SSCP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 124 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs citing SSCP 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.055% 0.051% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,000 - -
Central London median daily rate £850 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 500 509 490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.26% 25.71% 19.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 298 310
10th Percentile £356 £347 £333
25th Percentile £425 £456 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -5.23%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £681
90th Percentile £738 £746 £788
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £26.30 £24.78 £29.39
25th Percentile £26.38 £28.94 £45.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £72.25 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.25% -0.34% +68.60%
75th Percentile £47.25 £112.00 £75.63
90th Percentile £57.90 - £76.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.49 £72.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -63.34% +20.42% +39.53%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

SSCP job vacancy trend in the City of London

SSCP
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SSCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SSCP

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Information Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GSEC
1 1 (100.00%) ISACA
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001