SSCP Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 - 471
Rank change year-on-year - - +153
Contract jobs citing SSCP 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% - 0.023%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% - 0.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £478 - £478
25th Percentile £501 - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.20%
75th Percentile £606 - £806
90th Percentile £629 - £863
UK median daily rate £700 - £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £69.25
Median hourly rate - - £70.50
75th Percentile - - £71.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £50.96
% change year-on-year - - +62.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

SSCP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SSCP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SSCP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SSCP.

SSCP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SSCP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SSCP over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

SSCP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Information Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security Management
1 2 (66.67%) Security Management
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) SIAM
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
2 2 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) CEH
3 1 (33.33%) CISA
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) GCIH
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) GSEC
3 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Forcepoint
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk