6 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
7 6 (20.00%) Project Roadmap
7 6 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
7 6 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 6 (20.00%) Secrets Management
7 6 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (70.00%) CISSP
2 18 (60.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 15 (50.00%) Degree
4 13 (43.33%) CEH
5 11 (36.67%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (36.67%) CISM
6 7 (23.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 7 (23.33%) CCSP
7 6 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (20.00%) SANS
8 5 (16.67%) OSCP
9 4 (13.33%) CCNA
9 4 (13.33%) MCSE
9 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (10.00%) GSEC
11 2 (6.67%) CISA
11 2 (6.67%) GCFE
11 2 (6.67%) GIAC
11 2 (6.67%) GISP
11 2 (6.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (43.33%) NIST
3 7 (23.33%) PCI DSS
4 4 (13.33%) ISO 22301
5 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (6.67%) GDPR
5 2 (6.67%) GRC
6 1 (3.33%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (20.00%) Nessus
1 6 (20.00%) Nmap
2 2 (6.67%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (26.67%) Splunk
3 6 (20.00%) Qualys
3 6 (20.00%) Rapid7
3 6 (20.00%) Thycotic
4 5 (16.67%) ServiceNow
5 2 (6.67%) Cisco
5 2 (6.67%) Citrix
5 2 (6.67%) Darktrace
5 2 (6.67%) VMware
6 1 (3.33%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (3.33%) iManage
6 1 (3.33%) Intel
6 1 (3.33%) Trustwave