CASP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for CASP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 119 128
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 -
Contract jobs citing CASP 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% 0.053% 0.041%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.21% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £405 - -
25th Percentile £411 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.40% - -
75th Percentile £496 £525 -
90th Percentile £515 - -
Central London median daily rate £443 £500 -
% change year-on-year -11.40% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

CASP 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 508 484 485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.15% 25.88% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 280 318
10th Percentile £371 £351 £336
25th Percentile £425 £456 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £536 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.50% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £533
% change year-on-year - -1.50% -10.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £20.65 £24.78 £19.32
25th Percentile £25.77 £28.94 £19.90
Median hourly rate £28.00 £72.25 £46.66
Median % change year-on-year -61.25% +54.85% +11.09%
75th Percentile £52.16 £112.00 £74.69
90th Percentile £59.86 - £76.38
Central London median hourly rate £25.62 £72.25 £42.49
% change year-on-year -64.54% +70.06% +1.15%

CASP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CASP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

CASP job vacancy trend in the City of London

CASP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Register
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) CRISC
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GRC