CCSE Contract Job Trends in England

Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
UK > England

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 506 579
Rank change year-on-year -4 +73 +165
Contract jobs citing CCSE 9 13 2
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.031% 0.042% 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.093% 0.14% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 1
10th Percentile £304 £438 -
25th Percentile £318 £503 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -33.18% +2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £434 - £556
90th Percentile £619 £610 -
UK median daily rate £375 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -31.82% +2.33% +2.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CCSE 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 9,718 9,241 11,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.99% 29.72% 29.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,258 5,652 7,421
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £416 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £715 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 844 411 701
10th Percentile £17.69 £20.12 £17.71
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £26.24
Median hourly rate £25.15 £52.19 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.81% -0.59% +16.67%
75th Percentile £45.46 £68.09 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £52.50
% change year-on-year -45.54% -12.04% +16.67%

CCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCSE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

CCSE job vacancy trend in England

CCSE
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSE

CCSE
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSE in England over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCSE in England

CCSE
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSE

CCSE
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 CCSE within the England region over the 6 months to 6 November 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 -8 4 £308 -44.09% 1
West Midlands - 2 £775 -
Midlands - 2 £775 -
South East -4 1 £450 -18.18% 1
North of England - 1 £375 -
North West - 1 £375 -
CCSE
UK

CCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (22.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) Network Security
2 8 (88.89%) Firewall
3 6 (66.67%) BGP
3 6 (66.67%) OSPF
4 5 (55.56%) VPN
5 3 (33.33%) BIG-IP
5 3 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 3 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (33.33%) LAN
5 3 (33.33%) SD-WAN
5 3 (33.33%) WAN
6 2 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
6 2 (22.22%) VLAN
7 1 (11.11%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (11.11%) EIGRP
7 1 (11.11%) Internet
7 1 (11.11%) IPsec
7 1 (11.11%) RIP
7 1 (11.11%) SSL
General
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Architect
1 3 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Network Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Check Point Expert
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Security Technical Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Security Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) CMDB
2 1 (11.11%) CSOC
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
1 4 (44.44%) SIEM
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Runbook
2 3 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 2 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
4 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 1 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (66.67%) CCNP
3 5 (55.56%) CCIE
4 3 (33.33%) CCSA
4 3 (33.33%) JNCIE
4 3 (33.33%) JNCIP
4 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 2 (22.22%) CCIE Security
5 2 (22.22%) Check Point Certification
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 1 (11.11%) CCSM
6 1 (11.11%) CEH
6 1 (11.11%) CISM
6 1 (11.11%) CISSP
6 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (11.11%) JNCIA
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) NIST
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Ansible
2 3 (33.33%) Terraform
3 2 (22.22%) FortiGate
4 1 (11.11%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (11.11%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 8 (88.89%) Cisco
3 5 (55.56%) Zscaler
4 4 (44.44%) F5
4 4 (44.44%) Juniper
5 3 (33.33%) Palo Alto
5 3 (33.33%) Remedy
5 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
6 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
7 1 (11.11%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (11.11%) Forcepoint
7 1 (11.11%) IBM
7 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
7 1 (11.11%) Okta
7 1 (11.11%) Qualys
7 1 (11.11%) Rapid7
7 1 (11.11%) Tenable