(ISC)2 CCSP Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 114 114
Rank change year-on-year +25 0 +14
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 7 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.60% 0.059% 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.75% 0.13% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile £620 - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £650 £350
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +85.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile £783 - -
South East median daily rate £750 £650 £500
% change year-on-year +15.38% +30.00% +33.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

(ISC)2 CCSP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 400 747 684
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 34.22% 43.92% 37.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 397 397
10th Percentile £290 £325 £213
25th Percentile £406 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £583 £520
Median % change year-on-year -14.24% +12.12% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £620
90th Percentile £690 £738 £688
South East median daily rate £519 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.59% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 68 46
10th Percentile £25.95 £42.47 £32.60
25th Percentile £31.57 £56.65 £52.78
Median hourly rate £43.96 £63.15 £64.29
Median % change year-on-year -30.40% -1.77% +205.78%
75th Percentile £87.31 £85.75 £74.19
90th Percentile £88.87 £98.25 £75.89
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% -4.42% +33.33%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing (ISC)2 CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in Berkshire

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing (ISC)2 CCSP

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for (ISC)2 CCSP in Berkshire

(ISC)2 CCSP
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +35 6 £750 +15.38% 2
(ISC)2 CCSP
South East

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) AWS
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
1 5 (71.43%) GCP
2 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 2 (28.57%) Google Workspace
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (14.29%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (14.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Network Security
2 3 (42.86%) Firewall
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
1 4 (57.14%) Security Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Forensic Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Cloud Native
1 4 (57.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (42.86%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (42.86%) Public Cloud
2 3 (42.86%) Security Posture
3 2 (28.57%) IoT
3 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Mac OS
1 2 (28.57%) Unix
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) Cloud Security
2 5 (71.43%) DevSecOps
2 5 (71.43%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
3 4 (57.14%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure as Code
3 4 (57.14%) SDLC
3 4 (57.14%) Security Architecture
3 4 (57.14%) SIEM
3 4 (57.14%) Strategic Thinking
3 4 (57.14%) TOGAF
3 4 (57.14%) Zero Trust
4 3 (42.86%) Configuration Management
4 3 (42.86%) Data Privacy
4 3 (42.86%) Data Security
4 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
4 3 (42.86%) Security Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
4 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CCSP
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (57.14%) AWS Certification
3 3 (42.86%) Azure Certification
4 2 (28.57%) CISM
4 2 (28.57%) GCFA
4 2 (28.57%) GCFE
4 2 (28.57%) GCIH
4 2 (28.57%) GREM
5 1 (14.29%) OSCP
5 1 (14.29%) SANS
5 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) GDPR
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (57.14%) NIST
1 4 (57.14%) PCI DSS
1 4 (57.14%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Kubernetes
2 2 (28.57%) EnCase
2 2 (28.57%) FTK
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (28.57%) Darktrace
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Rapid7