SSCP Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SSCP 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.24% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.43% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £388 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £463 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £425 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 463 95 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 55.58% 29.78% 40.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 60 126
10th Percentile £412 £303 £319
25th Percentile £475 £404 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £496 £465
Median % change year-on-year +10.83% +6.84% -8.92%
75th Percentile £610 £560 £538
90th Percentile £638 £636 £590
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 2
10th Percentile £14.27 £15.17 £30.80
25th Percentile £15.40 £21.51 £32.00
Median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.96% -26.03% +150.55%
75th Percentile £43.75 - £36.00
90th Percentile - - £37.20
South East median hourly rate £61.33 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +143.86% -56.15% -4.42%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SSCP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

SSCP job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

SSCP
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing SSCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing SSCP

SSCP
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing SSCP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing SSCP

SSCP
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 5 September 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
High Wycombe - 2 £425 - 1
SSCP
South East

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Military
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Junior
1 1 (50.00%) Junior Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) SABSA
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) Workload Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NIST