CCSE Contract Job Trends in Kent

Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for CCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CCSE 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.72% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £556 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - -
75th Percentile £569 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £563 £550 -
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Kent

CCSE 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 Kent.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 26 38 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 18.84% 25.50% 22.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 23
10th Percentile £146 £173 £177
25th Percentile £286 £180 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £259 £525
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -50.71% +75.00%
75th Percentile £451 £493 £531
90th Percentile £571 £592 £565
South East median daily rate £500 £540 £538
% change year-on-year -7.41% +0.47% +1.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile £21.52 £20.01 £41.85
25th Percentile £25.15 £26.15 £52.13
Median hourly rate £37.00 £38.85 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -29.36% +29.98%
75th Percentile £39.00 £60.34 £59.38
90th Percentile - £73.56 £68.43
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%

CCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCSE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.

CCSE job vacancy trend in Kent

CCSE
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing CCSE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing CCSE

CCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VXLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Bill of Materials
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto