CCSP Contracts in England

Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCSP 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 462 523 607
Rank change year-on-year +61 +84 +136
Contract jobs citing CCSP 23 19 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.094% 0.051% 0.091%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.30% 0.16% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 30
10th Percentile £563 £284 £528
25th Percentile £673 £428 £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £575 £725
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -20.69% +13.15%
75th Percentile £788 £600 £750
90th Percentile £850 £739 £813
UK median daily rate £750 £550 £725
% change year-on-year +36.36% -24.14% +14.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £80.00
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 - £80.00

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CCSP 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%

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CCSP in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for CCSP in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCSP in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for CCSP 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 CCSP 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 +42 12 £850 +54.55% 16
North of England +22 4 £715 +19.17% 2
South West +48 3 £750 - 6
South East +43 2 £550 -8.33% 10
Midlands +23 2 £775 +3.33% 1
West Midlands +15 2 £775 +3.33% 1
Yorkshire +9 2 £715 +19.17%
North West - 2 £715 - 2
CCSP
UK

CCSP
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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (52.17%) Azure
2 6 (26.09%) GCP
3 5 (21.74%) AWS
4 4 (17.39%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (8.70%) OCI
6 1 (4.35%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) Network Security
2 5 (21.74%) TCP/IP
3 4 (17.39%) DNS
4 3 (13.04%) Firewall
4 3 (13.04%) HTTP
4 3 (13.04%) SMTP
5 1 (4.35%) BGP
5 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (4.35%) LAN
5 1 (4.35%) SD-WAN
5 1 (4.35%) VPN
5 1 (4.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle Reports
General
1 7 (30.43%) Banking
1 7 (30.43%) Finance
2 4 (17.39%) Financial Institution
3 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.70%) French Language
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Architect
2 10 (43.48%) Security Architect
3 7 (30.43%) Consultant
3 7 (30.43%) DevSecOps Architect
3 7 (30.43%) DevSecOps Consultant
3 7 (30.43%) Security Consultant
4 5 (21.74%) Security Engineer
5 4 (17.39%) Analyst
5 4 (17.39%) IT Engineer
5 4 (17.39%) IT Security Engineer
6 3 (13.04%) Lead
6 3 (13.04%) Operational Security Manager
6 3 (13.04%) Operations Manager
6 3 (13.04%) Security Analyst
6 3 (13.04%) Security Manager
6 3 (13.04%) Security Operations Manager
6 3 (13.04%) Senior
7 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (8.70%) Senior Architect
7 2 (8.70%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Hybrid Cloud
1 8 (34.78%) Management Information System
2 7 (30.43%) Private Cloud
2 7 (30.43%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
3 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.35%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.35%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (82.61%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (56.52%) SIEM
3 11 (47.83%) DevSecOps
3 11 (47.83%) Security Operations
4 9 (39.13%) Penetration Testing
4 9 (39.13%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (34.78%) Cloud Security
5 8 (34.78%) Data Loss Prevention
5 8 (34.78%) Information Security
5 8 (34.78%) Risk Management
5 8 (34.78%) Security Management
5 8 (34.78%) SOAR
6 7 (30.43%) DevOps
6 7 (30.43%) Network Architecture
6 7 (30.43%) OWASP
6 7 (30.43%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 6 (26.09%) Due Diligence
7 6 (26.09%) Incident Response
7 6 (26.09%) Privileged Access Management
7 6 (26.09%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.70%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) Bash
2 1 (4.35%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 23 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (91.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 21 (91.30%) CISSP
3 13 (56.52%) OSCP
4 12 (52.17%) CEH
5 10 (43.48%) GCIH
6 9 (39.13%) CISM
6 9 (39.13%) Degree
7 5 (21.74%) CCNA
8 4 (17.39%) CompTIA CySA+
8 4 (17.39%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (13.04%) Master's Degree
10 2 (8.70%) GCIA
10 2 (8.70%) SANS
10 2 (8.70%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (4.35%) CCNP
11 1 (4.35%) CISA
11 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
11 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (69.57%) NIST
2 7 (30.43%) COBIT
2 7 (30.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (30.43%) PCI DSS
3 6 (26.09%) SLA
4 2 (8.70%) NIST 800
5 1 (4.35%) GDPR
5 1 (4.35%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) CASB
1 2 (8.70%) CSIRT
2 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (13.04%) Google
3 2 (8.70%) Darktrace
3 2 (8.70%) Oracle
3 2 (8.70%) Splunk
3 2 (8.70%) TOWER Software
4 1 (4.35%) Rapid7