SSCP Contracts in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 393 460
Rank change year-on-year +35 +67 +141
DemandTrendContract jobs citing SSCP 7 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.052% 0.018% 0.013%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.075% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £363 - -
25th Percentile £525 £575 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +41.18% -32.67%
75th Percentile £856 £625 £438
90th Percentile £975 - -
England median daily rate £608 £600 £425
% change year-on-year +1.25% +41.18% -32.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,529 3,985 5,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.39% 24.51% 22.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,383 2,699 3,568
10th Percentile £338 £350 £363
25th Percentile £431 £439 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% -2.27% -1.79%
75th Percentile £656 £650 £675
90th Percentile £749 £769 £788
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 67 78
10th Percentile £18.83 £18.03 £19.11
25th Percentile £25.09 £22.00 £32.56
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.62 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.46% -42.51% +23.44%
75th Percentile £46.25 £46.25 £72.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £64.70 £84.35
England median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £55.00
% change year-on-year -48.21% -11.71% +22.22%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SSCP in London

SSCP
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SSCP

SSCP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SSCP in London over the 6 months to 26 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SSCP in London

SSCP
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London - 1 £1,000 - 4
SSCP
England

SSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Law
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Security Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (14.29%) Head of Information
4 1 (14.29%) Head of Security
4 1 (14.29%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (14.29%) CSOC
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (14.29%) NHS
3 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Incident Response
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security
1 5 (71.43%) Security Operations
2 4 (57.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) SIEM
2 4 (57.14%) Threat Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (42.86%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) SOAR
4 2 (28.57%) ISMS
5 1 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management
5 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Bash
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
1 3 (42.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (42.86%) CEH
2 3 (42.86%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) CISA
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (28.57%) GIAC
3 2 (28.57%) GSEC
3 2 (28.57%) ISACA
3 2 (28.57%) SANS
4 1 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) NCSC
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Salesforce
2 3 (42.86%) SAP
2 3 (42.86%) Splunk
3 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco