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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 670 843 869
Rank change year-on-year +173 +26 +217
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 22 53 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.054% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.087% 0.19% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 14 51 108
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +64.71% -29.17%
75th Percentile £69,063 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,875 £89,500 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +41.18% -29.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 25,404 27,420 33,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 48.81% 27.84% 32.71%
Number of salaries quoted 11,182 17,336 15,221
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%
75th Percentile £68,568 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%

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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SSCP in the UK

SSCP
Top 9 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 1 May 2025. 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
England +146 22 £57,500 -20.69% 19
London +102 17 £60,000 -20.00% 5
Work from Home +169 7 £57,500 -20.69% 48
UK excluding London +186 5 £55,000 -8.33% 14
North of England +72 3 £55,000 -8.33% 2
North West - 2 £55,000 - 2
South East +107 1 £59,498 +32.22% 3
East of England +56 1 £52,000 -20.00% 9
North East +50 1 - -

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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) AWS
3 2 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (9.09%) Azure Stack
4 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (36.36%) Firewall
2 7 (31.82%) Link 16
2 7 (31.82%) RS-232
2 7 (31.82%) RS-485
2 7 (31.82%) Tactical Data Link
2 7 (31.82%) TCP/IP
2 7 (31.82%) VLAN
3 1 (4.55%) LAN
3 1 (4.55%) NGFW
3 1 (4.55%) SAN
3 1 (4.55%) VoIP
3 1 (4.55%) VPN
3 1 (4.55%) WAN
3 1 (4.55%) Wireless
General
1 9 (40.91%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Military
2 7 (31.82%) Telecoms
3 6 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Aviation
4 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Analyst
1 10 (45.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 10 (45.45%) Security Analyst
2 7 (31.82%) Field Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 2 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (50.00%) SIEM
3 8 (36.36%) Incident Response
3 8 (36.36%) Information Security
4 7 (31.82%) Communications Security
4 7 (31.82%) Key Management
4 7 (31.82%) Preventative Maintenance
4 7 (31.82%) Risk Management
5 6 (27.27%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 5 (22.73%) ITIL
6 5 (22.73%) Security Operations
6 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (18.18%) Application Security
7 4 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (18.18%) Data Security
7 4 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
7 4 (18.18%) Secure Coding
7 4 (18.18%) Security Management
8 3 (13.64%) Migration
9 2 (9.09%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) C
1 7 (31.82%) R
2 2 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Degree
2 9 (40.91%) CISA
2 9 (40.91%) CISM
2 9 (40.91%) CISSP
2 9 (40.91%) CompTIA Security+
3 8 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
4 7 (31.82%) CCNA
4 7 (31.82%) CCNP
4 7 (31.82%) GSEC
5 4 (18.18%) CEH
6 2 (9.09%) CRISC
6 2 (9.09%) GCIH
6 2 (9.09%) GIAC
6 2 (9.09%) GISF
6 2 (9.09%) ISACA
6 2 (9.09%) SANS
7 1 (4.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (4.55%) CASP
7 1 (4.55%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (50.00%) NIST
3 7 (31.82%) MIL-STD-1553
4 5 (22.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (22.73%) GDPR
4 5 (22.73%) NCSC
5 4 (18.18%) PCI DSS
6 1 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) CASB
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Aruba
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco
2 1 (4.55%) Dell
2 1 (4.55%) EMC
2 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
2 1 (4.55%) VMware