CCSP Contracts in London

Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CCSP 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 341 383 459
Rank change year-on-year +42 +76 +132
Contract jobs citing CCSP 12 8 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.096% 0.045% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.19% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 21
10th Percentile £605 £456 £538
25th Percentile £650 £516 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £550 £750
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% -26.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile - £594 -
90th Percentile - £694 £813
England median daily rate £750 £575 £725
% change year-on-year +30.43% -20.69% +13.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £80.00
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £54.50 - £80.00

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 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%

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for CCSP in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for CCSP in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for CCSP in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for CCSP 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 CCSP 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
Central London +4 1 - - 2
CCSP
England

CCSP
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 8 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 4 (33.33%) GCP
3 3 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (8.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Network Security
2 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 3 (25.00%) DNS
3 3 (25.00%) HTTP
3 3 (25.00%) SMTP
4 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Financial Institution
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (16.67%) French Language
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) IT Security Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Lead
2 3 (25.00%) Operational Security Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Operations Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Security Operations Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 6 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (91.67%) Security Operations
3 10 (83.33%) SIEM
4 8 (66.67%) SOAR
4 8 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (58.33%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (58.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 6 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 6 (50.00%) Due Diligence
6 6 (50.00%) Information Security
6 6 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
6 6 (50.00%) TOGAF
7 5 (41.67%) Cloud Security
7 5 (41.67%) Incident Response
7 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
8 4 (33.33%) Change Management
8 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
8 4 (33.33%) IT Governance
9 3 (25.00%) Digital Forensics
9 3 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) Bash
2 1 (8.33%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (83.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 10 (83.33%) CISSP
2 10 (83.33%) GCIH
3 7 (58.33%) Degree
4 5 (41.67%) OSCP
5 4 (33.33%) CCNA
5 4 (33.33%) CEH
5 4 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (16.67%) GCIA
6 2 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (8.33%) CISA
7 1 (8.33%) CISM
7 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
7 1 (8.33%) SANS
7 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
7 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) NIST
2 7 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (50.00%) SLA
4 2 (16.67%) NIST 800
5 1 (8.33%) GDPR
5 1 (8.33%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (25.00%) Google
3 2 (16.67%) Darktrace
4 1 (8.33%) Splunk