SSCP Jobs in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 673 783 832
Rank change year-on-year +110 +49 +199
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 16 48 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.056% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.065% 0.20% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8 46 95
10th Percentile £52,350 £55,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £71,250 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.30% +90.00% -37.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £68,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £68,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.36% +61.76% -29.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,603 24,405 29,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.38% 28.47% 32.69%
Number of salaries quoted 10,100 15,750 13,469
10th Percentile £32,110 £28,500 £31,350
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,019
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,563
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.34% +8.30%

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 14 May 2025.

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 14 May 2025. 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 +103 12 £57,500 -23.33% 7
North of England +39 3 £55,000 -8.33% 2
North West - 2 £55,000 - 2
East of England +45 1 £52,000 -20.00% 1
North East +44 1 - -
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) AWS
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) Link 16
1 7 (43.75%) RS-232
1 7 (43.75%) RS-485
1 7 (43.75%) Tactical Data Link
1 7 (43.75%) TCP/IP
1 7 (43.75%) VLAN
2 5 (31.25%) Firewall
3 1 (6.25%) LAN
3 1 (6.25%) NGFW
3 1 (6.25%) SAN
3 1 (6.25%) VoIP
3 1 (6.25%) VPN
3 1 (6.25%) WAN
3 1 (6.25%) Wireless
General
1 9 (56.25%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (43.75%) Military
2 7 (43.75%) Telecoms
3 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Aviation
4 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Field Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Security Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (43.75%) Communications Security
2 7 (43.75%) Key Management
2 7 (43.75%) Preventative Maintenance
3 6 (37.50%) Risk Management
4 5 (31.25%) SIEM
5 4 (25.00%) Application Security
5 4 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (25.00%) Data Security
5 4 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 4 (25.00%) Security Management
6 3 (18.75%) Information Security
7 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
7 2 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Risk Register
7 2 (12.50%) Runbook
7 2 (12.50%) Security Operations
7 2 (12.50%) Threat Analysis
8 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (6.25%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) C
1 7 (43.75%) R
2 2 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) Degree
2 9 (56.25%) CompTIA Security+
3 8 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (50.00%) CISM
3 8 (50.00%) CISSP
3 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 7 (43.75%) CCNA
4 7 (43.75%) CCNP
4 7 (43.75%) GSEC
5 4 (25.00%) CISA
6 3 (18.75%) CEH
7 2 (12.50%) CRISC
7 2 (12.50%) GCIH
7 2 (12.50%) GIAC
7 2 (12.50%) GISF
7 2 (12.50%) ISACA
7 2 (12.50%) SANS
8 1 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (6.25%) CASP
8 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) MIL-STD-1553
2 6 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (37.50%) NIST
3 4 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (25.00%) NCSC
3 4 (25.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (12.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Aruba
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco
2 1 (6.25%) Dell
2 1 (6.25%) EMC
2 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
2 1 (6.25%) VMware