SSCP Job Trends in Scotland

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 142 213
Rank change year-on-year -2 +71 -
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 1 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.027% 0.040% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.21% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £49,125
25th Percentile £62,972 - £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,029 - £51,250
75th Percentile £67,086 - £55,313
90th Percentile - - £55,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +19.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 626 477 799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 17.08% 18.87% 16.80%
Number of salaries quoted 185 182 371
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,313 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,928 £30,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -16.67% +2.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,358 £76,840 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

SSCP job vacancy trend in Scotland

SSCP
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SSCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SSCP

SSCP
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Glasgow - 1 £65,029 -
SSCP
UK

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) ArchiMate
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft