CCSA Contract Job Trends 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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 513 598
Rank change year-on-year +18 +85 +167
Contract jobs citing CCSA 24 13 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.086% 0.039% 0.012%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.13% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 12 2
10th Percentile £353 - £373
25th Percentile £394 £500 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -8.70% +45.11%
75th Percentile £456 £584 £694
90th Percentile £791 £624 £758
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +26.18%

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 8,770 9,798 12,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.53% 29.74% 28.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,582 6,037 7,799
10th Percentile £301 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £715 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 691 572 672
10th Percentile £18.13 £17.51 £16.32
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £24.04
Median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.43% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £47.31 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £78.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -48.67% -9.26% +20.00%

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

CCSA
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSA

CCSA
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSA in England over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCSA in England

CCSA
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSA

CCSA
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 19 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
London +7 10 £401 -28.80% 4
South East +24 6 £450 -10.00% 1
North of England -24 6 £601 +14.52% 3
North West -6 5 £725 +38.10%
West Midlands -7 1 £450 -14.29% 1
Midlands -14 1 £450 -14.29% 1
Yorkshire -16 1 £310 -40.95% 3
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 (37.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (83.33%) Network Security
2 18 (75.00%) Firewall
3 17 (70.83%) VPN
4 15 (62.50%) BGP
4 15 (62.50%) OSPF
4 15 (62.50%) VLAN
5 10 (41.67%) DHCP
5 10 (41.67%) DNS
6 9 (37.50%) LAN
6 9 (37.50%) SD-WAN
6 9 (37.50%) Wireless
7 8 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 8 (33.33%) TCP/IP
7 8 (33.33%) WAN
8 7 (29.17%) Cisco ISE
8 7 (29.17%) SSL
9 6 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
9 6 (25.00%) WLAN
10 5 (20.83%) DMVPN
10 5 (20.83%) EIGRP
General
1 8 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Administrator
2 4 (16.67%) Network Administrator
2 4 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Network Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Network Security Administrator
3 3 (12.50%) Network Security Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Security Administrator
3 3 (12.50%) Security Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Security Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Lead
4 1 (4.17%) Lead Network Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Network Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) NOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) CMDB
1 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
1 1 (4.17%) EMC VMAX
1 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
1 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Network Monitoring
2 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (29.17%) SIEM
3 6 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 6 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 6 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 6 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 4 (16.67%) Patch Management
4 4 (16.67%) Zero Trust
5 3 (12.50%) Migration
6 1 (4.17%) Client Onboarding
6 1 (4.17%) Computer Science
6 1 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.17%) High Availability
6 1 (4.17%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (4.17%) ITSM
6 1 (4.17%) Network Design
6 1 (4.17%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.17%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (95.83%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (91.67%) CCNP
3 7 (29.17%) CCSE
3 7 (29.17%) Check Point Certification
4 2 (8.33%) CCNA
4 2 (8.33%) Degree
4 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) CCNA CyberOps
5 1 (4.17%) CISSP
5 1 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Ansible
2 5 (20.83%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 19 (79.17%) Cisco
2 16 (66.67%) CheckPoint
3 13 (54.17%) Palo Alto
4 11 (45.83%) Meraki
5 9 (37.50%) SolarWinds
6 8 (33.33%) F5
7 6 (25.00%) Juniper
7 6 (25.00%) Zscaler
8 3 (12.50%) Fortinet
9 1 (4.17%) EMC