SSCP Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 790 841 1019
Rank change year-on-year +51 +178 -237
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 50 112 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.059% 0.12% 0.089%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.37% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 48 101 85
10th Percentile £55,750 £27,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £31,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £37,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +93.33% -37.50% +3.45%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £68,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £42,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +64.71% -29.17% +3.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

SSCP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,218 30,499 34,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.56% 32.72% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,725 13,726 16,723
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SSCP in England

SSCP
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SSCP in England.

Salary trend for SSCP in England

SSCP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSCP in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SSCP in England

SSCP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
London +98 25 £75,000 +100.00% 2
North of England +63 16 £60,000 +41.18%
Yorkshire - 15 £60,000 -
West Midlands +24 3 £105,000 +87.50%
Midlands +6 3 £105,000 +87.50%
South East +4 3 £45,000 +57.89% 1
East of England - 2 £65,000 -
South West -14 1 - -
North East - 1 £37,500 -
SSCP
UK

SSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.00%) IIS
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 20 (40.00%) Azure
2 15 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (28.00%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (28.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (28.00%) Cloud Computing
3 14 (28.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 29 (58.00%) Firewall
2 16 (32.00%) Network Security
3 14 (28.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 14 (28.00%) LAN
3 14 (28.00%) TCP/IP
3 14 (28.00%) WAN
3 14 (28.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Snyk
General
1 21 (42.00%) Law
2 20 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (30.00%) Finance
4 13 (26.00%) Legal
5 12 (24.00%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (8.00%) Social Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Games
7 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (52.00%) Lead
2 14 (28.00%) Security Engineer
3 13 (26.00%) Team Leader
4 11 (22.00%) Information Security Engineer
5 8 (16.00%) Analyst
6 7 (14.00%) Senior
7 6 (12.00%) Security Analyst
8 5 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (8.00%) Senior Security Engineer
10 3 (6.00%) Head of Information
10 3 (6.00%) Head of Information Security
10 3 (6.00%) Head of Security
10 3 (6.00%) Security Manager
11 2 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 2 (4.00%) Information Security Consultant
11 2 (4.00%) Information Security Manager
11 2 (4.00%) Senior Information Security Consultant
11 2 (4.00%) Senior Information Security Engineer
11 2 (4.00%) SIEM Analyst
11 2 (4.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 30 (60.00%) Management Information System
2 14 (28.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 14 (28.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.00%) CESG
3 1 (2.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (2.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 17 (34.00%) Windows
2 14 (28.00%) Android
2 14 (28.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.00%) Linux
3 2 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (76.00%) Information Security
3 24 (48.00%) SIEM
4 20 (40.00%) Security Operations
4 20 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 19 (38.00%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (32.00%) Cryptography
7 15 (30.00%) Cloud Security
8 14 (28.00%) Data Loss Prevention
8 14 (28.00%) Identity Access Management
8 14 (28.00%) Information Security Management
8 14 (28.00%) Key Management
8 14 (28.00%) Privileged Access Management
8 14 (28.00%) Project Roadmap
8 14 (28.00%) Regulatory Compliance
8 14 (28.00%) Roadmaps
8 14 (28.00%) Secrets Management
8 14 (28.00%) Security Management
8 14 (28.00%) Validation
8 14 (28.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 14 (28.00%) PowerShell
1 14 (28.00%) Python
2 2 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (82.00%) CISSP
2 22 (44.00%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (42.00%) CEH
4 18 (36.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 18 (36.00%) CCSP
5 17 (34.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 15 (30.00%) GSEC
7 14 (28.00%) Degree
7 14 (28.00%) GIAC
7 14 (28.00%) SANS
8 8 (16.00%) CISM
9 6 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (8.00%) CCNA
10 4 (8.00%) MCSE
10 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (8.00%) OSCP
11 3 (6.00%) CISA
11 3 (6.00%) CISMP
11 3 (6.00%) ISACA
12 2 (4.00%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (42.00%) NIST
3 15 (30.00%) PCI DSS
4 14 (28.00%) GDPR
5 2 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (4.00%) GRC
5 2 (4.00%) ISO 22301
5 2 (4.00%) ISO 9001
6 1 (2.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 14 (28.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (28.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 14 (28.00%) Nmap
2 5 (10.00%) Nessus
3 2 (4.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 16 (32.00%) Splunk
2 15 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 14 (28.00%) Qualys
3 14 (28.00%) Rapid7
3 14 (28.00%) Thycotic
4 5 (10.00%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.00%) Cisco
5 2 (4.00%) Citrix
5 2 (4.00%) Darktrace
5 2 (4.00%) VMware
6 1 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.00%) iManage
6 1 (2.00%) Intel
6 1 (2.00%) Palo Alto