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 3 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 452 526
Rank change year-on-year -81 +74 +56
Contract jobs citing CCSP 56 17 16
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.071% 0.043%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% 0.23% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 9 11
10th Percentile £495 £550 £400
25th Percentile £514 - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £702 £850 £681
90th Percentile £765 - £750
UK median daily rate £650 £650 £575
% change year-on-year - +13.04% -17.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £77.25 -
UK median hourly rate - £77.25 -

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 13,282 7,534 11,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.85% 31.47% 30.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,913 4,770 6,994
10th Percentile £350 £280 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £650
90th Percentile £721 £713 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £530
% change year-on-year +0.96% -1.89% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,011 444 1,006
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.33 £22.27 £18.57
Median hourly rate £47.54 £32.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.28% -18.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £73.46 £66.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.36 £81.01 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £48.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.23% -18.75% -27.27%

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 3 June 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 3 June 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 -69 28 £663 -5.36% 9
North of England - 21 £675 - 8
Yorkshire - 18 £675 - 5
East of England -27 4 £505 - 2
North West - 3 - - 2
South East -62 1 - - 9
South West - 1 £600 - 3
West Midlands - 1 £450 - 1
Midlands - 1 £450 - 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 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 39 (69.64%) AWS
1 39 (69.64%) Azure
2 25 (44.64%) GCP
3 12 (21.43%) Azure Sentinel
4 10 (17.86%) Entra ID
5 5 (8.93%) SaaS
6 4 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (5.36%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (5.36%) Azure AKS
7 3 (5.36%) GitHub
7 3 (5.36%) IaaS
7 3 (5.36%) PaaS
8 2 (3.57%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (3.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (3.57%) OCI
9 1 (1.79%) Amazon Bedrock
9 1 (1.79%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (1.79%) Google Gemini
9 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 31 (55.36%) Network Security
2 4 (7.14%) Firewall
3 3 (5.36%) VPN
4 1 (1.79%) Calico
4 1 (1.79%) LAN
4 1 (1.79%) NGFW
4 1 (1.79%) WAN
4 1 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Snyk
2 2 (3.57%) Git
3 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 24 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 22 (39.29%) Finance
3 9 (16.07%) Banking
4 8 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 7 (12.50%) Financial Institution
6 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.79%) Local Government
8 1 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (39.29%) Consultant
2 17 (30.36%) Architect
3 14 (25.00%) Security Architect
4 12 (21.43%) DevSecOps Consultant
4 12 (21.43%) Security Consultant
5 6 (10.71%) Security Engineer
6 5 (8.93%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 5 (8.93%) Lead
7 3 (5.36%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 3 (5.36%) Security Officer
7 3 (5.36%) Security Specialist
7 3 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.57%) Application Security Specialist
8 2 (3.57%) Applications Specialist
8 2 (3.57%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Senior
8 2 (3.57%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Technical Leader
9 1 (1.79%) Cloud Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.50%) RESTful
2 3 (5.36%) SLSA
3 2 (3.57%) .NET
4 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.79%) OAuth
4 1 (1.79%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.79%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.21%) Security Posture
2 9 (16.07%) Private Cloud
3 5 (8.93%) Cloud Native
4 4 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (5.36%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (5.36%) Data Centre
5 3 (5.36%) Management Information System
5 3 (5.36%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.57%) CMDB
6 2 (3.57%) IBM Mainframe
6 2 (3.57%) Mainframe
6 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.79%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.79%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.79%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.36%) Linux
1 3 (5.36%) Windows
2 1 (1.79%) Android
2 1 (1.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (71.43%) Cloud Security
2 36 (64.29%) Threat Modelling
3 26 (46.43%) Cybersecurity
4 25 (44.64%) DevSecOps
5 24 (42.86%) CI/CD
6 23 (41.07%) Application Security
6 23 (41.07%) Vulnerability Management
7 21 (37.50%) Architectural Patterns
8 19 (33.93%) Security Architecture
9 18 (32.14%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (30.36%) Identity Access Management
10 17 (30.36%) SIEM
11 15 (26.79%) Cryptography
11 15 (26.79%) DevOps
11 15 (26.79%) Roadmaps
12 13 (23.21%) GAP Analysis
12 13 (23.21%) SBOM
12 13 (23.21%) Zero Trust
13 12 (21.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 12 (21.43%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.93%) Python
2 4 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.14%) Search Processing Language
3 3 (5.36%) Bash
4 2 (3.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 56 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 54 (96.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 53 (94.64%) CISSP
4 32 (57.14%) CISM
5 11 (19.64%) CEH
5 11 (19.64%) OSCP
6 10 (17.86%) Security Cleared
7 8 (14.29%) Degree
7 8 (14.29%) SC Cleared
8 6 (10.71%) GCIH
9 5 (8.93%) Azure Certification
9 5 (8.93%) CCSK
9 5 (8.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (7.14%) AWS Certification
10 4 (7.14%) GCIA
10 4 (7.14%) GSEC
11 3 (5.36%) CRISC
11 3 (5.36%) CSSLP
11 3 (5.36%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (5.36%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (50.00%) NIST
2 18 (32.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (19.64%) PCI DSS
4 8 (14.29%) COBIT
5 6 (10.71%) GDPR
6 3 (5.36%) NCSC
6 3 (5.36%) SOC 2
7 2 (3.57%) GRC
8 1 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.79%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (1.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (1.79%) ISO 31000
8 1 (1.79%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (5.36%) Active Directory
1 3 (5.36%) Docker
2 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.79%) KVM
2 1 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (37.50%) Kubernetes
2 5 (8.93%) Terraform
3 1 (1.79%) Ansible
3 1 (1.79%) Istio
3 1 (1.79%) SELinux
3 1 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 8 (14.29%) Splunk
2 4 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (7.14%) Google
2 4 (7.14%) Okta
2 4 (7.14%) Qualys
2 4 (7.14%) Tenable
3 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.57%) IBM
4 2 (3.57%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.57%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.79%) Adobe
5 1 (1.79%) Apple
5 1 (1.79%) Broadcom
5 1 (1.79%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.79%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.79%) Sage
5 1 (1.79%) SAP
5 1 (1.79%) Symantec
5 1 (1.79%) VMware