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 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 381 470
Rank change year-on-year +16 +89 +139
Contract jobs citing CCSE 10 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.073% 0.031% 0.017%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.13% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £304 £516 £430
25th Percentile £309 £522 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £343 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -36.28% -2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £446 £547 £575
90th Percentile £488 £549 £590
England median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +25.71%

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 3,568 3,894 5,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.99% 24.00% 22.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,420 2,704 3,670
10th Percentile £338 £335 £363
25th Percentile £430 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £658 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £790
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 65 79
10th Percentile £17.62 £17.98 £19.23
25th Percentile £25.02 £22.00 £34.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £27.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% -50.91% +37.86%
75th Percentile £41.88 £43.75 £72.50
90th Percentile £63.45 £68.45 £87.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.03 £55.00
% change year-on-year -45.36% -16.31% +23.60%

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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 3 August 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 3 August 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 - 3 £360 -
Central London -2 1 £500 - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
1 10 (100.00%) Network Security
2 9 (90.00%) BGP
2 9 (90.00%) OSPF
3 6 (60.00%) EIGRP
3 6 (60.00%) VPN
4 5 (50.00%) LAN
4 5 (50.00%) WAN
5 4 (40.00%) RIP
5 4 (40.00%) Spanning Tree
6 3 (30.00%) BIG-IP
6 3 (30.00%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (30.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 3 (30.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (30.00%) SD-WAN
7 2 (20.00%) VLAN
8 1 (10.00%) IPsec
8 1 (10.00%) iSCSI
8 1 (10.00%) SSL
8 1 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Aviation
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Juniper Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Network Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Check Point Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Check Point Support
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Firewall Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Firewall Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Firewall Support
4 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) CatOS
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
1 3 (30.00%) Unix
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) ITIL
2 5 (50.00%) Change Management
3 4 (40.00%) Matrix Organization
3 4 (40.00%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (40.00%) Service Management
4 3 (30.00%) Migration
4 3 (30.00%) Runbook
4 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) High Availability
5 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
6 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
6 1 (10.00%) Performance Optimisation
6 1 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) CCNP
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (30.00%) CCIE
2 3 (30.00%) JNCIE
2 3 (30.00%) JNCIP
3 2 (20.00%) CCNA
3 2 (20.00%) CCSA
3 2 (20.00%) JNCIA
3 2 (20.00%) JNCIS
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Ansible
1 3 (30.00%) Terraform
2 1 (10.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
2 9 (90.00%) Juniper
3 3 (30.00%) F5
3 3 (30.00%) Remedy
3 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
3 3 (30.00%) Zscaler
4 1 (10.00%) 3PAR
4 1 (10.00%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (10.00%) Forcepoint
4 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (10.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (10.00%) Trend Micro