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 29 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 484 549
Rank change year-on-year -66 +65 +145
Contract jobs citing CCSE 10 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.030% 0.015% 0.003%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.089% 0.050% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile £268 - -
25th Percentile £314 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% - -
75th Percentile £545 £625 -
90th Percentile £555 - -
UK median daily rate £450 £600 -
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -

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 11,264 8,076 11,609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.27% 30.36% 31.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,481 4,872 7,246
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £419 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -1.24% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 867 389 826
10th Percentile £15.62 £19.72 £14.39
25th Percentile £18.94 £25.26 £21.46
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% -2.78% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63.58 £67.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.92 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -35.51% -17.89% +5.56%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -22 5 £365 -39.17% 2
North of England - 1 £375 -
East of England - 1 - -
North West - 1 £375 -
South East - 1 £563 - 1
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 (30.00%) Confluence
1 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) AWS
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) Firewall
2 8 (80.00%) LAN
3 7 (70.00%) WAN
4 6 (60.00%) Network Security
5 4 (40.00%) VXLAN
6 3 (30.00%) BGP
6 3 (30.00%) BIG-IP
6 3 (30.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 3 (30.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (30.00%) OSPF
6 3 (30.00%) SD-WAN
6 3 (30.00%) VPN
7 1 (10.00%) Internet
7 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (10.00%) WLAN
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Architect
2 5 (50.00%) Network Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Firewall Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Lead
3 2 (20.00%) Network Security Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Data Centre
1 4 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) CMDB
2 1 (10.00%) CSOC
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
1 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 4 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (30.00%) Bill of Materials
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Network Architecture
2 3 (30.00%) Runbook
2 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Change Management
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (20.00%) Network Design
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (80.00%) CCNP
3 5 (50.00%) Degree
3 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (40.00%) CCIE
5 3 (30.00%) JNCIE
5 3 (30.00%) JNCIP
6 2 (20.00%) CCSA
7 1 (10.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
7 1 (10.00%) CCNA
7 1 (10.00%) CEH
7 1 (10.00%) Check Point Certification
7 1 (10.00%) CISM
7 1 (10.00%) CISSP
7 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
7 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (10.00%) JNCIA
7 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Ansible
1 3 (30.00%) Terraform
2 1 (10.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 8 (80.00%) Juniper
3 5 (50.00%) Palo Alto
4 4 (40.00%) Aruba
4 4 (40.00%) Fortinet
4 4 (40.00%) Zscaler
5 3 (30.00%) F5
5 3 (30.00%) Remedy
5 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
6 1 (10.00%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (10.00%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (10.00%) Forcepoint
6 1 (10.00%) IBM
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (10.00%) Mitel
6 1 (10.00%) Okta
6 1 (10.00%) Qualys
6 1 (10.00%) Rapid7
6 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds