SSCP Contract Job Trends in Leeds

(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SSCP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.17% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - -
75th Percentile £530 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £520 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 194 169 187
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 32.28% 23.50% 17.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 132 143
10th Percentile £350 £351 £350
25th Percentile £400 £406 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -15.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £545 £663
90th Percentile £650 £600 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £463 £550
% change year-on-year +8.11% -15.91% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £34.50 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £38.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +29.17% +66.67%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for SSCP in Leeds

SSCP
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing SSCP

SSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid7