(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 843 849 1111
Rank change year-on-year +6 +262 -300
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 53 121 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.054% 0.12% 0.079%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.35% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 51 109 90
10th Percentile £51,250 £27,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £31,250 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +64.71% -29.17% +3.45%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £68,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +41.18% -29.17% +12.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SSCP in the UK

SSCP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SSCP.

Salary trend for SSCP in the UK

SSCP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSCP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SSCP in the UK

SSCP
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +51 50 £72,500 +93.33% 3
Work from Home +63 33 £72,500 +123.08% 3
UK excluding London -11 28 £60,000 +41.18% 2
London +98 25 £75,000 +100.00% 2
North of England +63 16 £60,000 +41.18%
Yorkshire - 15 £60,000 -
West Midlands +24 3 £105,000 +87.50%
Midlands +6 3 £105,000 +87.50%
South East +4 3 £45,000 +57.89% 1
Scotland - 2 £50,000 - 1
East of England - 2 £65,000 -
South West -14 1 - -
North East - 1 £37,500 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £57,500 -

SSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.77%) IIS
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 22 (41.51%) Azure
2 17 (32.08%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (30.19%) Azure Sentinel
4 14 (26.42%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (26.42%) Cloud Computing
4 14 (26.42%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (3.77%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 31 (58.49%) Firewall
2 16 (30.19%) Network Security
3 15 (28.30%) Wireshark
4 14 (26.42%) Intrusion Detection
4 14 (26.42%) LAN
4 14 (26.42%) TCP/IP
4 14 (26.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) AppScan
1 1 (1.89%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.89%) Metasploit
1 1 (1.89%) Snyk
General
1 21 (39.62%) Law
2 20 (37.74%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (28.30%) Finance
4 13 (24.53%) Legal
5 12 (22.64%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (7.55%) Social Skills
7 2 (3.77%) Games
7 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (49.06%) Lead
2 14 (26.42%) Security Engineer
3 13 (24.53%) Team Leader
4 11 (20.75%) Information Security Engineer
5 10 (18.87%) Analyst
6 9 (16.98%) Senior
7 8 (15.09%) Security Analyst
8 7 (13.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (7.55%) Senior Security Engineer
10 3 (5.66%) Head of Information
10 3 (5.66%) Head of Information Security
10 3 (5.66%) Head of Security
10 3 (5.66%) Security Manager
11 2 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 2 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
11 2 (3.77%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
11 2 (3.77%) Senior Information Security Consultant
11 2 (3.77%) Senior Information Security Engineer
11 2 (3.77%) SIEM Analyst
11 2 (3.77%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 30 (56.60%) Management Information System
2 14 (26.42%) Security Operations Centre
2 14 (26.42%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.89%) CESG
3 1 (1.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (1.89%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 17 (32.08%) Windows
2 14 (26.42%) Android
2 14 (26.42%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.77%) Linux
3 2 (3.77%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.89%) Kali Linux
4 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (90.57%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (71.70%) Information Security
3 24 (45.28%) SIEM
4 22 (41.51%) Security Operations
5 20 (37.74%) Vulnerability Management
6 19 (35.85%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (32.08%) Ethical Hacking
8 16 (30.19%) Cryptography
9 15 (28.30%) Cloud Security
10 14 (26.42%) Agile
10 14 (26.42%) Data Loss Prevention
10 14 (26.42%) DevOps
10 14 (26.42%) Identity Access Management
10 14 (26.42%) Key Management
10 14 (26.42%) Privileged Access Management
10 14 (26.42%) Project Roadmap
10 14 (26.42%) Regulatory Compliance
10 14 (26.42%) Roadmaps
10 14 (26.42%) Secrets Management
10 14 (26.42%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 14 (26.42%) PowerShell
1 14 (26.42%) Python
2 2 (3.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (83.02%) CISSP
2 22 (41.51%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (39.62%) CEH
4 19 (35.85%) CompTIA Security+
5 18 (33.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 18 (33.96%) CCSP
6 16 (30.19%) Degree
7 15 (28.30%) GSEC
8 14 (26.42%) GIAC
8 14 (26.42%) SANS
9 11 (20.75%) CISM
10 6 (11.32%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (9.43%) OSCP
12 4 (7.55%) CCNA
12 4 (7.55%) CISA
12 4 (7.55%) MCSE
12 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (5.66%) CISMP
13 3 (5.66%) CRISC
13 3 (5.66%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (79.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (39.62%) NIST
3 15 (28.30%) PCI DSS
4 14 (26.42%) GDPR
5 4 (7.55%) ISO 22301
6 2 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.77%) GRC
6 2 (3.77%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.89%) HIPAA
System Software
1 14 (26.42%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (26.42%) Microsoft Intune
1 14 (26.42%) Nmap
2 6 (11.32%) Nessus
3 2 (3.77%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 17 (32.08%) Microsoft
2 16 (30.19%) Splunk
3 14 (26.42%) Qualys
3 14 (26.42%) Rapid7
3 14 (26.42%) Thycotic
4 5 (9.43%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.77%) Cisco
5 2 (3.77%) Citrix
5 2 (3.77%) Darktrace
5 2 (3.77%) VMware
6 1 (1.89%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.89%) iManage
6 1 (1.89%) Intel
6 1 (1.89%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.89%) Trustwave