CCSA Contracts in London

Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 397 484
Rank change year-on-year +56 +87 +116
Contract jobs citing CCSA 13 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.10% 0.017% 0.012%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.073% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 3
10th Percentile £325 - £340
25th Percentile £375 £500 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +31.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £434 £550 £500
90th Percentile £464 - £560
England median daily rate £450 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -14.29% -12.50% +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

CCSA 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 3,342 4,116 5,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.92% 23.55% 21.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,244 2,825 3,753
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £435 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £660 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 109 83
10th Percentile £18.32 £15.19 £19.52
25th Percentile £25.00 £20.50 £23.63
Median hourly rate £26.32 £25.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.22% -52.78% +25.58%
75th Percentile £51.08 £42.75 £71.25
90th Percentile £66.73 £68.15 £87.50
England median hourly rate £28.60 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -32.71% -22.73% +32.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing CCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for CCSA in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCSA in London.

Daily rate trend for CCSA in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSA in London over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCSA in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCSA in London.

Hourly rate trend for CCSA in London

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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 CCSA within the London region over the 6 months to 1 July 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
West London - 12 £400 - 3
CCSA
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) BGP
1 13 (100.00%) Firewall
1 13 (100.00%) OSPF
2 12 (92.31%) Network Security
2 12 (92.31%) VLAN
2 12 (92.31%) VPN
3 11 (84.62%) WAN
4 10 (76.92%) DHCP
4 10 (76.92%) DNS
4 10 (76.92%) EIGRP
4 10 (76.92%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 10 (76.92%) LAN
5 9 (69.23%) Cisco ISE
5 9 (69.23%) SD-WAN
5 9 (69.23%) SSL
5 9 (69.23%) Wireless
6 8 (61.54%) Cisco Wireless
6 8 (61.54%) WLAN
7 7 (53.85%) DMVPN
8 1 (7.69%) Cisco IOS
General
1 8 (61.54%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Aviation
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Administrator
1 5 (38.46%) Network Administrator
2 3 (23.08%) Network Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Network Security Administrator
2 3 (23.08%) Network Security Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Security Administrator
2 3 (23.08%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Check Point Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Check Point Support
3 1 (7.69%) Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Firewall Consultant
3 1 (7.69%) Firewall Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Firewall Support
3 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) CatOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Network Monitoring
2 6 (46.15%) Patch Management
2 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) High Availability
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL
4 1 (7.69%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (7.69%) Service Management
4 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.69%) Tech Ops
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (92.31%) CCNP
3 3 (23.08%) CCNA
3 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) CCSE
4 2 (15.38%) JNCIA
4 2 (15.38%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (84.62%) CheckPoint
2 11 (84.62%) Juniper
3 10 (76.92%) F5
3 10 (76.92%) Meraki
4 9 (69.23%) SolarWinds
5 1 (7.69%) Blue Coat
5 1 (7.69%) McAfee