CESG Certified Professional Contract Job Trends in London

CESG Certified Professional (CCP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CESG Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 370 436
Rank change year-on-year +4 +66 +145
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 7 20 6
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.052% 0.12% 0.028%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.49% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 1
10th Percentile £513 £450 -
25th Percentile £556 £466 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £538 £700
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% -23.21% +21.74%
75th Percentile £644 £597 -
90th Percentile £665 £675 -
England median daily rate £650 £600 £659
% change year-on-year +8.33% -8.88% +5.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

CESG Certified Professional 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 3,578 4,050 4,914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.69% 25.03% 23.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,406 2,591 3,397
10th Percentile £356 £350 £355
25th Percentile £438 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.09% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £774 £788
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 65 90
10th Percentile £18.99 £18.13 £19.00
25th Percentile - £25.99 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.80 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year -31.66% -20.43% +3.80%
75th Percentile £34.74 £57.50 £64.88
90th Percentile £64.65 £73.50 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.00
% change year-on-year -52.10% -0.94% +17.78%

CESG Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

CESG Certified Professional job vacancy trend in London

CESG Certified Professional
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CESG Certified Professional.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing CESG Certified Professional

CESG Certified Professional
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CESG Certified Professional in London over the 6 months to 5 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CESG Certified Professional in London

CESG Certified Professional
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 CESG Certified Professional within the London region over the 6 months to 5 October 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 2 £525 -8.70% 1
CESG Certified Professional
England

CESG Certified Professional
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Information Assurance Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Information Assurance Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Information Security Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Information Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Security Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Cyberattack
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (85.71%) Information Assurance
3 5 (71.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) Impact Assessments
3 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
3 5 (71.43%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Application Security
4 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
4 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
4 2 (28.57%) OWASP
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Requirements Management
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
5 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CISSP
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (14.29%) CREST Certified
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001