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 17 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 509 511
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 +198
Contract jobs citing CCSP 21 14 63
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.074% 0.044% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.15% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 43
10th Percentile £417 £570 -
25th Percentile £429 £619 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £627
Median % change year-on-year - +3.67% +2.37%
75th Percentile £773 - £750
90th Percentile £775 £675 £770
UK median daily rate £675 £650 £608
% change year-on-year +3.85% +7.00% -0.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £47.15 - -
25th Percentile £49.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £81.63 - -
90th Percentile £92.65 - -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 - -

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 9,055 9,516 11,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.07% 29.78% 29.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,776 5,780 7,687
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% -4.36% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 757 491 698
10th Percentile £17.87 £19.83 £16.90
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.33 £24.81
Median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.58
Median % change year-on-year -52.10% -2.02% +19.07%
75th Percentile £43.00 £70.00 £69.91
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.40 £79.37
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.84 £53.67
% change year-on-year -47.43% -10.85% +19.26%

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 17 October 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 17 October 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 17 October 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 +11 12 £442 -23.12% 8
South East +17 6 £760 +16.92% 5
South West +18 1 £725 +11.54% 2
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 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (71.43%) Azure
2 13 (61.90%) AWS
3 12 (57.14%) GCP
4 7 (33.33%) Entra ID
5 5 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (9.52%) Google Workspace
7 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (4.76%) Azure Stack
7 1 (4.76%) IaaS
7 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (4.76%) Mimecast
7 1 (4.76%) PaaS
7 1 (4.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (47.62%) Network Security
2 4 (19.05%) Firewall
3 2 (9.52%) DNS
3 2 (9.52%) HTTP
3 2 (9.52%) S/MIME
3 2 (9.52%) SMTP
3 2 (9.52%) SSL
3 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 7 (33.33%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Law
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Architect
1 10 (47.62%) Security Architect
2 5 (23.81%) Security Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Forensic Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Product Owner
5 1 (4.76%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) .NET
1 2 (9.52%) OAuth
1 2 (9.52%) OAuth2
1 2 (9.52%) OpenID
1 2 (9.52%) SAML
2 1 (4.76%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 5 (23.81%) Management Information System
2 5 (23.81%) Security Posture
3 4 (19.05%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (14.29%) Public Cloud
5 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
5 2 (9.52%) IoT
5 2 (9.52%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (9.52%) PKI
6 1 (4.76%) CSOC
6 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Linux
3 2 (9.52%) Mac OS
3 2 (9.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Cloud Security
2 12 (57.14%) CI/CD
3 11 (52.38%) DevSecOps
3 11 (52.38%) Vulnerability Management
4 10 (47.62%) SIEM
4 10 (47.62%) Threat Modelling
5 9 (42.86%) Incident Response
5 9 (42.86%) Zero Trust
6 8 (38.10%) Data Loss Prevention
6 8 (38.10%) Information Security
6 8 (38.10%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (38.10%) Security Architecture
7 7 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
7 7 (33.33%) TOGAF
8 6 (28.57%) SDLC
8 6 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
9 5 (23.81%) Migration
9 5 (23.81%) Regulatory Compliance
9 5 (23.81%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) Bash
2 2 (9.52%) Java
2 2 (9.52%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.76%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (95.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 17 (80.95%) CISSP
4 5 (23.81%) AWS Certification
4 5 (23.81%) CISM
5 4 (19.05%) Azure Certification
5 4 (19.05%) Degree
5 4 (19.05%) GCIH
6 3 (14.29%) CEH
7 2 (9.52%) CASP
7 2 (9.52%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (9.52%) CREST Certified
7 2 (9.52%) CSSLP
7 2 (9.52%) GCFE
7 2 (9.52%) GREM
7 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
7 2 (9.52%) OSCP
7 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
7 2 (9.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (57.14%) NIST
3 9 (42.86%) GDPR
4 6 (28.57%) PCI DSS
5 4 (19.05%) PSD2
6 3 (14.29%) NCSC
7 2 (9.52%) HIPAA
7 2 (9.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (4.76%) GRC
8 1 (4.76%) JSP 440
8 1 (4.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Active Directory
1 5 (23.81%) Docker
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (9.52%) CSIRT
2 2 (9.52%) EnCase
2 2 (9.52%) FTK
2 2 (9.52%) SELinux
2 2 (9.52%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (4.76%) CASB
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.76%) Nessus
3 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (19.05%) Darktrace
3 4 (19.05%) Google
4 3 (14.29%) Zscaler
5 2 (9.52%) Cisco
5 2 (9.52%) Salesforce
6 1 (4.76%) CyberArk
6 1 (4.76%) Okta
6 1 (4.76%) Oracle
6 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.76%) Tanium
6 1 (4.76%) Tenable