CCSE Contracts 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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 544 624
Rank change year-on-year +69 +80 +147
Contract jobs citing CCSE 21 9 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.082% 0.024% 0.025%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.26% 0.079% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 8
10th Percentile - - £483
25th Percentile - £513 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +25.71%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £581
90th Percentile £650 £630 £611
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +12.82%

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 7,929 11,325 12,847
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.08% 30.50% 27.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,985 6,989 8,561
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% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £715 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.90% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 525 1,002 634
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.16 £14.64
25th Percentile £20.00 £20.50 £22.50
Median hourly rate £28.60 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.71% -22.73% +32.53%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.45 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £28.15 £40.94 £55.33
% change year-on-year -31.24% -26.00% +24.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CCSE in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for CCSE in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSE in England over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCSE in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for CCSE 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 CCSE within the England region over the 6 months to 30 June 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 +56 7 £475 -11.63% 10
Midlands - 7 £775 - 2
West Midlands - 7 £775 - 2
South East +56 6 £450 -18.18% 3
North West +13 1 £650 +23.81% 4
North of England +7 1 £650 +23.81% 7
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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:

Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 21 (100.00%) Firewall
2 20 (95.24%) Network Security
3 18 (85.71%) BGP
3 18 (85.71%) OSPF
4 15 (71.43%) VPN
5 14 (66.67%) VLAN
6 12 (57.14%) TCP/IP
7 7 (33.33%) IPsec
7 7 (33.33%) SSL
8 6 (28.57%) EIGRP
9 4 (19.05%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (19.05%) RIP
9 4 (19.05%) Spanning Tree
10 2 (9.52%) LAN
10 2 (9.52%) WAN
11 1 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (4.76%) iSCSI
11 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 11 (52.38%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
3 7 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.76%) Aviation
4 1 (4.76%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Check Point Expert
1 6 (28.57%) Security Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Network Engineer
2 5 (23.81%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Consultant
3 2 (9.52%) Juniper Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Check Point Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Check Point Support
4 1 (4.76%) Firewall Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Firewall Support
4 1 (4.76%) Security Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Security Technical Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) Check Point GAiA
2 4 (19.05%) CatOS
2 4 (19.05%) Linux
2 4 (19.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) SIEM
2 8 (38.10%) High Availability
3 7 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 6 (28.57%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (23.81%) ITIL
6 4 (19.05%) Matrix Organization
6 4 (19.05%) Network Monitoring
6 4 (19.05%) Service Management
7 3 (14.29%) Change Management
8 1 (4.76%) Agile
8 1 (4.76%) Business Analysis
8 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (4.76%) Load Balancing
8 1 (4.76%) Mentoring
8 1 (4.76%) Performance Tuning
8 1 (4.76%) Problem Management
8 1 (4.76%) User Experience
8 1 (4.76%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (61.90%) CCNP
3 9 (42.86%) CCSA
4 6 (28.57%) Check Point Certification
5 2 (9.52%) CCNA
5 2 (9.52%) Degree
5 2 (9.52%) JNCIA
5 2 (9.52%) JNCIS
6 1 (4.76%) CCIE
6 1 (4.76%) CCIE Security
6 1 (4.76%) CCSM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) SLA
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) Ansible
1 6 (28.57%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.76%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 15 (71.43%) Cisco
3 8 (38.10%) Palo Alto
4 7 (33.33%) Juniper
5 6 (28.57%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.76%) 3PAR
6 1 (4.76%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (4.76%) F5
6 1 (4.76%) Forcepoint
6 1 (4.76%) HP
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
6 1 (4.76%) Trend Micro
6 1 (4.76%) Zscaler