SSCP Contracts in England

(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 504 539 624
Rank change year-on-year +35 +85 +143
Contract jobs citing SSCP 7 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.026% 0.020% 0.009%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.083% 0.065% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £575 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +41.18% -29.17%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £438
90th Percentile £713 - -
UK median daily rate £565 £550 £425
% change year-on-year +2.73% +29.41% -29.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £31.41
UK median hourly rate - - £31.41

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,419 10,836 12,759
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.88% 30.63% 27.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,310 6,837 8,413
10th Percentile £283 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £716 £738 £745
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 611 884 626
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.32 £43.00 £56.45
Median % change year-on-year -41.12% -23.82% +34.39%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £77.50 £82.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £57.33
% change year-on-year -41.51% -25.00% +27.51%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SSCP in England

SSCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SSCP in England.

Daily rate trend for SSCP in England

SSCP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SSCP in England over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SSCP in England

SSCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SSCP in England.

Hourly rate trend for SSCP in England

SSCP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the England region over the 6 months to 21 July 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
London +36 5 £525 -12.50% 6
South West +38 1 £725 - 1
SSCP
UK

SSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Stack
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
1 1 (14.29%) IaaS
1 1 (14.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Modbus
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
2 1 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (14.29%) SCADA
2 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (71.43%) Incident Response
1 5 (71.43%) Security Operations
1 5 (71.43%) Threat Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 4 (57.14%) SIEM
2 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (42.86%) Information Security
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) SOAR
4 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
5 1 (14.29%) DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) DevSecOps
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Transformation
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Threat Management
5 1 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Bash
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (42.86%) CEH
2 3 (42.86%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
4 1 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (14.29%) CCSP
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) GCIH
4 1 (14.29%) GIAC
4 1 (14.29%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle
2 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow
2 4 (57.14%) Splunk
3 3 (42.86%) Salesforce
3 3 (42.86%) SAP
4 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco