SSCP Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

(ISC)² Systems Security Certified Practitioner (ISC2 SSCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for SSCP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 569 579
Rank change year-on-year +111 +10 +239
Permanent jobs citing SSCP 7 30 48
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.036% 0.085% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.096% 0.31% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5 30 46
10th Percentile - £55,750 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +123.08% -45.83%
75th Percentile £58,750 £77,500 £33,750
90th Percentile - £78,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year -14.81% +25.58% -6.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,285 9,796 9,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.78% 27.72% 26.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,054 5,923 6,017
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +0.45%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,847 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.14% -10.26% +9.09%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SSCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SSCP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SSCP.

SSCP salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (28.57%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) SAN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Health
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Local Government
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Security Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Security Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (14.29%) Information Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Information Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Information Security Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (28.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) Application Security
3 3 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Data Security
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) Information Security
3 3 (42.86%) Security Management
3 3 (42.86%) SIEM
4 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
4 2 (28.57%) Runbook
4 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CISSP
2 6 (85.71%) CISM
3 4 (57.14%) CEH
4 3 (42.86%) CISA
4 3 (42.86%) Degree
4 3 (42.86%) GIAC
4 3 (42.86%) SANS
5 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (28.57%) CRISC
5 2 (28.57%) GCIH
5 2 (28.57%) GISF
5 2 (28.57%) ISACA
6 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (57.14%) NIST
2 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (42.86%) NCSC
2 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
3 1 (14.29%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
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