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 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 468 539 639
Rank change year-on-year +71 +100 +137
Contract jobs citing CCSE 17 3 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.070% 0.008% 0.028%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.026% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 6
10th Percentile £425 - £475
25th Percentile - £513 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £555
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -5.41% +37.04%
75th Percentile £500 £538 £590
90th Percentile £630 - £619
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £555
% change year-on-year -14.29% -5.41% +5.71%

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 7,629 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%

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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 1 May 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 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 +45 8 £488 -7.14%
Midlands - 4 - - 1
South East - 4 £450 - 2
West Midlands - 4 - - 1
North of England +18 1 £650 +23.81% 1
North West +17 1 £650 +23.81%
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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 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 17 (100.00%) Firewall
2 15 (88.24%) Network Security
3 14 (82.35%) BGP
3 14 (82.35%) OSPF
4 11 (64.71%) VPN
5 10 (58.82%) VLAN
6 8 (47.06%) TCP/IP
7 6 (35.29%) EIGRP
8 5 (29.41%) IPsec
8 5 (29.41%) SSL
9 4 (23.53%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (23.53%) RIP
9 4 (23.53%) Spanning Tree
10 3 (17.65%) LAN
10 3 (17.65%) WAN
11 1 (5.88%) iSCSI
11 1 (5.88%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Telecoms
4 2 (11.76%) Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Finance
5 1 (5.88%) Aviation
5 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Network Engineer
1 6 (35.29%) Security Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Network Security Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Check Point Expert
4 2 (11.76%) Juniper Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Check Point Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Check Point Support
5 1 (5.88%) Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Firewall Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Firewall Support
5 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (23.53%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) e-Health
1 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) CatOS
1 4 (23.53%) Check Point GAiA
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
1 4 (23.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) SIEM
2 6 (35.29%) High Availability
2 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (29.41%) ITIL
3 5 (29.41%) Proactive Monitoring
4 4 (23.53%) Matrix Organization
4 4 (23.53%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (23.53%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (23.53%) Security Operations
4 4 (23.53%) Service Management
5 3 (17.65%) Change Management
6 1 (5.88%) Agile
6 1 (5.88%) Business Analysis
6 1 (5.88%) Incident Management
6 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.88%) Performance Optimisation
6 1 (5.88%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (70.59%) CCNP
1 12 (70.59%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (47.06%) CCSA
3 4 (23.53%) Check Point Certification
4 3 (17.65%) CCNA
5 2 (11.76%) JNCIA
5 2 (11.76%) JNCIS
6 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Ansible
1 4 (23.53%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 13 (76.47%) Cisco
3 7 (41.18%) Juniper
4 5 (29.41%) Palo Alto
5 4 (23.53%) Fortinet
6 1 (5.88%) 3PAR
6 1 (5.88%) Barracuda Networks
6 1 (5.88%) Forcepoint
6 1 (5.88%) HP
6 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
6 1 (5.88%) NetScout
6 1 (5.88%) SolarWinds
6 1 (5.88%) Trend Micro