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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 519 595
Rank change year-on-year +37 +76 +170
Contract jobs citing CCSE 19 14 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.068% 0.043% 0.012%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.14% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 4
10th Percentile £304 £463 £521
25th Percentile £361 £513 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £538 £555
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% -3.15% +11.00%
75th Percentile - £550 £591
90th Percentile - £570 £619
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £555
% change year-on-year -14.29% -5.41% +13.85%

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 8,754 9,726 12,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.53% 29.75% 28.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,563 6,003 7,819
10th Percentile £304 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £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% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 684 574 662
10th Percentile £18.13 £17.20 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £24.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.44
Median % change year-on-year -53.43% -0.81% +20.98%
75th Percentile £47.22 £69.94 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £78.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £54.44
% change year-on-year -49.19% -9.08% +20.98%

CCSE
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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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSE in England over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCSE in England

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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

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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 17 September 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
Midlands - 7 £775 -
West Midlands - 7 £775 -
South East +22 6 £450 -18.18% 1
London +26 5 £308 -44.09% 4
North of England -13 1 £375 -28.57% 2
North West -15 1 £375 -28.57%
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UK

CCSE
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Visio
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 19 (100.00%) Firewall
1 19 (100.00%) Network Security
2 17 (89.47%) BGP
2 17 (89.47%) OSPF
3 15 (78.95%) VPN
4 12 (63.16%) TCP/IP
4 12 (63.16%) VLAN
5 6 (31.58%) IPsec
5 6 (31.58%) SSL
6 3 (15.79%) BIG-IP
6 3 (15.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 3 (15.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (15.79%) LAN
6 3 (15.79%) SD-WAN
6 3 (15.79%) WAN
7 2 (10.53%) EIGRP
7 2 (10.53%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (10.53%) RIP
7 2 (10.53%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (5.26%) Internet
General
1 9 (47.37%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (47.37%) Telecoms
2 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Check Point Expert
2 3 (15.79%) Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Network Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Network Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Security Technical Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Security Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.26%) CMDB
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Check Point GAiA
2 2 (10.53%) Windows
3 1 (5.26%) CatOS
3 1 (5.26%) Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) SIEM
2 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (36.84%) Security Operations
3 6 (31.58%) High Availability
3 6 (31.58%) Proactive Monitoring
3 6 (31.58%) Security Monitoring
4 5 (26.32%) ITIL
5 3 (15.79%) Migration
5 3 (15.79%) Runbook
5 3 (15.79%) Security Architecture
5 3 (15.79%) TOGAF
6 2 (10.53%) Acceptance Criteria
6 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (10.53%) Change Management
6 2 (10.53%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (10.53%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (10.53%) Service Management
6 2 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (10.53%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (5.26%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (57.89%) CCNP
3 7 (36.84%) CCSA
3 7 (36.84%) Check Point Certification
4 4 (21.05%) CCIE
5 3 (15.79%) JNCIE
5 3 (15.79%) JNCIP
6 2 (10.53%) Degree
6 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
6 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
7 1 (5.26%) CCIE Security
7 1 (5.26%) CCNA CyberOps
7 1 (5.26%) CCSM
7 1 (5.26%) CISSP
7 1 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 9 (47.37%) Ansible
2 7 (36.84%) FortiGate
3 3 (15.79%) Terraform
4 1 (5.26%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 13 (68.42%) Cisco
3 8 (42.11%) Palo Alto
4 7 (36.84%) Fortinet
5 5 (26.32%) Zscaler
6 4 (21.05%) F5
6 4 (21.05%) Juniper
7 3 (15.79%) Remedy
7 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow