CCSP Contracts 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 519 592
Rank change year-on-year +57 +73 +149
Contract jobs citing CCSP 18 19 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.076% 0.052% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.17% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 38
10th Percentile £553 £284 £486
25th Percentile £631 £428 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £575 £675
Median % change year-on-year +18.26% -14.81% +6.80%
75th Percentile £775 £600 £750
90th Percentile £850 £739 £813
UK median daily rate £665 £550 £675
% change year-on-year +20.91% -18.52% +6.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £80.00
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 - £80.00

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 7,507 11,123 13,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.49% 30.61% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,785 6,895 8,840
10th Percentile £279 £313 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £713 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £523 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -1.42% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 427 972 672
10th Percentile £18.02 £14.00 £14.83
25th Percentile £22.27 £18.13 £21.24
Median hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -25.93% +30.58%
75th Percentile £67.25 £62.50 £68.56
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £33.75 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.63% -27.27% +23.60%

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CCSP in England

CCSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCSP in England.

Daily rate trend for CCSP in England

CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSP in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCSP in England

CCSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCSP in England.

Hourly rate trend for CCSP in England

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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 23 May 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 +60 12 £750 +36.36% 18
South East +48 2 £550 -8.33% 11
South West +39 2 £715 - 4
North of England +16 2 £680 +13.33% 6
Yorkshire +15 1 £680 +13.33% 1
North West - 1 £680 - 3
CCSP
UK

CCSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 11 (61.11%) Azure
2 7 (38.89%) GCP
3 6 (33.33%) AWS
4 4 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (11.11%) OCI
6 1 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) Network Security
2 5 (27.78%) TCP/IP
3 4 (22.22%) DNS
4 3 (16.67%) HTTP
4 3 (16.67%) SMTP
5 1 (5.56%) BGP
5 1 (5.56%) Firewall
5 1 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (5.56%) LAN
5 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
5 1 (5.56%) VPN
5 1 (5.56%) WAN
General
1 7 (38.89%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Banking
2 4 (22.22%) Financial Institution
3 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.11%) French Language
5 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Architect
2 6 (33.33%) Security Architect
3 5 (27.78%) Security Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) Consultant
4 4 (22.22%) DevSecOps Architect
4 4 (22.22%) DevSecOps Consultant
4 4 (22.22%) IT Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) IT Security Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) Security Consultant
5 3 (16.67%) Lead
5 3 (16.67%) Security Analyst
6 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (11.11%) Operational Security Manager
6 2 (11.11%) Operations Manager
6 2 (11.11%) Security Manager
6 2 (11.11%) Security Operations Manager
7 1 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (5.56%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (5.56%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Security Posture
2 5 (27.78%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
3 4 (22.22%) Private Cloud
4 2 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (5.56%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 1 (5.56%) Public Cloud
5 1 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (55.56%) Security Operations
2 10 (55.56%) SIEM
3 9 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (44.44%) SOAR
5 7 (38.89%) DevSecOps
5 7 (38.89%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 6 (33.33%) Cloud Security
6 6 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
6 6 (33.33%) Due Diligence
6 6 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
6 6 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
6 6 (33.33%) TOGAF
7 5 (27.78%) Incident Response
7 5 (27.78%) Information Security
7 5 (27.78%) Risk Management
8 4 (22.22%) Change Management
8 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
8 4 (22.22%) IT Governance
8 4 (22.22%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 2 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) Bash
2 1 (5.56%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 18 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (88.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 16 (88.89%) CISSP
3 10 (55.56%) GCIH
3 10 (55.56%) OSCP
4 9 (50.00%) CEH
5 7 (38.89%) Degree
6 5 (27.78%) CCNA
6 5 (27.78%) CISM
7 4 (22.22%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (11.11%) GCIA
8 2 (11.11%) SANS
8 2 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (5.56%) CASP
9 1 (5.56%) CCNP
9 1 (5.56%) CREST Certified
9 1 (5.56%) CSSLP
9 1 (5.56%) GIAC
9 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (72.22%) NIST
2 7 (38.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (33.33%) SLA
4 4 (22.22%) COBIT
4 4 (22.22%) PCI DSS
5 1 (5.56%) GDPR
5 1 (5.56%) HIPAA
5 1 (5.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (5.56%) NCSC
5 1 (5.56%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) CSIRT
2 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.56%) SELinux
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (16.67%) Google
3 2 (11.11%) Darktrace
3 2 (11.11%) Splunk
4 1 (5.56%) Rapid7