SSCP Job Trends in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 229 276
Rank change year-on-year -29 +47 -29
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 9 1 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.060% 0.018% 0.088%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% 0.049% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 7
10th Percentile - - £44,750
25th Percentile £56,250 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.87%
75th Percentile £62,188 - £106,125
90th Percentile £66,125 - £109,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -23.33% +42.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,167 2,053 2,709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.55% 36.18% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,107 835 1,068
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £79,225
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

SSCP job vacancy trend in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SSCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SSCP

SSCP
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
East Midlands -30 5 £58,750 -
West Midlands - 4 - - 2
SSCP
England

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 9 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Security Analyst
3 4 (44.44%) Digital Analyst
3 4 (44.44%) Senior
3 4 (44.44%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (44.44%) Senior Digital Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Business Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) Business Transformation
2 4 (44.44%) Coaching
2 4 (44.44%) Creative Thinking
2 4 (44.44%) Internal Audit
2 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
2 4 (44.44%) Patch Management
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 3 (33.33%) Information Security
4 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 5 (55.56%) CompTIA CySA+
3 4 (44.44%) CISA
3 4 (44.44%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) NIST
2 3 (33.33%) GDPR
2 3 (33.33%) GRC
2 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft