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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 530 466 543
Rank change year-on-year -64 +77 +112
Contract jobs citing CCSP 26 20 16
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.077% 0.077% 0.042%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.26% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 14
10th Percentile £416 £640 £348
25th Percentile £428 £650 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £680 £600
Median % change year-on-year -33.82% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £574 £750 £719
90th Percentile £723 £776 £750
UK median daily rate £450 £680 £600
% change year-on-year -33.82% +13.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £39.50 £54.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.52% - -
75th Percentile £42.75 £63.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £54.50 -
% change year-on-year -27.52% - -

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 11,438 7,802 11,881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.05% 30.19% 31.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,604 4,724 7,364
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £419 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -3.67% -0.91%
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 891 370 879
10th Percentile £15.75 £20.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.94 £25.26 £21.28
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% +3.53% +1.96%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £82.57 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.13% -12.82% +1.96%

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCSP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

CCSP job vacancy trend 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 10 February 2026.

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
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 10 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 -33 12 £442 -28.49% 9
West Midlands -44 5 £475 -38.71% 2
Midlands -52 5 £475 -38.71% 2
Yorkshire -55 3 £464 -31.73% 1
North of England -65 3 £464 -31.73% 2
South East - 3 £750 - 5
East of England - 1 - -
CCSP
UK

CCSP
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 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (76.92%) AWS
1 20 (76.92%) Azure
2 16 (61.54%) GCP
3 5 (19.23%) AWS CloudFormation
3 5 (19.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 4 (15.38%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 4 (15.38%) OCI
5 3 (11.54%) Amazon ECS
5 3 (11.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (11.54%) GitHub
5 3 (11.54%) IaaS
5 3 (11.54%) PaaS
5 3 (11.54%) SaaS
6 2 (7.69%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (7.69%) AWS KMS
6 2 (7.69%) Google Workspace
6 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (7.69%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 9 (34.62%) Network Security
2 6 (23.08%) Firewall
3 4 (15.38%) BGP
3 4 (15.38%) DNS
3 4 (15.38%) IPv4
3 4 (15.38%) IPv6
3 4 (15.38%) LAN
3 4 (15.38%) MPLS
3 4 (15.38%) OSPF
3 4 (15.38%) SD-WAN
3 4 (15.38%) VPN
3 4 (15.38%) VXLAN
3 4 (15.38%) WAN
3 4 (15.38%) Wireless
3 4 (15.38%) WLAN
4 3 (11.54%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (11.54%) DHCP
4 3 (11.54%) EIGRP
4 3 (11.54%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (11.54%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) Burp Suite
General
1 9 (34.62%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 5 (19.23%) Finance
3 5 (19.23%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
5 3 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Architect
2 8 (30.77%) Security Architect
3 6 (23.08%) Security Engineer
4 5 (19.23%) Network Architect
5 4 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 4 (15.38%) Consultant
5 4 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) AWS Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Cloud Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 2 (7.69%) Forensic Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Security Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Security Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) Senior
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (19.23%) .NET
2 2 (7.69%) OAuth
2 2 (7.69%) OAuth2
2 2 (7.69%) OpenID
2 2 (7.69%) SAML
3 1 (3.85%) eBPF
3 1 (3.85%) REST
3 1 (3.85%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Security Posture
2 5 (19.23%) Data Centre
3 4 (15.38%) Cloud Native
3 4 (15.38%) Cloud Security Posture
3 4 (15.38%) IoT
3 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
4 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (7.69%) PKI
5 2 (7.69%) Public Cloud
6 1 (3.85%) CSOC
6 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.85%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (3.85%) Operational Technology
6 1 (3.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
2 3 (11.54%) Windows
3 2 (7.69%) Mac OS
3 2 (7.69%) Unix
4 1 (3.85%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) Cloud Security
2 14 (53.85%) Security Architecture
2 14 (53.85%) Zero Trust
3 13 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (50.00%) DevSecOps
4 12 (46.15%) CI/CD
4 12 (46.15%) Incident Response
5 11 (42.31%) TOGAF
6 9 (34.62%) Computer Science
6 9 (34.62%) Information Security
6 9 (34.62%) Infrastructure as Code
6 9 (34.62%) SIEM
7 8 (30.77%) Strategic Thinking
7 8 (30.77%) Threat Modelling
7 8 (30.77%) Vulnerability Management
8 7 (26.92%) Data Protection
8 7 (26.92%) Identity Access Management
9 6 (23.08%) Data Loss Prevention
9 6 (23.08%) Mentoring
9 6 (23.08%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (38.46%) Python
2 5 (19.23%) Java
3 1 (3.85%) Bash
3 1 (3.85%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (92.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 23 (88.46%) CISSP
4 11 (42.31%) AWS Certification
5 9 (34.62%) Degree
6 6 (23.08%) Azure Certification
6 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
7 5 (19.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (19.23%) Master's Degree
7 5 (19.23%) OSCP
8 4 (15.38%) CCIE
8 4 (15.38%) CCNP
8 4 (15.38%) SANS
9 3 (11.54%) CCIE Security
9 3 (11.54%) CEH
9 3 (11.54%) CISM
9 3 (11.54%) GCIH
10 2 (7.69%) GCFA
10 2 (7.69%) JNCIE
10 2 (7.69%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (65.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (61.54%) NIST
3 14 (53.85%) GDPR
3 14 (53.85%) PCI DSS
4 4 (15.38%) NCSC
5 3 (11.54%) HIPAA
5 3 (11.54%) PSD2
6 2 (7.69%) GRC
6 2 (7.69%) JSP 440
7 1 (3.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (3.85%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Docker
2 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (11.54%) VMware NSX
3 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (38.46%) Terraform
2 9 (34.62%) Kubernetes
3 4 (15.38%) Ansible
4 3 (11.54%) Nessus
5 2 (7.69%) CASB
5 2 (7.69%) EnCase
5 2 (7.69%) FTK
5 2 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (3.85%) CSIRT
6 1 (3.85%) Nmap
6 1 (3.85%) SELinux
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 6 (23.08%) Cisco
3 4 (15.38%) F5
3 4 (15.38%) Fortinet
3 4 (15.38%) Google
3 4 (15.38%) Meraki
3 4 (15.38%) Palo Alto
4 3 (11.54%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (11.54%) Darktrace
4 3 (11.54%) Rapid7
4 3 (11.54%) SolarWinds
4 3 (11.54%) VMware
5 2 (7.69%) CheckPoint
5 2 (7.69%) Forcepoint
5 2 (7.69%) Juniper
5 2 (7.69%) Tenable
6 1 (3.85%) CyberArk
6 1 (3.85%) Okta
6 1 (3.85%) Splunk
6 1 (3.85%) Zscaler