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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 518 457 541
Rank change year-on-year -61 +84 +103
Contract jobs citing CCSP 34 21 14
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.097% 0.083% 0.037%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.27% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 12
10th Percentile £419 £599 £296
25th Percentile £438 £650 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £680 £575
Median % change year-on-year -22.79% +18.26% -8.00%
75th Percentile £721 £750 £600
90th Percentile £775 £773 -
UK median daily rate £525 £680 £600
% change year-on-year -22.79% +13.33% -4.00%
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 11,989 7,663 11,745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.27% 30.19% 31.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,972 4,719 7,248
10th Percentile £325 £294 £290
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 381 891
10th Percentile £16.01 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.13 £25.26 £20.90
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% +12.36% -4.30%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.99 £82.50 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.25 £44.00
% change year-on-year -37.52% -8.52% -7.37%

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 24 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 24 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 -34 20 £581 -5.87% 12
West Midlands -52 5 £475 -38.71% 3
Midlands -54 5 £475 -38.71% 3
South East -29 3 £750 +36.36% 3
Yorkshire -55 3 £464 -31.73% 1
North of England -70 3 £464 -31.73% 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (82.35%) Azure
2 26 (76.47%) AWS
3 19 (55.88%) GCP
4 11 (32.35%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (23.53%) Entra ID
6 5 (14.71%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (14.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (11.76%) OCI
8 3 (8.82%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (8.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (8.82%) GitHub
8 3 (8.82%) IaaS
8 3 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (8.82%) PaaS
8 3 (8.82%) SaaS
9 2 (5.88%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (5.88%) AWS KMS
9 2 (5.88%) Google Workspace
9 2 (5.88%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (44.12%) Network Security
2 6 (17.65%) Firewall
3 4 (11.76%) BGP
3 4 (11.76%) DNS
3 4 (11.76%) IPv4
3 4 (11.76%) IPv6
3 4 (11.76%) LAN
3 4 (11.76%) MPLS
3 4 (11.76%) OSPF
3 4 (11.76%) SD-WAN
3 4 (11.76%) VPN
3 4 (11.76%) VXLAN
3 4 (11.76%) WAN
3 4 (11.76%) Wireless
3 4 (11.76%) WLAN
4 3 (8.82%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (8.82%) DHCP
4 3 (8.82%) EIGRP
4 3 (8.82%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (8.82%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Git
1 3 (8.82%) Snyk
2 1 (2.94%) Burp Suite
General
1 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (23.53%) Finance
4 6 (17.65%) Public Sector
5 5 (14.71%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (8.82%) Financial Institution
6 3 (8.82%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (52.94%) Architect
2 14 (41.18%) Security Architect
3 8 (23.53%) Security Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Cloud Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Network Architect
5 4 (11.76%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Consultant
5 4 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (8.82%) Senior
7 2 (5.88%) Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) AWS Architect
7 2 (5.88%) Cloud Consultant
7 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Security Architect
7 2 (5.88%) Forensic Consultant
7 2 (5.88%) Security Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Security Consultant
7 2 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (2.94%) Network Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.71%) .NET
2 2 (5.88%) OAuth
2 2 (5.88%) OAuth2
2 2 (5.88%) OpenID
2 2 (5.88%) SAML
3 1 (2.94%) eBPF
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (2.94%) REST
3 1 (2.94%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Security Posture
2 5 (14.71%) Data Centre
2 5 (14.71%) Management Information System
3 4 (11.76%) Cloud Native
3 4 (11.76%) Cloud Security Posture
3 4 (11.76%) IoT
4 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (5.88%) PKI
5 2 (5.88%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.94%) CSOC
6 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.94%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Linux
2 3 (8.82%) Windows
3 2 (5.88%) Mac OS
3 2 (5.88%) Unix
4 1 (2.94%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (76.47%) Cloud Security
2 19 (55.88%) Security Architecture
3 18 (52.94%) Zero Trust
4 16 (47.06%) DevSecOps
5 15 (44.12%) CI/CD
5 15 (44.12%) SIEM
6 14 (41.18%) TOGAF
7 13 (38.24%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (38.24%) Incident Response
8 12 (35.29%) Identity Access Management
8 12 (35.29%) Vulnerability Management
9 11 (32.35%) Data Protection
9 11 (32.35%) Threat Modelling
10 10 (29.41%) Computer Science
10 10 (29.41%) DevOps
10 10 (29.41%) Information Security
10 10 (29.41%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (26.47%) Application Security
12 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (23.53%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 10 (29.41%) Python
2 5 (14.71%) Java
3 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.94%) Bash
4 1 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 34 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (91.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 30 (88.24%) CISSP
4 11 (32.35%) AWS Certification
4 11 (32.35%) Degree
5 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
6 7 (20.59%) Azure Certification
6 7 (20.59%) CISM
7 6 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (14.71%) Master's Degree
8 5 (14.71%) OSCP
9 4 (11.76%) CCIE
9 4 (11.76%) CCNP
9 4 (11.76%) SANS
10 3 (8.82%) CCIE Security
10 3 (8.82%) CEH
10 3 (8.82%) GCIH
10 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
11 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
11 2 (5.88%) GCFE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (55.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (50.00%) NIST
3 15 (44.12%) GDPR
4 14 (41.18%) PCI DSS
5 4 (11.76%) NCSC
6 3 (8.82%) HIPAA
6 3 (8.82%) PSD2
7 2 (5.88%) GRC
7 2 (5.88%) JSP 440
8 1 (2.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (2.94%) NIST 800
8 1 (2.94%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) Docker
2 3 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (8.82%) VMware NSX
3 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (41.18%) Kubernetes
2 10 (29.41%) Terraform
3 4 (11.76%) Ansible
4 3 (8.82%) Nessus
5 2 (5.88%) CASB
5 2 (5.88%) EnCase
5 2 (5.88%) FTK
5 2 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (2.94%) CSIRT
6 1 (2.94%) Nmap
6 1 (2.94%) SELinux
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) Cisco
3 5 (14.71%) Tenable
4 4 (11.76%) F5
4 4 (11.76%) Fortinet
4 4 (11.76%) Google
4 4 (11.76%) Meraki
4 4 (11.76%) Okta
4 4 (11.76%) Palo Alto
4 4 (11.76%) Splunk
5 3 (8.82%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (8.82%) Darktrace
5 3 (8.82%) Qualys
5 3 (8.82%) Rapid7
5 3 (8.82%) SolarWinds
5 3 (8.82%) VMware
6 2 (5.88%) CheckPoint
6 2 (5.88%) Forcepoint
6 2 (5.88%) Juniper
7 1 (2.94%) Zscaler