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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 453 530 580
Rank change year-on-year +77 +50 +126
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 14 12 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.058% 0.033% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.11% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 8 30
10th Percentile £516 £335 £475
25th Percentile £550 £450 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £700 £638 £709
90th Percentile £738 £649 £726
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 23
10th Percentile - - £62.75
25th Percentile £68.26 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £73.31 £83.41 £75.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.11% +10.48% +12.37%
75th Percentile £78.36 - £83.36
90th Percentile - - £83.40
UK median hourly rate £73.31 £83.41 £75.25
% change year-on-year -12.11% +10.84% +12.00%

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 7,539 11,150 13,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.42% 30.67% 27.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,794 6,914 8,870
10th Percentile £281 £313 £337
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 £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 428 971 672
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £14.28
25th Percentile £22.45 £18.07 £21.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £40.00 £53.61
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% -25.39% +29.63%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £68.33
90th Percentile £81.35 £76.99 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £36.25 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -9.38% -27.27% +24.36%

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 22 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 22 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 +46 7 £550 +22.22% 9
South West +30 5 £725 +16.00% 3
South East - 2 £600 - 6
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 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) VPN
2 1 (7.14%) PBX
2 1 (7.14%) Unified Communications
2 1 (7.14%) VLAN
2 1 (7.14%) VoIP
2 1 (7.14%) WebEx
General
1 9 (64.29%) Public Sector
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Electronics
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Marketing
3 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Architect
1 4 (28.57%) Coordinator
1 4 (28.57%) Lead
1 4 (28.57%) Security Architect
1 4 (28.57%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 1 (7.14%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 1 (7.14%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (7.14%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Lead Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Lead Security Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Principal Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Principal Security Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Principal Security Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Product Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Security Consultant
2 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
3 2 (14.29%) Cyberattack
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
4 1 (7.14%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (35.71%) Design Patterns
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
3 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 4 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 3 (21.43%) Critical Thinking
4 3 (21.43%) Project Management
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
4 3 (21.43%) Security Architecture
5 2 (14.29%) Application Security
5 2 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) Information Assurance
5 2 (14.29%) Information Security
5 2 (14.29%) OWASP
5 2 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (7.14%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (7.14%) Programme Management
6 1 (7.14%) Risk Analysis
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) CISSP
2 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
3 8 (57.14%) SC Cleared
4 6 (42.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 5 (35.71%) DV Cleared
6 4 (28.57%) CISA
6 4 (28.57%) Degree
7 2 (14.29%) CCNA
7 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (7.14%) CLAS
8 1 (7.14%) CREST Certified
8 1 (7.14%) CRISC
8 1 (7.14%) ISSAP
8 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (78.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (35.71%) JSP 440
2 5 (35.71%) RMADS
3 2 (14.29%) NIST
4 1 (7.14%) GRC
4 1 (7.14%) NCSC
4 1 (7.14%) NIST 800
4 1 (7.14%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (7.14%) OPNET
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) SolarWinds
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) SAP