SSCP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 664 534 593
Rank change year-on-year -130 +59 -36
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 13 7 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.015% 0.020% 0.051%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.092% 0.055% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 13
10th Percentile £45,000 £54,800 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,500 - £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +11.32% +4.43%
75th Percentile £67,918 - £77,500
90th Percentile £73,750 - £106,950
UK median annual salary £63,750 £58,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.44% -6.80% +19.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14,181 12,838 14,449
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.42% 36.87% 28.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8,036 4,937 5,991
10th Percentile £30,173 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.89% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

SSCP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SSCP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SSCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SSCP

SSCP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for SSCP in the UK excluding London

SSCP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
North of England - 4 £45,000 - 5
South East -51 3 £62,500 +5.93% 2
Scotland +12 2 £65,029 - 2
East Midlands -33 2 £62,500 - 1
East of England -39 2 £55,000 +5.77%
Midlands -44 2 £62,500 - 3
North West - 2 £45,000 - 4
Yorkshire - 2 £72,500 - 1
SSCP
UK

SSCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (46.15%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (23.08%) AWS
3 3 (23.08%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (15.38%) Mimecast
5 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
5 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) Network Security
3 2 (15.38%) DNS
3 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (7.69%) BGP
4 1 (7.69%) DHCP
4 1 (7.69%) IPsec
4 1 (7.69%) LAN
4 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
4 1 (7.69%) SNMP
4 1 (7.69%) SSL
4 1 (7.69%) VLAN
4 1 (7.69%) VPN
4 1 (7.69%) WAN
4 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
General
1 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Law
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Analyst
2 6 (46.15%) Security Analyst
3 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (30.77%) Security Engineer
5 3 (23.08%) Senior
6 2 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
6 2 (15.38%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 2 (15.38%) IT Engineer
6 2 (15.38%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (15.38%) IT Security Engineer
6 2 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (15.38%) Senior Security Analyst
7 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 1 (7.69%) Lead Network Engineer
7 1 (7.69%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 1 (7.69%) Senior Information Analyst
7 1 (7.69%) Senior Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) PKI
2 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
3 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (76.92%) SIEM
2 9 (69.23%) Incident Response
3 7 (53.85%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (46.15%) Information Security
4 6 (46.15%) Security Operations
5 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (30.77%) Cloud Security
6 4 (30.77%) Data Protection
6 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (23.08%) DevOps
7 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
7 3 (23.08%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (23.08%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (23.08%) Runbook
7 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 2 (15.38%) Blue Team
8 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) CompTIA CySA+
2 8 (61.54%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (30.77%) Degree
4 3 (23.08%) CISSP
5 2 (15.38%) Azure Certification
5 2 (15.38%) CEH
5 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (15.38%) CISM
5 2 (15.38%) GCIH
5 2 (15.38%) SANS
6 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
6 1 (7.69%) CCNP
6 1 (7.69%) CCSP
6 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (7.69%) CRISC
6 1 (7.69%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (23.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (23.08%) GDPR
2 3 (23.08%) NIST
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (15.38%) GRC
3 2 (15.38%) SOC 2
4 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (15.38%) Nessus
2 1 (7.69%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (7.69%) QRadar
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Splunk
3 2 (15.38%) Palo Alto
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco
4 1 (7.69%) CrowdStrike