CCSP Contract Job Trends 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 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 363 393
Rank change year-on-year -8 +30 +145
Contract jobs citing CCSP 13 10 6
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.090% 0.067% 0.033%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.26% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 4
10th Percentile £415 £540 £548
25th Percentile £416 £563 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -28.83% - -
75th Percentile £447 £628 £644
90th Percentile £497 £632 £723
England median daily rate £459 £680 £627
% change year-on-year -32.54% +8.45% +4.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £38.15 - -
25th Percentile £41.00 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £62.75 - -
90th Percentile £63.05 - -
England median hourly rate £54.50 - -

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 4,111 3,877 4,447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.54% 25.84% 24.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,863 2,449 2,974
10th Percentile £360 £350 £350
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 59 88
10th Percentile £20.57 £21.00 £19.18
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.63 £23.19
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £47.44
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% -20.95% +7.55%
75th Percentile £62.31 £58.00 £66.19
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £86.33
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.25 £52.05
% change year-on-year -46.77% -9.24% +15.67%

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

CCSP job vacancy trend in London

CCSP
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCSP

CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSP in London over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCSP in London

CCSP
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCSP

CCSP
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCSP in London over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCSP in London

CCSP
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 24 December 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 £423 -
Central London -7 1 £563 -11.42% 2
CCSP
England

CCSP
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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Azure
2 6 (46.15%) GCP
3 5 (38.46%) AWS
3 5 (38.46%) Entra ID
4 2 (15.38%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (15.38%) Mimecast
5 1 (7.69%) Amazon ECR
5 1 (7.69%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (7.69%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (7.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (7.69%) AWS KMS
5 1 (7.69%) Azure AKS
5 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (7.69%) GitHub
5 1 (7.69%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (7.69%) IaaS
5 1 (7.69%) OCI
5 1 (7.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Network Security
2 3 (23.08%) DNS
2 3 (23.08%) HTTP
2 3 (23.08%) SMTP
2 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
3 2 (15.38%) S/MIME
3 2 (15.38%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
1 3 (23.08%) Legal
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Security Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Security Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Security Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) AWS Architect
4 1 (7.69%) AWS Security Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (7.69%) GCP Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Director
4 1 (7.69%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) .NET
2 2 (15.38%) OAuth
2 2 (15.38%) OAuth2
2 2 (15.38%) OpenID
2 2 (15.38%) SAML
3 1 (7.69%) REST
3 1 (7.69%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Cloud Native
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
1 2 (15.38%) PKI
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) IoT
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Cloud Security
2 7 (53.85%) CI/CD
2 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Incident Response
2 7 (53.85%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (46.15%) DevSecOps
3 6 (46.15%) Security Architecture
3 6 (46.15%) Security Operations
3 6 (46.15%) SIEM
4 5 (38.46%) Computer Science
4 5 (38.46%) Data Loss Prevention
4 5 (38.46%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (30.77%) Data Protection
5 4 (30.77%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (30.77%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (30.77%) Zero Trust
6 3 (23.08%) Architectural Design
6 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (23.08%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (23.08%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) Bash
2 3 (23.08%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (84.62%) CISSP
3 5 (38.46%) CEH
3 5 (38.46%) Degree
4 4 (30.77%) OSCP
5 3 (23.08%) CCNA
5 3 (23.08%) CompTIA CySA+
5 3 (23.08%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (23.08%) GCIH
6 2 (15.38%) CISM
6 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
6 2 (15.38%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
7 1 (7.69%) CCSK
7 1 (7.69%) CGEIT
7 1 (7.69%) CRISC
7 1 (7.69%) SANS
7 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (38.46%) GDPR
2 5 (38.46%) NIST
3 4 (30.77%) PCI DSS
4 2 (15.38%) GRC
4 2 (15.38%) HIPAA
5 1 (7.69%) NCSC
5 1 (7.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Docker
2 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Kubernetes
2 3 (23.08%) CSIRT
3 2 (15.38%) CASB
3 2 (15.38%) Nessus
3 2 (15.38%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (15.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) Google
3 4 (30.77%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (23.08%) Darktrace
5 2 (15.38%) Cisco
5 2 (15.38%) Salesforce
5 2 (15.38%) Tenable
6 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint
6 1 (7.69%) CyberArk
6 1 (7.69%) Okta
6 1 (7.69%) Rapid7
6 1 (7.69%) Tanium
6 1 (7.69%) Zscaler