SSCP Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 743 710 757
Rank change year-on-year -33 +47 -106
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 28 52 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.040% 0.085% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.23% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 27 49 69
10th Percentile £48,000 - £27,750
25th Percentile £55,750 £27,750 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -29.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £84,650 £68,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £42,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +64.71% -29.17% +3.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

SSCP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,399 22,250 22,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.56% 36.28% 31.50%
Number of salaries quoted 12,216 8,233 10,363
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,039 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +0.20%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SSCP in the UK excluding London

SSCP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SSCP in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SSCP in the UK excluding London

SSCP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024. 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 +57 16 £60,000 +41.18% 2
Yorkshire - 15 £60,000 - 2
West Midlands +19 3 £105,000 +77.22%
Midlands +16 3 £105,000 +77.22%
South East 0 3 £45,000 +57.89% 3
Scotland - 2 £50,000 - 2
East of England - 2 £65,000 -
South West -39 1 - - 1
North East - 1 £37,500 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £57,500 -
SSCP
UK

SSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.14%) IIS
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 14 (50.00%) Azure
2 9 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (21.43%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (39.29%) Firewall
2 8 (28.57%) Network Security
3 7 (25.00%) Wireshark
4 6 (21.43%) LAN
4 6 (21.43%) TCP/IP
4 6 (21.43%) WAN
5 2 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) AppScan
1 1 (3.57%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.57%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Law
3 6 (21.43%) Finance
4 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Games
6 1 (3.57%) Legal
6 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Lead
2 10 (35.71%) Analyst
2 10 (35.71%) Team Leader
3 8 (28.57%) Security Analyst
4 7 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 6 (21.43%) Information Security Engineer
5 6 (21.43%) Security Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Head of Information
6 3 (10.71%) Head of Information Security
6 3 (10.71%) Head of Security
7 2 (7.14%) Senior
7 2 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) Senior Security Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) SIEM Analyst
7 2 (7.14%) SOC Analyst
8 1 (3.57%) Architect
8 1 (3.57%) Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (3.57%) IT Manager
8 1 (3.57%) Penetration Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (21.43%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (7.14%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.57%) CESG
4 1 (3.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (3.57%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) Windows
2 6 (21.43%) Android
2 6 (21.43%) Apple iOS
3 2 (7.14%) Linux
3 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.57%) Kali Linux
4 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (96.43%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (57.14%) SIEM
3 14 (50.00%) Information Security
3 14 (50.00%) Security Operations
4 11 (39.29%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (32.14%) Ethical Hacking
6 8 (28.57%) Cryptography
7 7 (25.00%) Cloud Security
7 7 (25.00%) People Management
7 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (21.43%) Data Loss Prevention
8 6 (21.43%) DevOps
8 6 (21.43%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (21.43%) Key Management
8 6 (21.43%) Privileged Access Management
8 6 (21.43%) Project Roadmap
8 6 (21.43%) Regulatory Compliance
8 6 (21.43%) Roadmaps
8 6 (21.43%) Secrets Management
8 6 (21.43%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) PowerShell
1 6 (21.43%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (67.86%) CISSP
2 16 (57.14%) CompTIA Security+
3 15 (53.57%) Degree
4 13 (46.43%) CEH
5 11 (39.29%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (32.14%) CISM
7 7 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (25.00%) CCSP
8 6 (21.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (21.43%) SANS
9 5 (17.86%) OSCP
10 4 (14.29%) CCNA
10 4 (14.29%) MCSE
10 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (10.71%) GSEC
12 2 (7.14%) CISA
12 2 (7.14%) GCFE
12 2 (7.14%) GIAC
12 2 (7.14%) GISP
12 2 (7.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (64.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (46.43%) NIST
3 7 (25.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (7.14%) GDPR
4 2 (7.14%) GRC
4 2 (7.14%) ISO 22301
5 1 (3.57%) HIPAA
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (21.43%) Nessus
1 6 (21.43%) Nmap
2 2 (7.14%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 8 (28.57%) Splunk
3 6 (21.43%) Qualys
3 6 (21.43%) Rapid7
3 6 (21.43%) Thycotic
4 5 (17.86%) ServiceNow
5 2 (7.14%) Cisco
5 2 (7.14%) Citrix
5 2 (7.14%) Darktrace
5 2 (7.14%) VMware
6 1 (3.57%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (3.57%) iManage
6 1 (3.57%) Intel
6 1 (3.57%) Trustwave