(ISC)2 CCSP Contract Job Trends in London

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 343 365
Rank change year-on-year -23 +22 +52
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 58 28 21
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.29% 0.21% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.05% 0.81% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 12 12
10th Percentile - - £525
25th Percentile £500 £650 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £700 £717
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -2.41% +2.46%
75th Percentile £738 £784 £778
90th Percentile £775 £850 £810
England median daily rate £650 £650 £650
% change year-on-year - - -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £54.50 -
England median hourly rate £78.25 £54.50 -
% change year-on-year +43.58% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

(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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,512 3,475 4,146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.76% 25.70% 23.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,974 2,348 2,865
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £431 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £728 £750 £770
England median daily rate £525 £525 £535
% change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 81 99
10th Percentile £19.44 £18.82 £16.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.04 £20.74
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -3.27% -51.85%
75th Percentile £73.00 £50.00 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.57 £68.75
England median hourly rate £53.90 £28.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year +92.50% -34.88% -21.82%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

(ISC)2 CCSP job vacancy trend in London

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP in London over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for (ISC)2 CCSP in London

(ISC)2 CCSP
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing (ISC)2 CCSP

(ISC)2 CCSP
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP within the London region over the 6 months to 11 July 2026. 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 London - 8 £500 -
Central London -8 5 £713 +9.62% 1
(ISC)2 CCSP
England

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 37 (63.79%) Azure
2 31 (53.45%) AWS
3 15 (25.86%) GCP
4 9 (15.52%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (10.34%) Entra ID
6 4 (6.90%) SaaS
7 3 (5.17%) GitHub
8 2 (3.45%) Akamai
8 2 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (3.45%) IaaS
8 2 (3.45%) OCI
8 2 (3.45%) PaaS
9 1 (1.72%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.72%) Cloudflare
9 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.72%) Miro
9 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (24.14%) Network Security
2 2 (3.45%) Firewall
3 1 (1.72%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.45%) Big Data
2 1 (1.72%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (12.07%) JIRA
2 6 (10.34%) Snyk
3 2 (3.45%) Burp Suite
3 2 (3.45%) Git
4 1 (1.72%) Claude Code
General
1 22 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 19 (32.76%) Finance
3 12 (20.69%) Public Sector
4 8 (13.79%) Banking
5 7 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (8.62%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (6.90%) Financial Institution
8 3 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.72%) Law
9 1 (1.72%) Local Government
9 1 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.72%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (34.48%) Architect
2 17 (29.31%) Security Architect
3 16 (27.59%) Security Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) Lead
5 5 (8.62%) Cloud Engineer
5 5 (8.62%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 5 (8.62%) Operations Engineer
6 4 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 4 (6.90%) Security Officer
6 4 (6.90%) Senior
7 3 (5.17%) Application Security Specialist
7 3 (5.17%) Applications Specialist
7 3 (5.17%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Consultant
7 3 (5.17%) Security Consultant
7 3 (5.17%) Security Manager
7 3 (5.17%) Security Specialist
7 3 (5.17%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 2 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) .NET
2 1 (1.72%) OAuth
2 1 (1.72%) RESTful
2 1 (1.72%) SAML
2 1 (1.72%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Cloud Native
1 5 (8.62%) Public Cloud
1 5 (8.62%) Security Posture
2 4 (6.90%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.17%) Mainframe
3 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.45%) CMDB
4 2 (3.45%) IBM Mainframe
4 2 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.72%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.72%) STIX
5 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.72%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.17%) Windows
2 2 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (58.62%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (55.17%) Cloud Security
3 26 (44.83%) Threat Modelling
4 23 (39.66%) Security Architecture
5 22 (37.93%) SIEM
6 20 (34.48%) Incident Response
6 20 (34.48%) Security Operations
7 19 (32.76%) Information Security
8 17 (29.31%) Identity Access Management
9 16 (27.59%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 16 (27.59%) TOGAF
10 15 (25.86%) SABSA
11 14 (24.14%) AI
11 14 (24.14%) DevSecOps
12 13 (22.41%) Data Loss Prevention
12 13 (22.41%) DevOps
12 13 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
13 12 (20.69%) Application Security
14 11 (18.97%) Vulnerability Management
14 11 (18.97%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) Python
2 5 (8.62%) Search Processing Language
3 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.45%) Bash
4 2 (3.45%) Java
5 1 (1.72%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 58 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 57 (98.28%) CISSP
3 31 (53.45%) CISM
4 30 (51.72%) CCSP
5 15 (25.86%) Security Cleared
6 13 (22.41%) SC Cleared
7 10 (17.24%) GCIH
8 9 (15.52%) CEH
9 8 (13.79%) CRISC
9 8 (13.79%) Degree
9 8 (13.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 7 (12.07%) GCIA
10 7 (12.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 6 (10.34%) CISA
11 6 (10.34%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (10.34%) OSCP
11 6 (10.34%) SSCP
12 4 (6.90%) GIAC
12 4 (6.90%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (44.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (43.10%) NIST
3 11 (18.97%) GDPR
4 7 (12.07%) PCI DSS
5 5 (8.62%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (5.17%) GRC
6 3 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (5.17%) NIST 800
7 2 (3.45%) EU AI Act
7 2 (3.45%) NCSC
8 1 (1.72%) COBIT
8 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (1.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 3 (5.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (13.79%) Kubernetes
2 6 (10.34%) CASB
3 3 (5.17%) Terraform
4 1 (1.72%) SELinux
4 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
2 9 (15.52%) Splunk
3 8 (13.79%) ServiceNow
4 7 (12.07%) CrowdStrike
5 6 (10.34%) Qualys
6 4 (6.90%) Google
6 4 (6.90%) Okta
6 4 (6.90%) Tenable
7 2 (3.45%) IBM
7 2 (3.45%) Rapid7
8 1 (1.72%) Adobe
8 1 (1.72%) BMC
8 1 (1.72%) Broadcom
8 1 (1.72%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.72%) Netlify
8 1 (1.72%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.72%) Sage
8 1 (1.72%) Symantec
8 1 (1.72%) Zscaler