SSCP Contract Job Trends in Scotland

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 112 115 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing SSCP 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.19% 0.23% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.79% 0.97% -
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 -
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -10.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 382 414 696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 24.35% 24.24% 29.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 238 404
10th Percentile £175 £184 £194
25th Percentile £344 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £540 £561 £600
90th Percentile £638 £670 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 19 31
10th Percentile £19.23 £15.60 £32.14
25th Percentile £19.38 £17.63 £49.38
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.09 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% -63.18% +111.55%
75th Percentile £25.15 £25.97 £62.50
90th Percentile £29.41 £36.10 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.71 £53.50
% change year-on-year -39.70% -22.05% +18.89%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

SSCP job vacancy trend in Scotland

SSCP
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SSCP

SSCP
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 December 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
Glasgow -4 3 £575 +9.52% 1
SSCP
UK

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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