SSCP Contract Job Trends in Abingdon

(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
Oxfordshire > Abingdon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Abingdon with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SSCP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Abingdon 4.17% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 9.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Abingdon

SSCP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Abingdon.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Abingdon 45.83% 25.00% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £426 - -
25th Percentile £453 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - -
75th Percentile £506 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £440 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -12.00% +17.65% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £26.51 - -
25th Percentile £35.79 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £25.45 £37.03 £48.75
% change year-on-year -31.27% -24.04% +73.12%

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Abingdon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GSEC
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 31000
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft