CCSAS Contracts in England

CREST Certified Simulated Attack Specialist (CC SAS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCSAS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 - 652
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CCSAS 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.021% - 0.002%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.066% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CCSAS 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 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CCSAS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CCSAS in England

CCSAS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for CCSAS in England

CCSAS
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 CCSAS within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 - 5 - -
CCSAS
UK

CCSAS
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 5 (100.00%) IaaS
1 5 (100.00%) PaaS
1 5 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Senior
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Tester
1 5 (100.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Application Security
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 5 (100.00%) OWASP
1 5 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 5 (100.00%) Red Team
1 5 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) PHP
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) Ruby
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CEH
1 5 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) GIAC
1 5 (100.00%) GPEN
1 5 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 5 (100.00%) OSCP