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 26 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 490 506 605
Rank change year-on-year +16 +99 +172
DemandTrendContract jobs citing CCSA 27 12 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.098% 0.036% 0.016%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.12% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 4
10th Percentile £340 - £348
25th Percentile £388 £500 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +20.48%
75th Percentile £463 £570 £650
90th Percentile £703 £625 £740
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +26.51%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,690 10,088 12,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.54% 30.37% 27.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,469 6,378 8,017
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £426 £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 £713 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 682 685 620
10th Percentile £18.14 £14.69 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.00 £24.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.21% -11.71% +22.22%
75th Percentile £54.94 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.70 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% -18.18% +22.22%

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 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract 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 26 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +39 13 £401 -28.80% 5
South East +25 6 £450 -15.09% 1
North of England -19 6 £564 +7.38% 3
North West -5 5 £650 +23.81%
West Midlands 0 1 £450 -14.29% 4
Yorkshire -11 1 £310 -40.95% 3
Midlands -11 1 £450 -14.29% 4
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 11 (40.74%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (85.19%) Firewall
1 23 (85.19%) Network Security
2 21 (77.78%) VPN
3 18 (66.67%) BGP
3 18 (66.67%) OSPF
3 18 (66.67%) VLAN
4 12 (44.44%) DHCP
4 12 (44.44%) DNS
4 12 (44.44%) LAN
5 11 (40.74%) SD-WAN
5 11 (40.74%) WAN
5 11 (40.74%) Wireless
6 10 (37.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 9 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
7 9 (33.33%) EIGRP
7 9 (33.33%) SSL
8 8 (29.63%) Cisco Wireless
8 8 (29.63%) TCP/IP
8 8 (29.63%) WLAN
9 7 (25.93%) DMVPN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 11 (40.74%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Aviation
5 1 (3.70%) Banking
5 1 (3.70%) Finance
5 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (18.52%) Administrator
1 5 (18.52%) Network Administrator
1 5 (18.52%) Network Engineer
1 5 (18.52%) Security Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) Network Security Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Network Security Administrator
3 3 (11.11%) Security Administrator
4 2 (7.41%) Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Firewall Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Network Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Network Security Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco Security Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Network Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) NOC Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.70%) CMDB
1 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
1 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
1 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Network Monitoring
1 10 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (25.93%) Proactive Monitoring
2 7 (25.93%) SIEM
3 6 (22.22%) Patch Management
3 6 (22.22%) Security Monitoring
3 6 (22.22%) Security Operations
4 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure Automation
5 3 (11.11%) High Availability
5 3 (11.11%) Zero Trust
6 2 (7.41%) Change Management
6 2 (7.41%) Migration
7 1 (3.70%) Agile
7 1 (3.70%) Computer Science
7 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.70%) ITSM
7 1 (3.70%) Network Design
7 1 (3.70%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (3.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.70%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 6 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (92.59%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (88.89%) CCNP
3 10 (37.04%) CCSE
4 7 (25.93%) Check Point Certification
5 4 (14.81%) CCNA
6 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 2 (7.41%) JNCIA
7 2 (7.41%) JNCIS
8 1 (3.70%) CCNA CyberOps
8 1 (3.70%) CISSP
8 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (29.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) CA Spectrum
2 6 (22.22%) Ansible
Vendors
1 23 (85.19%) Cisco
2 21 (77.78%) CheckPoint
3 12 (44.44%) Meraki
3 12 (44.44%) Palo Alto
4 11 (40.74%) SolarWinds
5 10 (37.04%) F5
5 10 (37.04%) Juniper
6 5 (18.52%) Zscaler
7 3 (11.11%) Fortinet