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 1 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 505 516
Rank change year-on-year -45 +11 +9
Contract jobs citing CCSP 81 23 12
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.082% 0.037%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.54% 0.26% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 15 5
10th Percentile £456 £424 £398
25th Percentile £500 £546 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £725 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +20.83% -4.31%
75th Percentile £688 £781 £650
90th Percentile - £850 £688
UK median daily rate £559 £738 £600
% change year-on-year -24.24% +22.92% -2.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £57.50 -
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 14,981 8,849 9,583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.18% 31.67% 29.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,004 5,631 5,829
10th Percentile £350 £300 £319
25th Percentile £445 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £713 £738
UK median daily rate £530 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,255 722 532
10th Percentile £17.65 £17.87 £18.13
25th Percentile £25.75 £18.87 £30.00
Median hourly rate £51.50 £25.15 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +104.77% -52.55% +0.95%
75th Percentile £74.00 £43.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £73.63 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £46.80 £25.15 £48.78
% change year-on-year +86.08% -48.44% -8.82%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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
North of England - 31 £663 - 9
London -71 29 £571 -12.12% 51
Yorkshire - 22 £675 - 4
South East -56 9 £550 -27.63% 10
North West - 8 £600 - 5
East of England -23 4 £505 -
West Midlands - 4 £450 - 7
Midlands - 4 £450 - 9
South West -34 2 £520 -28.28% 5
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 5 (6.17%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 60 (74.07%) AWS
2 52 (64.20%) Azure
3 32 (39.51%) GCP
4 9 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (8.64%) SaaS
6 6 (7.41%) Entra ID
7 5 (6.17%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (3.70%) Azure AI
8 3 (3.70%) Azure AKS
8 3 (3.70%) Serverless
9 2 (2.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (2.47%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (2.47%) IaaS
9 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.47%) OpenShift
9 2 (2.47%) PaaS
10 1 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (1.23%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (1.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (1.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 48 (59.26%) Network Security
2 11 (13.58%) Firewall
3 3 (3.70%) VPN
4 2 (2.47%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (2.47%) WAN
5 1 (1.23%) 4G
5 1 (1.23%) 5G
5 1 (1.23%) BIG-IP
5 1 (1.23%) Calico
5 1 (1.23%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.23%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (1.23%) DNS
5 1 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.23%) LAN
5 1 (1.23%) NGFW
5 1 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.23%) Data Lake
General
1 41 (50.62%) Social Skills
2 30 (37.04%) Finance
3 11 (13.58%) Banking
4 8 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.41%) Financial Institution
5 6 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.17%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (6.17%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.70%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.47%) Local Government
9 1 (1.23%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.23%) Law
9 1 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.23%) Police
Job Titles
1 26 (32.10%) Architect
2 25 (30.86%) Consultant
3 21 (25.93%) Security Architect
4 18 (22.22%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 17 (20.99%) Security Engineer
6 10 (12.35%) Security Consultant
7 9 (11.11%) Lead
8 7 (8.64%) Analyst
8 7 (8.64%) Cloud Architect
8 7 (8.64%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 7 (8.64%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 6 (7.41%) Senior
10 5 (6.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 5 (6.17%) Security Analyst
11 4 (4.94%) Design Engineer
11 4 (4.94%) Information Security Engineer
11 4 (4.94%) Operations Analyst
11 4 (4.94%) Security Officer
11 4 (4.94%) Security Operations Analyst
12 3 (3.70%) Information Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.88%) Terraform
2 5 (6.17%) SLSA
3 4 (4.94%) RESTful
4 1 (1.23%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.23%) OAuth
4 1 (1.23%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.28%) Security Posture
2 10 (12.35%) Data Centre
2 10 (12.35%) Management Information System
3 9 (11.11%) Cloud Native
4 6 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 6 (7.41%) Public Cloud
5 5 (6.17%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (6.17%) Mobile Payment
5 5 (6.17%) Operational Technology
5 5 (6.17%) Private Cloud
5 5 (6.17%) Smartcard
6 4 (4.94%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (4.94%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (3.70%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (2.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (2.47%) PKI
9 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.11%) Linux
2 8 (9.88%) Windows
3 5 (6.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.23%) Android
4 1 (1.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (72.84%) Cloud Security
2 47 (58.02%) Cybersecurity
3 41 (50.62%) Threat Modelling
4 38 (46.91%) Vulnerability Management
5 34 (41.98%) Security Architecture
6 32 (39.51%) DevSecOps
7 31 (38.27%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (33.33%) CI/CD
9 26 (32.10%) Application Security
10 24 (29.63%) Architectural Patterns
10 24 (29.63%) Roadmaps
11 22 (27.16%) SIEM
12 21 (25.93%) Data Protection
13 20 (24.69%) Information Security
13 20 (24.69%) SABSA
13 20 (24.69%) SBOM
13 20 (24.69%) Zero Trust
14 18 (22.22%) GAP Analysis
14 18 (22.22%) Incident Response
15 17 (20.99%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.35%) Python
2 7 (8.64%) PowerShell
3 6 (7.41%) Bash
4 5 (6.17%) Search Processing Language
5 2 (2.47%) Bicep
6 1 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 81 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 79 (97.53%) CISSP
3 78 (96.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 44 (54.32%) CISM
5 20 (24.69%) Security Cleared
6 19 (23.46%) SC Cleared
7 16 (19.75%) Degree
8 13 (16.05%) AWS Certification
9 10 (12.35%) Azure Certification
10 9 (11.11%) CRISC
10 9 (11.11%) GCIH
11 8 (9.88%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (8.64%) CCSK
12 7 (8.64%) CEH
12 7 (8.64%) GCIA
12 7 (8.64%) OSCP
13 6 (7.41%) CISA
13 6 (7.41%) CompTIA CySA+
14 5 (6.17%) CLAS
14 5 (6.17%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (41.98%) NIST
2 30 (37.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (17.28%) PCI DSS
4 10 (12.35%) GDPR
5 8 (9.88%) NCSC
6 6 (7.41%) GRC
6 6 (7.41%) ISO 31000
7 5 (6.17%) COBIT
7 5 (6.17%) ISO 9001
7 5 (6.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (3.70%) NIST 800
9 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (2.47%) SOC 2
10 1 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (1.23%) Data Quality
10 1 (1.23%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (1.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (6.17%) Active Directory
1 5 (6.17%) ISA Server
2 3 (3.70%) Docker
2 3 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.23%) KVM
3 1 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (30.86%) Kubernetes
2 7 (8.64%) CASB
3 4 (4.94%) Ansible
4 1 (1.23%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.23%) Istio
4 1 (1.23%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 23 (28.40%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.81%) Splunk
3 10 (12.35%) Cisco
3 10 (12.35%) CrowdStrike
3 10 (12.35%) Google
4 6 (7.41%) F5
5 5 (6.17%) Centrify
5 5 (6.17%) Palo Alto
5 5 (6.17%) Qualys
5 5 (6.17%) Tripwire
6 3 (3.70%) AlgoSec
6 3 (3.70%) VMware
7 2 (2.47%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.23%) Apple
8 1 (1.23%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.23%) Databricks
8 1 (1.23%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.23%) IBM
8 1 (1.23%) SAP
8 1 (1.23%) ServiceNow