CCSA Contracts in England

Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 530 645
Rank change year-on-year +61 +115 +126
Contract jobs citing CCSA 23 15 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.087% 0.040% 0.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.13% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 5
10th Percentile £365 £460 £355
25th Percentile £394 £500 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -12.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £456 £553 £675
90th Percentile £513 £575 -
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CCSA 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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,202 11,364 13,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.93% 30.49% 27.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,173 7,050 8,689
10th Percentile £281 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.81% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 545 986 641
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.16 £14.57
25th Percentile £20.00 £20.75 £22.50
Median hourly rate £28.18 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.69% -22.73% +34.38%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.38 £77.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.53 £40.97 £55.25
% change year-on-year -32.80% -25.85% +24.16%

CCSA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CCSA in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCSA in England.

Daily rate trend for CCSA in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSA in England over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCSA in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCSA in England.

Hourly rate trend for CCSA in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCSA within the England region over the 6 months to 5 July 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
London +55 13 £400 -23.76% 11
South East +36 6 £450 -17.05% 2
North West +4 3 £650 +23.81%
North of England +4 3 £650 +23.81% 5
South West - 1 - -
CCSA
UK

CCSA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (39.13%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (91.30%) Firewall
1 21 (91.30%) Network Security
2 19 (82.61%) BGP
2 19 (82.61%) OSPF
3 18 (78.26%) VLAN
3 18 (78.26%) VPN
4 11 (47.83%) DHCP
4 11 (47.83%) DNS
4 11 (47.83%) WAN
5 10 (43.48%) EIGRP
5 10 (43.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 10 (43.48%) LAN
5 10 (43.48%) Wireless
6 9 (39.13%) Cisco ISE
6 9 (39.13%) SD-WAN
6 9 (39.13%) SSL
7 8 (34.78%) Cisco Wireless
7 8 (34.78%) WLAN
8 7 (30.43%) DMVPN
8 7 (30.43%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 8 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (4.35%) Aviation
4 1 (4.35%) Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Security Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Network Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Network Security Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Administrator
3 5 (21.74%) Network Administrator
4 3 (13.04%) Network Security Administrator
4 3 (13.04%) Security Administrator
5 1 (4.35%) Check Point Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Check Point Support
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco Security Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Firewall Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Firewall Support
5 1 (4.35%) Lead
5 1 (4.35%) Lead Network Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Network Monitoring
2 7 (30.43%) Proactive Monitoring
2 7 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (26.09%) Patch Management
3 6 (26.09%) Security Monitoring
3 6 (26.09%) Security Operations
3 6 (26.09%) SIEM
4 2 (8.70%) Change Management
4 2 (8.70%) High Availability
4 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Automation
5 1 (4.35%) Agile
5 1 (4.35%) ITIL
5 1 (4.35%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
5 1 (4.35%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (4.35%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.35%) Tech Ops
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (4.35%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (91.30%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (86.96%) CCNP
3 9 (39.13%) CCSE
4 6 (26.09%) Check Point Certification
5 3 (13.04%) CCNA
5 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
6 2 (8.70%) JNCIA
6 2 (8.70%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (34.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (30.43%) CA Spectrum
2 6 (26.09%) Ansible
Vendors
1 21 (91.30%) Cisco
2 19 (82.61%) CheckPoint
3 11 (47.83%) F5
3 11 (47.83%) Juniper
4 10 (43.48%) Meraki
5 9 (39.13%) SolarWinds
6 8 (34.78%) Palo Alto
7 3 (13.04%) Zscaler
8 1 (4.35%) Aruba
8 1 (4.35%) Blue Coat
8 1 (4.35%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (4.35%) Infoblox
8 1 (4.35%) McAfee
8 1 (4.35%) Ruckus Wireless