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 5 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 483 559
Rank change year-on-year -62 +76 +130
Contract jobs citing CCSE 9 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.027% 0.015% 0.003%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.079% 0.050% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £265 - -
25th Percentile £297 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.42% - -
75th Percentile £545 £625 -
90th Percentile £557 - -
UK median daily rate £490 £600 -
% change year-on-year -18.33% - -

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 11,343 7,933 11,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.95% 30.19% 31.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,531 4,818 7,340
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £417 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.52% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 883 387 874
10th Percentile £15.75 £19.91 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.26 £21.27
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% - +2.62%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.42 £81.25 £77.85
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.04 £46.18
% change year-on-year -35.58% -15.46% +2.62%

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 5 February 2026.

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 5 February 2026. 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 -35 5 £365 -39.17% 1
East of England - 1 - -
South East - 1 £563 - 2
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%) Confluence
1 3 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) AWS
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) Firewall
1 8 (88.89%) LAN
2 7 (77.78%) WAN
3 5 (55.56%) Network Security
4 4 (44.44%) VXLAN
5 3 (33.33%) BGP
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%) OSPF
5 3 (33.33%) SD-WAN
5 3 (33.33%) VPN
6 1 (11.11%) WLAN
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Architect
2 5 (55.56%) Network Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Firewall Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Lead
3 2 (22.22%) Network Security Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Security Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Team Leader
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
1 4 (44.44%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) CSOC
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
1 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (33.33%) Bill of Materials
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 3 (33.33%) Runbook
2 3 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 2 (22.22%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (22.22%) Architectural Design
3 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (11.11%) SIEM
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (88.89%) CCNP
3 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
4 4 (44.44%) CCIE
4 4 (44.44%) Degree
5 3 (33.33%) JNCIE
5 3 (33.33%) JNCIP
6 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
6 1 (11.11%) CCIE Routing and Switching
6 1 (11.11%) CCIE Security
6 1 (11.11%) CCNA
6 1 (11.11%) CCSA
6 1 (11.11%) CEH
6 1 (11.11%) CISM
6 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
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 3 (33.33%) Ansible
1 3 (33.33%) Terraform
2 1 (11.11%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (88.89%) Juniper
3 4 (44.44%) Aruba
3 4 (44.44%) Fortinet
3 4 (44.44%) Palo Alto
4 3 (33.33%) F5
4 3 (33.33%) Remedy
4 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
4 3 (33.33%) Zscaler
5 1 (11.11%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (11.11%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (11.11%) Forcepoint
5 1 (11.11%) IBM
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 1 (11.11%) Mitel
5 1 (11.11%) Okta
5 1 (11.11%) Qualys
5 1 (11.11%) Rapid7
5 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds