SSCP Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 74 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Contract jobs citing SSCP 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.40% 0.54% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.54% 2.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - £473 -
25th Percentile £563 £488 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% - -
75th Percentile £594 £544 -
90th Percentile £598 £548 -
Scotland median daily rate £575 £525 -
% change year-on-year +9.52% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 195 200 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 25.83% 27.10% 30.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 119 166
10th Percentile £181 £301 £236
25th Percentile £357 £370 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.12% -7.10% +5.26%
75th Percentile £548 £594 £638
90th Percentile £657 £700 £700
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 0
10th Percentile - £16.75 -
25th Percentile £16.84 £17.19 -
Median hourly rate £17.45 £22.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.32% - -
75th Percentile £23.60 £32.81 -
90th Percentile £26.93 £38.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.09 £60.00
% change year-on-year -9.46% -63.18% +111.55%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

SSCP job vacancy trend in Glasgow

SSCP
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SSCP

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architect
2 2 (66.67%) IT Architect
2 2 (66.67%) IT Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Active Listening
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) ArchiMate
2 1 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Bill of Materials
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) ISMS
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) SABSA
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft