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 4 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 457 524
Rank change year-on-year -82 +67 +109
Contract jobs citing CCSP 41 22 16
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.090% 0.043%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.29% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 15 13
10th Percentile £421 £560 £280
25th Percentile £453 £643 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £680 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.93% +23.64% -13.73%
75th Percentile £709 £750 £600
90th Percentile £768 £788 £720
UK median daily rate £600 £680 £550
% change year-on-year -11.76% +23.64% -13.73%
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 12,938 7,612 11,750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.51% 31.24% 31.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,639 4,891 7,290
10th Percentile £340 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £743
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.43% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 987 423 916
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.50 £13.99
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.66 £17.74
Median hourly rate £37.50 £50.00 £38.45
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +30.03% -26.05%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.38 £82.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.12 £45.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year -17.51% +16.13% -26.19%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -43 24 £650 +1.17% 4
North of England -69 8 £488 -31.82% 4
Yorkshire -52 7 £488 -31.82% 1
West Midlands -53 5 £475 -38.71% 4
Midlands -68 5 £475 -38.71% 4
North West -45 1 - - 1
South East -50 1 £413 -25.00% 2
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:

Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 31 (75.61%) Azure
2 26 (63.41%) AWS
3 19 (46.34%) GCP
4 13 (31.71%) Azure Sentinel
5 10 (24.39%) Entra ID
6 5 (12.20%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (12.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (9.76%) GitHub
7 4 (9.76%) OCI
7 4 (9.76%) SaaS
8 3 (7.32%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (7.32%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (7.32%) IaaS
8 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (7.32%) PaaS
9 2 (4.88%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (4.88%) AWS KMS
9 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (4.88%) Mimecast
10 1 (2.44%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 16 (39.02%) Network Security
2 6 (14.63%) Firewall
3 4 (9.76%) BGP
3 4 (9.76%) DNS
3 4 (9.76%) IPv4
3 4 (9.76%) IPv6
3 4 (9.76%) LAN
3 4 (9.76%) MPLS
3 4 (9.76%) OSPF
3 4 (9.76%) SD-WAN
3 4 (9.76%) VPN
3 4 (9.76%) VXLAN
3 4 (9.76%) WAN
3 4 (9.76%) Wireless
3 4 (9.76%) WLAN
4 3 (7.32%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (7.32%) DHCP
4 3 (7.32%) EIGRP
4 3 (7.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (7.32%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Snyk
2 3 (7.32%) Git
3 1 (2.44%) Burp Suite
3 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 12 (29.27%) Finance
3 9 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (17.07%) Public Sector
5 5 (12.20%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (9.76%) Financial Institution
7 3 (7.32%) Banking
7 3 (7.32%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (48.78%) Architect
2 16 (39.02%) Security Architect
3 8 (19.51%) Security Engineer
4 7 (17.07%) Consultant
5 6 (14.63%) Security Consultant
6 5 (12.20%) Cloud Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) Network Architect
6 5 (12.20%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (9.76%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 3 (7.32%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 3 (7.32%) Security Specialist
9 2 (4.88%) Analyst
9 2 (4.88%) Application Security Specialist
9 2 (4.88%) Applications Specialist
9 2 (4.88%) AWS Architect
9 2 (4.88%) Cloud Consultant
9 2 (4.88%) Network Consultant
9 2 (4.88%) Network Security Consultant
9 2 (4.88%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.76%) RESTful
2 3 (7.32%) .NET
3 1 (2.44%) eBPF
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (2.44%) REST
3 1 (2.44%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Security Posture
2 5 (12.20%) Data Centre
2 5 (12.20%) Private Cloud
3 4 (9.76%) Cloud Native
3 4 (9.76%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (4.88%) CMDB
5 2 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.88%) IBM Mainframe
5 2 (4.88%) IoT
5 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (4.88%) Mainframe
5 2 (4.88%) Public Cloud
5 2 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.44%) CSOC
6 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Windows
2 2 (4.88%) Linux
3 1 (2.44%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (65.85%) Cloud Security
2 21 (51.22%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (48.78%) Security Architecture
4 18 (43.90%) Threat Modelling
4 18 (43.90%) Zero Trust
5 16 (39.02%) DevSecOps
6 15 (36.59%) SIEM
7 14 (34.15%) Application Security
7 14 (34.15%) CI/CD
8 13 (31.71%) TOGAF
9 12 (29.27%) Data Protection
9 12 (29.27%) DevOps
9 12 (29.27%) Vulnerability Management
10 11 (26.83%) Identity Access Management
10 11 (26.83%) Security Testing
11 10 (24.39%) Incident Response
11 10 (24.39%) Information Security
11 10 (24.39%) Infrastructure as Code
12 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) Python
2 3 (7.32%) Java
3 2 (4.88%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.44%) Bash
4 1 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 41 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (92.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 37 (90.24%) CISSP
4 14 (34.15%) CISM
5 11 (26.83%) AWS Certification
5 11 (26.83%) Security Cleared
6 10 (24.39%) CEH
6 10 (24.39%) OSCP
7 9 (21.95%) Degree
8 7 (17.07%) Azure Certification
9 4 (9.76%) CCIE
9 4 (9.76%) CCNP
9 4 (9.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (9.76%) SANS
9 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared
10 3 (7.32%) CCIE Security
10 3 (7.32%) CSSLP
10 3 (7.32%) GCIH
10 3 (7.32%) Master's Degree
11 2 (4.88%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (58.54%) NIST
2 20 (48.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (41.46%) PCI DSS
4 13 (31.71%) GDPR
5 4 (9.76%) COBIT
5 4 (9.76%) GRC
5 4 (9.76%) NCSC
6 3 (7.32%) PSD2
7 2 (4.88%) JSP 440
8 1 (2.44%) HIPAA
8 1 (2.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (2.44%) NIST 800
8 1 (2.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Docker
2 3 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.32%) VMware NSX
3 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (34.15%) Kubernetes
2 10 (24.39%) Terraform
3 4 (9.76%) Ansible
4 3 (7.32%) Nessus
5 2 (4.88%) CASB
6 1 (2.44%) CSIRT
6 1 (2.44%) Nmap
6 1 (2.44%) SELinux
6 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) Cisco
2 6 (14.63%) Tenable
3 5 (12.20%) Okta
3 5 (12.20%) Splunk
4 4 (9.76%) F5
4 4 (9.76%) Fortinet
4 4 (9.76%) Google
4 4 (9.76%) Meraki
4 4 (9.76%) Palo Alto
4 4 (9.76%) Qualys
5 3 (7.32%) Rapid7
5 3 (7.32%) SolarWinds
5 3 (7.32%) VMware
6 2 (4.88%) CheckPoint
6 2 (4.88%) Forcepoint
6 2 (4.88%) IBM
6 2 (4.88%) Juniper
6 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow
7 1 (2.44%) Sage