SSCP Jobs with Work from Home Options

(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 601 780
Rank change year-on-year +45 +179 -240
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 33 60 62
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.098% 0.14% 0.091%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 0.57% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 33 58 42
10th Percentile £55,750 - £27,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £27,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £32,500 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year +123.08% -47.37% +5.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 £37,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £78,500 £57,225 £93,900
UK median annual salary £68,750 £42,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +61.76% -29.17% +3.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,505 10,536 15,647
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.15% 25.40% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,902 6,443 8,544
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,313
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,525
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SSCP trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SSCP.

SSCP salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SSCP over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

SSCP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (42.42%) Azure
2 13 (39.39%) Azure DevOps
2 13 (39.39%) Azure Sentinel
2 13 (39.39%) Cloud Computing
2 13 (39.39%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (39.39%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (75.76%) Firewall
2 13 (39.39%) LAN
2 13 (39.39%) Network Security
2 13 (39.39%) TCP/IP
2 13 (39.39%) WAN
2 13 (39.39%) Wireshark
3 12 (36.36%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 18 (54.55%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (51.52%) Law
3 13 (39.39%) Finance
4 12 (36.36%) Documentation Skills
4 12 (36.36%) Legal
5 1 (3.03%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (63.64%) Lead
2 13 (39.39%) Security Engineer
3 11 (33.33%) Information Security Engineer
4 9 (27.27%) Team Leader
5 7 (21.21%) Analyst
6 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (15.15%) Security Analyst
7 4 (12.12%) Senior
7 4 (12.12%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (6.06%) Senior Information Security Engineer
8 2 (6.06%) SIEM Analyst
8 2 (6.06%) SOC Analyst
9 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Manager
9 1 (3.03%) IT Infrastructure Manager
9 1 (3.03%) IT Manager
9 1 (3.03%) IT Security Manager
9 1 (3.03%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 25 (75.76%) Management Information System
2 14 (42.42%) Security Posture
3 13 (39.39%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (39.39%) Android
1 13 (39.39%) Apple iOS
1 13 (39.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (78.79%) Information Security
3 20 (60.61%) SIEM
4 18 (54.55%) Vulnerability Management
5 17 (51.52%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (45.45%) Security Operations
7 13 (39.39%) Agile
7 13 (39.39%) Cloud Security
7 13 (39.39%) Data Loss Prevention
7 13 (39.39%) DevOps
7 13 (39.39%) Identity Access Management
7 13 (39.39%) Key Management
7 13 (39.39%) Privileged Access Management
7 13 (39.39%) Process Improvement
7 13 (39.39%) Project Roadmap
7 13 (39.39%) Regulatory Compliance
7 13 (39.39%) Roadmaps
7 13 (39.39%) Secrets Management
7 13 (39.39%) Validation
7 13 (39.39%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 13 (39.39%) PowerShell
1 13 (39.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (84.85%) CISSP
2 15 (45.45%) CEH
3 14 (42.42%) GIAC
3 14 (42.42%) GSEC
4 13 (39.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 13 (39.39%) CCSP
4 13 (39.39%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (39.39%) SANS
5 6 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (18.18%) Degree
6 5 (15.15%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (6.06%) GCFE
7 2 (6.06%) GISP
8 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
8 1 (3.03%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (78.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (39.39%) GDPR
2 13 (39.39%) NIST
2 13 (39.39%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 13 (39.39%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (39.39%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (39.39%) Nmap
2 5 (15.15%) Nessus
Vendors
1 15 (45.45%) Splunk
2 14 (42.42%) Microsoft
3 13 (39.39%) Qualys
3 13 (39.39%) Rapid7
3 13 (39.39%) Thycotic
4 5 (15.15%) ServiceNow
5 2 (6.06%) Darktrace