SSCP Jobs in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 375 426
Rank change year-on-year +49 +51 -8
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 3 16 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.026% 0.091% 0.023%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.044% 0.41% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 2 16 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +41.18% -19.05%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,125 £46,250
90th Percentile - £67,500 -
England median annual salary £57,500 £71,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year -19.30% +90.00% -37.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,820 3,917 5,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 59.01% 22.38% 30.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,202 2,687 1,758
10th Percentile £27,775 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,748 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,734 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -11.20% +15.54%
75th Percentile £58,943 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for SSCP in the North of England

SSCP
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for SSCP in the North of England

SSCP
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
North West - 2 £55,000 - 2
North East +46 1 - -
SSCP
England

SSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 (66.67%) AWS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) Runbook
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CEH
1 3 (100.00%) CISA
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (66.67%) CRISC
2 2 (66.67%) GCIH
2 2 (66.67%) GIAC
2 2 (66.67%) GISF
2 2 (66.67%) ISACA
2 2 (66.67%) SANS
3 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft