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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 536 576
Rank change year-on-year +56 +40 +187
Contract jobs citing CCSP 18 16 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.068% 0.043% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.14% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 43
10th Percentile £550 £391 -
25th Percentile - £516 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £700
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -17.86% +11.11%
75th Percentile £850 £638 £750
90th Percentile - £720 £813
UK median daily rate £650 £550 £700
% change year-on-year +18.18% -21.43% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £51.18 - -
25th Percentile £59.31 - -
Median hourly rate £77.25 - £80.00
75th Percentile £90.81 - -
90th Percentile £96.33 - -
UK median hourly rate £77.25 - £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 8,216 11,342 13,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.94% 30.48% 27.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,177 7,037 8,723
10th Percentile £282 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 551 987 645
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.16 £14.67
25th Percentile £20.07 £20.75 £22.51
Median hourly rate £28.18 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.69% -22.73% +35.80%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.19 £77.19 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.65 £40.94 £55.50
% change year-on-year -32.47% -26.23% +24.72%

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
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

CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSP in England over the 6 months to 6 July 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

CCSP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram 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 6 July 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 +43 15 £700 +27.27% 15
South East +38 2 £550 -8.33% 4
East of England - 1 - - 4
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 14 (77.78%) Azure
2 10 (55.56%) AWS
3 8 (44.44%) GCP
4 3 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (11.11%) OCI
6 1 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (55.56%) Network Security
2 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
3 3 (16.67%) DNS
4 2 (11.11%) Firewall
4 2 (11.11%) HTTP
4 2 (11.11%) SMTP
5 1 (5.56%) BGP
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (5.56%) LAN
5 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
5 1 (5.56%) VPN
5 1 (5.56%) WAN
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Financial Institution
3 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.11%) French Language
5 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.56%) Law
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Architect
3 4 (22.22%) IT Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) IT Security Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Security Architect
4 3 (16.67%) Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Lead
5 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Operational Security Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Operations Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Security Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Security Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Security Operations Manager
5 2 (11.11%) Senior
6 1 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) IT Director
6 1 (5.56%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Product Owner
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (44.44%) Security Posture
2 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 2 (11.11%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (61.11%) SIEM
2 11 (61.11%) Vulnerability Management
3 10 (55.56%) Security Operations
4 8 (44.44%) Cloud Security
4 8 (44.44%) Data Loss Prevention
5 7 (38.89%) SOAR
5 7 (38.89%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 7 (38.89%) TOGAF
6 6 (33.33%) Due Diligence
6 6 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
6 6 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
7 5 (27.78%) DevSecOps
7 5 (27.78%) Information Security
7 5 (27.78%) Risk Management
8 4 (22.22%) Change Management
8 4 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (22.22%) IT Governance
8 4 (22.22%) Security Architecture
8 4 (22.22%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 2 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) Bash
2 1 (5.56%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (88.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 15 (83.33%) CISSP
4 9 (50.00%) GCIH
5 6 (33.33%) Degree
6 5 (27.78%) OSCP
7 4 (22.22%) CCNA
7 4 (22.22%) CEH
8 3 (16.67%) CISM
8 3 (16.67%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (11.11%) CASP
9 2 (11.11%) CREST Certified
9 2 (11.11%) CSSLP
9 2 (11.11%) GCIA
9 2 (11.11%) GIAC
9 2 (11.11%) SANS
9 2 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (5.56%) CISMP
10 1 (5.56%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (72.22%) NIST
2 11 (61.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (33.33%) SLA
4 3 (16.67%) GDPR
5 2 (11.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (11.11%) NCSC
6 1 (5.56%) GRC
6 1 (5.56%) HIPAA
6 1 (5.56%) NIST 800
6 1 (5.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) CSIRT
1 2 (11.11%) SELinux
2 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (16.67%) Zscaler
3 2 (11.11%) Google
3 2 (11.11%) Splunk
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco
4 1 (5.56%) Darktrace
4 1 (5.56%) Okta
4 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.56%) Rapid7
4 1 (5.56%) Tanium