CSSLP Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

(ISC)² Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (ISC2 CSSLP)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for CSSLP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CSSLP 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.22% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £638 £571 £600
% change year-on-year +11.74% -4.92% +18.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

CSSLP 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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 269 135 254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 29.18% 24.02% 35.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 66 158
10th Percentile £166 £225 £209
25th Percentile £340 £325 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £417 £484
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -13.89% -3.15%
75th Percentile £538 £597 £573
90th Percentile £613 £715 £668
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 15 20
10th Percentile £16.35 - £17.61
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £21.59 £18.97
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% +13.80% +12.73%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £21.31
90th Percentile £25.24 £29.92 £25.83
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £50.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% -7.64% +11.11%

CSSLP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CSSLP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

CSSLP job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

CSSLP
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSSLP within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 January 2026. 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
Leicestershire - 2 £475 - 2
CSSLP
England

CSSLP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) CESG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree