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 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 509 533
Rank change year-on-year +1 +24 +175
Contract jobs citing CCSP 32 12 44
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.039% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.33% 0.13% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 7 29
10th Percentile £416 £570 £486
25th Percentile £425 £618 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £650 £627
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +3.67% +4.50%
75th Percentile £719 - £750
90th Percentile £775 - £755
UK median daily rate £506 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -22.12% +4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £39.10 - -
25th Percentile £43.38 - -
Median hourly rate £56.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.44 - -
90th Percentile £88.98 - -
UK median hourly rate £56.00 - -

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 9,825 9,242 11,723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.01% 29.67% 29.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,336 5,666 7,515
10th Percentile £300 £313 £310
25th Percentile £418 £425 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £716 £727 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 850 417 709
10th Percentile £17.69 £20.20 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £26.24
Median hourly rate £25.15 £51.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.93% -2.38% +16.67%
75th Percentile £45.46 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £79.82
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £53.50
% change year-on-year -45.54% -13.68% +18.89%

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 8 November 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 +16 14 £442 -26.40% 26
South East +8 7 £750 +15.38% 30
West Midlands - 4 £500 - 4
Midlands - 4 £500 - 7
Yorkshire -30 3 £464 -28.58%
North of England -30 3 £464 -28.58% 6
South West 0 1 £725 +11.54%
East of England - 1 - - 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 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (75.00%) Azure
2 22 (68.75%) AWS
3 20 (62.50%) GCP
4 10 (31.25%) Entra ID
5 5 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (12.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (9.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (6.25%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (6.25%) Google Workspace
8 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (6.25%) Mimecast
9 1 (3.13%) Akamai
9 1 (3.13%) AWS IoT
9 1 (3.13%) Azure Stack
9 1 (3.13%) IaaS
9 1 (3.13%) OCI
9 1 (3.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (40.63%) Network Security
2 10 (31.25%) Firewall
3 6 (18.75%) DNS
4 4 (12.50%) BGP
4 4 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (12.50%) IPv4
4 4 (12.50%) IPv6
4 4 (12.50%) LAN
4 4 (12.50%) MPLS
4 4 (12.50%) OSPF
4 4 (12.50%) SD-WAN
4 4 (12.50%) VXLAN
4 4 (12.50%) WAN
4 4 (12.50%) Wireless
4 4 (12.50%) WLAN
5 3 (9.38%) DHCP
5 3 (9.38%) EIGRP
5 3 (9.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (9.38%) SMTP
5 3 (9.38%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Burp Suite
General
1 11 (34.38%) Finance
2 10 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (9.38%) Legal
5 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
7 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Law
7 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (53.13%) Architect
2 13 (40.63%) Security Architect
3 6 (18.75%) Security Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Network Architect
4 4 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (9.38%) Senior
6 2 (6.25%) Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Consultant
6 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Forensic Consultant
6 2 (6.25%) Security Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (6.25%) SOC Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Azure Architect
7 1 (3.13%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) .NET
1 2 (6.25%) OAuth
1 2 (6.25%) OAuth2
1 2 (6.25%) OpenID
1 2 (6.25%) SAML
2 1 (3.13%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Cloud Native
2 8 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 6 (18.75%) Cloud Security Posture
3 6 (18.75%) Data Centre
3 6 (18.75%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (15.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (15.63%) Management Information System
4 5 (15.63%) Public Cloud
5 3 (9.38%) IoT
5 3 (9.38%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (6.25%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (6.25%) PKI
7 1 (3.13%) CSOC
7 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
7 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
7 1 (3.13%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.75%) Windows
2 5 (15.63%) Linux
3 2 (6.25%) Mac OS
3 2 (6.25%) Unix
4 1 (3.13%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Cloud Security
2 17 (53.13%) Zero Trust
3 16 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 15 (46.88%) CI/CD
4 15 (46.88%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (46.88%) DevSecOps
4 15 (46.88%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (43.75%) Incident Response
5 14 (43.75%) SIEM
6 13 (40.63%) TOGAF
7 12 (37.50%) Information Security
7 12 (37.50%) Strategic Thinking
7 12 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
8 11 (34.38%) Data Loss Prevention
8 11 (34.38%) Infrastructure as Code
9 9 (28.13%) Computer Science
9 9 (28.13%) Identity Access Management
9 9 (28.13%) Mentoring
9 9 (28.13%) Roadmaps
9 9 (28.13%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 9 (28.13%) Python
2 3 (9.38%) Bash
2 3 (9.38%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (9.38%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.25%) Java
4 1 (3.13%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 32 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (96.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 28 (87.50%) CISSP
4 12 (37.50%) AWS Certification
5 9 (28.13%) Azure Certification
5 9 (28.13%) Degree
6 5 (15.63%) CEH
6 5 (15.63%) CISM
6 5 (15.63%) GCIH
6 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
7 4 (12.50%) CCIE
7 4 (12.50%) CCNP
7 4 (12.50%) OSCP
8 3 (9.38%) CCIE Security
8 3 (9.38%) CCNA
8 3 (9.38%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (9.38%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (9.38%) Master's Degree
9 2 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (65.63%) NIST
3 16 (50.00%) GDPR
4 13 (40.63%) PCI DSS
5 7 (21.88%) PSD2
6 4 (12.50%) NCSC
7 2 (6.25%) HIPAA
7 2 (6.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (6.25%) JSP 440
8 1 (3.13%) GRC
8 1 (3.13%) NIST 800
8 1 (3.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (21.88%) Docker
2 5 (15.63%) Active Directory
3 3 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (9.38%) VMware NSX
4 1 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (28.13%) Kubernetes
2 5 (15.63%) Terraform
3 4 (12.50%) Ansible
4 3 (9.38%) CSIRT
4 3 (9.38%) Nessus
5 2 (6.25%) CASB
5 2 (6.25%) EnCase
5 2 (6.25%) FTK
5 2 (6.25%) SELinux
5 2 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (3.13%) Nmap
Vendors
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) Cisco
3 6 (18.75%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (15.63%) Darktrace
4 5 (15.63%) Google
4 5 (15.63%) Palo Alto
5 4 (12.50%) F5
5 4 (12.50%) Fortinet
5 4 (12.50%) Meraki
5 4 (12.50%) Zscaler
6 3 (9.38%) SolarWinds
6 3 (9.38%) VMware
7 2 (6.25%) Forcepoint
7 2 (6.25%) Juniper
7 2 (6.25%) Okta
7 2 (6.25%) Salesforce
7 2 (6.25%) Tenable
8 1 (3.13%) CyberArk
8 1 (3.13%) Oracle
8 1 (3.13%) Tanium