SSCP Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.058% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £42,500 £59,498 £45,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +32.22% +57.89%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

SSCP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 413 319 710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 23.80% 43.52% 36.50%
Number of salaries quoted 222 105 283
10th Percentile £20,000 £33,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,063 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,875 £50,967 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% +13.26% -3.23%
75th Percentile £64,470 £62,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,833 £70,000
South East median annual salary £56,883 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +3.42% +7.84% +2.00%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

SSCP job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

SSCP
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing SSCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing SSCP

SSCP
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Aylesbury - 1 £42,500 - 1
SSCP
South East

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk