(ISC)2 CCSP Contract Job Trends in Leeds

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 53 -
Rank change year-on-year -22 - -
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.40% 0.61% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.61% 2.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £433 £656 -
25th Percentile £441 £665 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £680 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.73% - -
75th Percentile £484 £715 -
90th Percentile £490 £736 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £464 £680 -
% change year-on-year -31.73% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

(ISC)2 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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 186 129 189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 25.00% 26.33% 20.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 100 123
10th Percentile £360 £263 £315
25th Percentile £425 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £631
90th Percentile £650 £726 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £494
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.86% -5.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.17 £15.75 -
Median hourly rate £16.25 £16.50 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +31.68% -79.95%
75th Percentile £16.33 £17.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.26 £37.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year -48.65% +150.00% -76.00%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing (ISC)2 CCSP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

(ISC)2 CCSP job vacancy trend in Leeds

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing (ISC)2 CCSP

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Native
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (66.67%) Public Cloud
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 2 (66.67%) Application Security
2 2 (66.67%) Architectural Design
2 2 (66.67%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Secrets Management
2 2 (66.67%) Secure Coding
2 2 (66.67%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CCSP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 3 (100.00%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes