SSCP Contract Job Trends in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SSCP 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.091% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £388 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £463 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £565 £608 £588
% change year-on-year -7.00% +3.40% +38.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,900 1,366 2,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.09% 39.24% 43.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,965 883 1,278
10th Percentile £350 £246 £350
25th Percentile £463 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £645
90th Percentile £730 £656 £723
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 118 163
10th Percentile £18.25 - £21.45
25th Percentile £36.19 £18.87 £45.53
Median hourly rate £61.33 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +143.86% -56.15% -4.42%
75th Percentile £83.00 £69.36 £71.82
90th Percentile £96.00 £81.00 £87.46
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -52.55% -2.86%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SSCP job vacancy trend in the South East

SSCP
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SSCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SSCP

SSCP
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SSCP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SSCP

SSCP
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 September 2026. 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
Thames Valley - 6 £425 - 1
Oxfordshire - 4 - -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £425 - 1
SSCP
England

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 4 (66.67%) IaaS
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (66.67%) PaaS
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 4 (66.67%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Junior
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Defence
1 4 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 3 (50.00%) SCADA
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Unix
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 6 (100.00%) SABSA
1 6 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 6 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 5 (83.33%) Risk Assessment
2 5 (83.33%) Risk Register
2 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 4 (66.67%) Change Control
3 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 4 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 4 (66.67%) Incident Management
3 4 (66.67%) Internal Audit
3 4 (66.67%) ITSM
3 4 (66.67%) OWASP
3 4 (66.67%) Remediation Plan
3 4 (66.67%) SIEM
3 4 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (66.67%) CESG Certified Professional
3 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (66.67%) CISM
3 4 (66.67%) CRISC
3 4 (66.67%) GIAC
3 4 (66.67%) GSEC
3 4 (66.67%) SANS
4 3 (50.00%) Degree
5 2 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (16.67%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
2 4 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (66.67%) ISO 31000
2 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (16.67%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft