CCSP Contract Job Trends 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 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 513 516
Rank change year-on-year +28 +3 +227
Contract jobs citing CCSP 24 13 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.088% 0.040% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.13% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 53
10th Percentile £473 £398 -
25th Percentile £650 £525 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £781 £650 £750
90th Percentile £850 £688 £810
UK median daily rate £738 £600 £627
% change year-on-year +22.92% -4.31% +6.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £47.15 - -
25th Percentile £49.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - £80.00
75th Percentile £81.63 - -
90th Percentile £92.65 - -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 - £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 8,625 9,723 12,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.52% 29.83% 28.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,462 6,018 7,897
10th Percentile £303 £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 674 583 664
10th Percentile £18.15 £17.08 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £26.71 £24.04
Median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.78
Median % change year-on-year -53.43% -1.42% +21.73%
75th Percentile £47.12 £69.72 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £78.94
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -49.70% -8.73% +21.73%

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

CCSP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSP

CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSP in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCSP in England

CCSP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSP

CCSP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCSP in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCSP in England

CCSP
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 15 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
London +26 15 £650 +13.04% 11
South East +31 7 £750 +15.38% 9
South West +27 1 £725 -
East of England - 1 - -
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (70.83%) Azure
2 11 (45.83%) AWS
2 11 (45.83%) GCP
3 6 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 5 (20.83%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (8.33%) Google Workspace
7 1 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (4.17%) Azure Stack
7 1 (4.17%) IaaS
7 1 (4.17%) OCI
7 1 (4.17%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (58.33%) Network Security
2 4 (16.67%) Firewall
3 2 (8.33%) DNS
3 2 (8.33%) HTTP
3 2 (8.33%) SMTP
3 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 13 (54.17%) Finance
2 4 (16.67%) Financial Institution
3 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.33%) French Language
4 2 (8.33%) Legal
5 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Law
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Architect
1 8 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 8 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) IT Security Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Lead
3 3 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Forensic Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Operational Security Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Operations Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Security Operations Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 11 (45.83%) Security Posture
2 7 (29.17%) Cloud Native
2 7 (29.17%) Management Information System
3 4 (16.67%) Cloud Security Posture
3 4 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (12.50%) Public Cloud
5 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
5 2 (8.33%) IoT
5 2 (8.33%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Linux
3 2 (8.33%) Mac OS
3 2 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Cloud Security
1 14 (58.33%) SIEM
1 14 (58.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 12 (50.00%) Information Security
3 11 (45.83%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (45.83%) Data Loss Prevention
3 11 (45.83%) Threat Modelling
3 11 (45.83%) TOGAF
4 10 (41.67%) CI/CD
5 9 (37.50%) DevSecOps
5 9 (37.50%) Security Operations
6 8 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
6 8 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
6 8 (33.33%) Security Architecture
6 8 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 7 (29.17%) Incident Response
8 6 (25.00%) Due Diligence
8 6 (25.00%) SOAR
8 6 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Bash
1 2 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.33%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 24 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (87.50%) CISSP
3 10 (41.67%) GCIH
4 5 (20.83%) CISM
4 5 (20.83%) Degree
5 4 (16.67%) AWS Certification
6 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
6 3 (12.50%) OSCP
7 2 (8.33%) CASP
7 2 (8.33%) CCNA
7 2 (8.33%) CEH
7 2 (8.33%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (8.33%) CREST Certified
7 2 (8.33%) CSSLP
7 2 (8.33%) GCFA
7 2 (8.33%) GCFE
7 2 (8.33%) GREM
7 2 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (70.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 17 (70.83%) NIST
2 6 (25.00%) GDPR
2 6 (25.00%) SLA
3 4 (16.67%) PCI DSS
3 4 (16.67%) PSD2
4 2 (8.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 2 (8.33%) NCSC
5 1 (4.17%) GRC
5 1 (4.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.67%) Docker
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.33%) CSIRT
2 2 (8.33%) EnCase
2 2 (8.33%) FTK
2 2 (8.33%) SELinux
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (16.67%) Darktrace
3 4 (16.67%) Google
4 3 (12.50%) Zscaler
5 2 (8.33%) Salesforce
6 1 (4.17%) Cisco
6 1 (4.17%) Okta
6 1 (4.17%) Oracle
6 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.17%) Rapid7
6 1 (4.17%) Tanium