SSCP Job Trends in the Thames Valley

(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 167 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.018% 0.033% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.079% 0.066% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £59,498 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £42,500 £59,498 £45,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +32.22% +57.89%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,259 1,516 2,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.61% 50.13% 37.51%
Number of salaries quoted 615 426 1,612
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,375 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,375 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +7.84% +2.00%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

SSCP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

SSCP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SSCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SSCP

SSCP
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £42,500 - 1
SSCP
South East

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk