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 28 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 489 541
Rank change year-on-year -12 +52 +160
Contract jobs citing CCSP 31 21 36
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.10% 0.067% 0.093%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.30% 0.23% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 15 25
10th Percentile £415 £614 £390
25th Percentile £422 £650 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £680 £627
Median % change year-on-year -32.54% +8.45% +4.50%
75th Percentile £697 £750 £738
90th Percentile £775 £773 £750
UK median daily rate £475 £680 £608
% change year-on-year -30.15% +11.93% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £39.10 - -
25th Percentile £43.38 - -
Median hourly rate £56.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.44 - -
90th Percentile £88.98 - -
UK median hourly rate £56.00 - -

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 10,318 9,302 11,620
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.56% 29.88% 30.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,708 5,644 7,380
10th Percentile £306 £313 £306
25th Percentile £415 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -4.09% -
75th Percentile £627 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £736
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 889 449 709
10th Percentile £17.69 £20.09 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.00 £26.42 £26.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% -6.54% +18.89%
75th Percentile £52.50 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.57 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.88 £53.67
% change year-on-year -41.35% -20.10% +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 28 November 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 28 November 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 28 November 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 +14 13 £427 -28.83% 11
South East - 7 £750 - 10
Midlands -21 4 £500 -35.48% 1
West Midlands -34 4 £500 -35.48% 1
Yorkshire -40 3 £464 -31.73%
North of England -44 3 £464 -31.73% 2
South West -2 1 £725 +1.40%
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 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (74.19%) Azure
2 22 (70.97%) AWS
3 19 (61.29%) GCP
4 10 (32.26%) Entra ID
5 5 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (16.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (9.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (9.68%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (6.45%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (6.45%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (6.45%) Google Workspace
7 2 (6.45%) IaaS
7 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (6.45%) Mimecast
7 2 (6.45%) OCI
7 2 (6.45%) PaaS
8 1 (3.23%) Akamai
8 1 (3.23%) AWS IoT
8 1 (3.23%) Azure Stack
8 1 (3.23%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 13 (41.94%) Network Security
2 10 (32.26%) Firewall
3 6 (19.35%) DNS
4 4 (12.90%) BGP
4 4 (12.90%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (12.90%) IPv4
4 4 (12.90%) IPv6
4 4 (12.90%) LAN
4 4 (12.90%) MPLS
4 4 (12.90%) OSPF
4 4 (12.90%) SD-WAN
4 4 (12.90%) VXLAN
4 4 (12.90%) WAN
4 4 (12.90%) Wireless
4 4 (12.90%) WLAN
5 3 (9.68%) DHCP
5 3 (9.68%) HTTP
5 3 (9.68%) SMTP
5 3 (9.68%) TCP/IP
5 3 (9.68%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.23%) Git
General
1 11 (35.48%) Finance
2 10 (32.26%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.68%) Legal
5 3 (9.68%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (51.61%) Architect
2 12 (38.71%) Security Architect
3 7 (22.58%) Security Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Network Architect
4 4 (12.90%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (9.68%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Senior
6 2 (6.45%) Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 2 (6.45%) Forensic Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Security Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) SOC Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (3.23%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) .NET
2 2 (6.45%) OAuth
2 2 (6.45%) OAuth2
2 2 (6.45%) OpenID
2 2 (6.45%) SAML
3 1 (3.23%) ARM Templates
3 1 (3.23%) REST
3 1 (3.23%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) Cloud Native
1 9 (29.03%) Security Posture
2 7 (22.58%) Cloud Security Posture
2 7 (22.58%) Data Centre
3 6 (19.35%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (16.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (16.13%) Management Information System
4 5 (16.13%) Public Cloud
5 3 (9.68%) IoT
6 2 (6.45%) PKI
7 1 (3.23%) CSOC
7 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
7 1 (3.23%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Windows
2 3 (9.68%) Linux
3 2 (6.45%) Mac OS
3 2 (6.45%) Unix
4 1 (3.23%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (67.74%) Cloud Security
2 18 (58.06%) Zero Trust
3 17 (54.84%) Security Architecture
4 15 (48.39%) CI/CD
4 15 (48.39%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (48.39%) Incident Response
4 15 (48.39%) SIEM
5 14 (45.16%) DevSecOps
5 14 (45.16%) TOGAF
6 13 (41.94%) Infrastructure as Code
6 13 (41.94%) Vulnerability Management
7 12 (38.71%) Information Security
7 12 (38.71%) Strategic Thinking
8 11 (35.48%) Data Loss Prevention
8 11 (35.48%) Threat Modelling
9 10 (32.26%) Identity Access Management
10 9 (29.03%) Computer Science
10 9 (29.03%) Mentoring
10 9 (29.03%) Roadmaps
10 9 (29.03%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 10 (32.26%) Python
2 3 (9.68%) Bash
2 3 (9.68%) Java
2 3 (9.68%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.23%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 31 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (96.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 28 (90.32%) CISSP
4 13 (41.94%) AWS Certification
5 9 (29.03%) Azure Certification
5 9 (29.03%) Degree
6 6 (19.35%) Security Cleared
7 5 (16.13%) CEH
7 5 (16.13%) GCIH
7 5 (16.13%) OSCP
8 4 (12.90%) CCIE
8 4 (12.90%) CCNP
8 4 (12.90%) CISM
9 3 (9.68%) CCIE Security
9 3 (9.68%) CCNA
9 3 (9.68%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (9.68%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (9.68%) Master's Degree
10 2 (6.45%) GCFE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (77.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (64.52%) NIST
3 18 (58.06%) GDPR
4 15 (48.39%) PCI DSS
5 7 (22.58%) PSD2
6 3 (9.68%) NCSC
7 2 (6.45%) GRC
7 2 (6.45%) HIPAA
7 2 (6.45%) JSP 440
8 1 (3.23%) NIST 800
8 1 (3.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (25.81%) Docker
2 3 (9.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.68%) VMware NSX
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (32.26%) Kubernetes
2 7 (22.58%) Terraform
3 4 (12.90%) Ansible
4 3 (9.68%) CSIRT
4 3 (9.68%) Nessus
5 2 (6.45%) CASB
5 2 (6.45%) EnCase
5 2 (6.45%) FTK
5 2 (6.45%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (3.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 7 (22.58%) Cisco
3 6 (19.35%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (19.35%) Google
4 5 (16.13%) Darktrace
4 5 (16.13%) Palo Alto
5 4 (12.90%) F5
5 4 (12.90%) Fortinet
5 4 (12.90%) Meraki
6 3 (9.68%) SolarWinds
6 3 (9.68%) VMware
6 3 (9.68%) Zscaler
7 2 (6.45%) Forcepoint
7 2 (6.45%) Juniper
7 2 (6.45%) Okta
7 2 (6.45%) Salesforce
7 2 (6.45%) Tenable
8 1 (3.23%) CyberArk
8 1 (3.23%) Rapid7
8 1 (3.23%) Tanium