SSCP Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SSCP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.092% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £565 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 202 52 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 18.67% 13.10% 16.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 37 39
10th Percentile £401 £325 £387
25th Percentile £451 £360 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.22% -14.29% -16.00%
75th Percentile £631 £538 £576
90th Percentile £688 £620 £655
South Yorkshire median daily rate £514 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +14.22% -14.29% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 0
10th Percentile £21.33 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +39.30% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £18.50 -
% change year-on-year +39.30% - -

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

SSCP job vacancy trend in Sheffield

SSCP
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing SSCP

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Kerberos
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FIDO
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) SAML
1 1 (100.00%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) iSeries
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Okta