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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 657 986 1019
Rank change year-on-year +329 +33 -315
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 84 90 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.073% 0.062%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.48% 0.24% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 21 82 68
10th Percentile £47,500 £31,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,636 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,250 £70,421
Median % change year-on-year +7.98% -24.38% +8.34%
75th Percentile £73,750 £66,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £77,025 £96,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £53,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.55% -18.46% +44.44%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,351 36,863 31,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 29.74% 24.75%
Number of salaries quoted 10,857 16,923 17,862
10th Percentile £31,125 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

SSCP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SSCP in the UK

SSCP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SSCP.

Salary trend for SSCP in the UK

SSCP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SSCP over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for SSCP in the UK

SSCP
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SSCP within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
Work from Home +269 69 £52,500 +5.00% 29
UK excluding London +270 65 £57,000 +7.55% 10
England +299 55 £61,510 +16.06% 14
North of England +158 17 £63,250 +48.82% 4
London +230 14 £72,500 +31.82% 6
Scotland - 12 £65,000 -
South East +164 11 £52,500 -0.94% 2
North West +104 10 - -
South West +81 8 £50,000 -16.67% 1
Yorkshire - 7 £63,250 - 3
Northern Ireland - 7 £57,500 - 1
Midlands +121 5 - - 1
East Midlands +41 5 - -
Wales - 5 - -

SSCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.38%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.86%) Azure
2 8 (9.52%) Azure Sentinel
2 8 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.19%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 63 (75.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 62 (73.81%) LAN
2 62 (73.81%) WAN
3 10 (11.90%) Firewall
4 8 (9.52%) Network Security
5 4 (4.76%) Wireshark
6 3 (3.57%) Internet
7 2 (2.38%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.38%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (2.38%) AppScan
1 2 (2.38%) Burp Suite
1 2 (2.38%) Metasploit
General
1 62 (73.81%) Social Skills
2 60 (71.43%) Games
3 5 (5.95%) Finance
4 3 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.57%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.38%) Legal
6 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.19%) Law
Job Titles
1 63 (75.00%) Security Manager
2 62 (73.81%) Senior
3 60 (71.43%) Business Manager
3 60 (71.43%) Senior Business Manager
3 60 (71.43%) Senior Manager
4 7 (8.33%) Security Engineer
5 3 (3.57%) Analyst
5 3 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (3.57%) Information Manager
5 3 (3.57%) Information Security Manager
5 3 (3.57%) Lead
5 3 (3.57%) Security Analyst
5 3 (3.57%) Team Leader
6 2 (2.38%) Consultant
6 2 (2.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (2.38%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 2 (2.38%) Head of Cybersecurity
6 2 (2.38%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (2.38%) Tester
6 2 (2.38%) Vulnerability Tester
Miscellaneous
1 64 (76.19%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (2.38%) Housing Association
3 2 (2.38%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.19%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 64 (76.19%) Windows
2 60 (71.43%) Unix
3 2 (2.38%) Android
3 2 (2.38%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.38%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (95.24%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (82.14%) Vulnerability Management
3 67 (79.76%) Security Operations
3 67 (79.76%) SIEM
4 64 (76.19%) Impact Analysis
5 62 (73.81%) Business Continuity
5 62 (73.81%) Security Management
6 61 (72.62%) Incident Management
7 60 (71.43%) Impact Assessments
7 60 (71.43%) Service Management
7 60 (71.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 60 (71.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 15 (17.86%) Information Security
9 9 (10.71%) Cloud Security
10 7 (8.33%) Risk Management
11 5 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (5.95%) ITIL
12 4 (4.76%) Data Loss Prevention
12 4 (4.76%) Ethical Hacking
12 4 (4.76%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.95%) Kusto Query Language
1 5 (5.95%) PowerShell
1 5 (5.95%) Python
Qualifications
1 79 (94.05%) CISSP
2 69 (82.14%) CISM
3 9 (10.71%) CISMP
4 8 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (7.14%) CCSP
6 6 (7.14%) CEH
7 5 (5.95%) Degree
8 4 (4.76%) Azure Certification
9 3 (3.57%) CISA
9 3 (3.57%) GSEC
9 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (3.57%) OSCP
10 2 (2.38%) CGEIT
10 2 (2.38%) CRISC
10 2 (2.38%) GCIA
10 2 (2.38%) GPEN
10 2 (2.38%) MCSE
10 2 (2.38%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (84.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (71.43%) GDPR
3 5 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (5.95%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.57%) NIST
5 1 (1.19%) COPPA
5 1 (1.19%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.19%) ISO 22301
5 1 (1.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.19%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.38%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.38%) Nessus
2 2 (2.38%) Nmap
3 1 (1.19%) CASB
Vendors
1 12 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.38%) Mitel
2 2 (2.38%) Qualys
2 2 (2.38%) Rapid7
2 2 (2.38%) ServiceNow
2 2 (2.38%) Splunk
2 2 (2.38%) Thycotic
2 2 (2.38%) Trustwave