CASP Contract Job Trends in London

CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CASP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 354 395
Rank change year-on-year -31 +41 -
Contract jobs citing CASP 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.020% 0.014% 0.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.070% 0.057% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £409 - -
25th Percentile £422 £475 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £500 £750
Median % change year-on-year -2.90% -33.33% -
75th Percentile £608 £525 £775
90th Percentile £656 - -
England median daily rate £486 £500 £615
% change year-on-year -2.90% -18.70% +11.82%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

CASP 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 4,316 3,528 4,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.31% 25.56% 24.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,026 2,189 3,059
10th Percentile £358 £352 £325
25th Percentile £430 £450 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.28% -0.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £766
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 62 127
10th Percentile £20.68 £21.55 £14.96
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.93 £19.99
Median hourly rate £31.14 £37.50 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year -16.97% +5.25% -4.27%
75th Percentile £65.06 £55.81 £64.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.40 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -45.54% - +2.62%

CASP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

CASP job vacancy trend in London

CASP
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CASP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CASP

CASP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CASP in London over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CASP in London

CASP
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 CASP within the London region over the 6 months to 1 February 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
Central London -8 2 £443 -11.40% 1
CASP
England

CASP
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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Register
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Data Encryption
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (33.33%) SABSA
3 1 (33.33%) Static Application Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (66.67%) CRISC
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) GSEC
3 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (33.33%) CCSP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CREST Certified
3 1 (33.33%) CSSLP
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GRC
2 1 (33.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) NCSC
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SELinux