SSCP Job Trends in Manchester

(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.015% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
North West median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 -
% change year-on-year -18.18% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 854 825 957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 13.05% 32.78% 20.28%
Number of salaries quoted 601 399 616
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,480 £28,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £33,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,075 £70,000 £66,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,750 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -13.04%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

SSCP job vacancy trend in Manchester

SSCP
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SSCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SSCP

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk