CESG Certified Professional Contracts in England

CESG Certified Professional (CCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CESG Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 473 532 583
Rank change year-on-year +59 +51 +127
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 12 10 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.049% 0.027% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.086% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 38
10th Percentile £482 £340 £475
25th Percentile £550 £613 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.96% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £713
90th Percentile £738 £656 £775
UK median daily rate £551 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -11.92% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 25
10th Percentile - - £62.75
25th Percentile £68.26 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £73.31 £83.41 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.11% +11.21% +13.98%
75th Percentile £78.36 - £83.31
90th Percentile - - £83.40
UK median hourly rate £73.31 £83.41 £75.00
% change year-on-year -12.11% +11.21% +13.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CESG Certified Professional 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 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CESG Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CESG Certified Professional as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CESG Certified Professional in England

CESG Certified Professional
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CESG Certified Professional in England.

Daily rate trend for CESG Certified Professional in England

CESG Certified Professional
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CESG Certified Professional in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CESG Certified Professional in England

CESG Certified Professional
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CESG Certified Professional in England.

Hourly rate trend for CESG Certified Professional in England

CESG Certified Professional
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 CESG Certified Professional within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
South West +42 5 £675 +8.00% 13
London - 5 £550 - 16
South East - 2 £600 - 23
CESG Certified Professional
UK

CESG Certified Professional
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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) VPN
2 1 (8.33%) PBX
2 1 (8.33%) Unified Communications
2 1 (8.33%) VLAN
2 1 (8.33%) VoIP
2 1 (8.33%) WebEx
General
1 7 (58.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Electronics
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) Marketing
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Coordinator
1 3 (25.00%) Lead
1 3 (25.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Security Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (8.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Audio Visual Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Audio Visual Support
3 1 (8.33%) Principal Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Principal Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Principal Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Product Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 4 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
3 3 (25.00%) Design Patterns
3 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (16.67%) Information Security
4 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
4 2 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (8.33%) Network Architecture
5 1 (8.33%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) CISSP
2 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (41.67%) DV Cleared
5 4 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 3 (25.00%) CISA
6 3 (25.00%) Degree
7 2 (16.67%) CCNA
7 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (16.67%) CLAS
8 1 (8.33%) CRISC
8 1 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (41.67%) JSP 440
2 5 (41.67%) RMADS
3 3 (25.00%) NIST
4 1 (8.33%) GRC
4 1 (8.33%) NCSC
4 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
4 1 (8.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (8.33%) OPNET
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) SolarWinds
2 2 (16.67%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft