CESG Certified Professional Contract Job Trends in the City of London

CESG Certified Professional (CCP)
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 CESG Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 116 148
Rank change year-on-year -3 +32 +48
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 2 9 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.12% 0.43% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 1.71% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £700
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -17.86% +12.99%
75th Percentile £538 £588 -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £700
% change year-on-year -8.70% -17.86% +12.99%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

CESG Certified Professional 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 440 526 597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.46% 24.85% 20.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 315 358
10th Percentile £347 £357 £349
25th Percentile £457 £463 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £558
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +0.45% -3.04%
75th Percentile £673 £657 £694
90th Percentile £738 £766 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 2
10th Percentile £20.55 £23.75 £23.45
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.00 £31.63
Median hourly rate £27.50 £29.75 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% -36.02% +7.84%
75th Percentile £28.91 £92.44 £62.63
90th Percentile £50.91 £112.00 £71.55
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £29.75 £46.50
% change year-on-year -5.38% -36.02% +7.84%

CESG Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

CESG Certified Professional job vacancy trend in the City of London

CESG Certified Professional
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CESG Certified Professional.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CESG Certified Professional

CESG Certified Professional
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Information Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared