CCSE Contracts in London

Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
England > London

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 390 483
Rank change year-on-year +45 +93 +113
Contract jobs citing CCSE 8 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.064% 0.006% 0.037%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.023% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile £370 - £430
25th Percentile £438 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £531 £538 £575
90th Percentile £588 - £590
England median daily rate £450 £525 £555
% change year-on-year -14.29% -5.41% +37.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for CCSE in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for CCSE in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for CCSE in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for CCSE 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 CCSE within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 - 2 £400 -
Central London - 2 £550 -
CCSE
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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) Network Security
3 6 (75.00%) BGP
3 6 (75.00%) EIGRP
3 6 (75.00%) OSPF
4 4 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (50.00%) RIP
4 4 (50.00%) Spanning Tree
5 3 (37.50%) LAN
5 3 (37.50%) VPN
5 3 (37.50%) WAN
6 2 (25.00%) VLAN
7 1 (12.50%) IPsec
7 1 (12.50%) iSCSI
7 1 (12.50%) SSL
7 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Aviation
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Network Security Engineer
2 5 (62.50%) Security Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Juniper Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Check Point Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Check Point Support
4 1 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall Support
4 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) e-Health
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) CatOS
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 4 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 4 (50.00%) Service Management
3 3 (37.50%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) High Availability
5 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CCNP
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (37.50%) CCNA
2 3 (37.50%) CCSA
3 2 (25.00%) JNCIA
3 2 (25.00%) JNCIS
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco
2 7 (87.50%) Juniper
3 1 (12.50%) 3PAR
3 1 (12.50%) Barracuda Networks
3 1 (12.50%) Forcepoint
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) NetScout
3 1 (12.50%) Palo Alto
3 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds
3 1 (12.50%) Trend Micro