SSCP Job Trends in the East Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.11% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £59,375 - -
90th Percentile £59,750 - -
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -20.69% +93.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 984 611 869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 22.07% 37.01% 20.92%
Number of salaries quoted 271 216 571
10th Percentile £27,000 £24,649 £25,250
25th Percentile £30,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.53%
75th Percentile £59,375 £60,125 £56,563
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,013 £67,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -5.17%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

SSCP job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

SSCP
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing SSCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing SSCP

SSCP
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 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
Nottinghamshire - 4 £57,500 - 2
Derbyshire - 1 - -
SSCP
England

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (60.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Security Analyst
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Patch Management
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
4 1 (20.00%) Social Engineering
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 4 (80.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (80.00%) NIST
2 3 (60.00%) GDPR
3 2 (40.00%) GRC
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft