SSCP Contract Job Trends in Central London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 132 152
Rank change year-on-year +7 +20 +58
Contract jobs citing SSCP 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.11% 0.043% 0.034%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.40% 0.17% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £730 - -
25th Percentile £775 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.62%
75th Percentile £925 - £438
90th Percentile £970 - -
London median daily rate £565 £600 £425
% change year-on-year -5.83% +41.18% -34.62%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 505 574 625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 26.64% 24.59% 21.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 355 345 380
10th Percentile £331 £350 £325
25th Percentile £433 £456 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £644 £688
90th Percentile £738 £750 £790
London median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 6
10th Percentile £25.04 £23.10 £15.13
25th Percentile £25.47 £27.00 £18.23
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £39.47
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -17.65% -8.48%
75th Percentile £34.48 £112.00 £71.56
90th Percentile £52.16 - £75.63
London median hourly rate £25.15 £41.91 £53.25
% change year-on-year -39.99% -21.30% +19.52%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

SSCP job vacancy trend in Central London

SSCP
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SSCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SSCP

SSCP
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SSCP in Central London over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SSCP in Central London

SSCP
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 November 2025. 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
City of London 0 1 £1,000 - 3
City of Westminster - 1 £700 - 1
SSCP
London

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) GIAC
2 1 (50.00%) GSEC
2 1 (50.00%) ISACA
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800