CSSLP Contracts in London

(ISC)² Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (ISC2 CSSLP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CSSLP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 361 394 472
Rank change year-on-year +33 +78 +140
Contract jobs citing CSSLP 4 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.029% 0.023% 0.012%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.098% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £464 £583 £621
25th Percentile £534 £613 £634
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £663
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +1.89% +6.00%
75th Percentile - £694 £684
90th Percentile - £698 £694
England median daily rate £650 £675 £725
% change year-on-year -3.70% -6.90% +20.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

CSSLP 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 3,478 4,090 5,502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.64% 23.77% 21.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,358 2,825 3,789
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £660 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £772 £799
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 94 84
10th Percentile £18.83 £16.25 £18.81
25th Percentile £25.04 £20.98 £30.56
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.49 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.04% -51.40% +31.33%
75th Percentile £46.25 £43.50 £70.63
90th Percentile £63.65 £68.75 £87.50
England median hourly rate £27.13 £43.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -36.92% -21.82% +32.53%

CSSLP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for CSSLP in London

CSSLP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for CSSLP in London

CSSLP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSSLP in London over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CSSLP in London

CSSLP
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 CSSLP within the London region over the 6 months to 17 July 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 -2 3 £650 -3.70% 3
CSSLP
England

CSSLP
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 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Management Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Management Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Legacy Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) SABSA
1 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Data Encryption
2 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 2 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Debt
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (25.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Culture Change
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (50.00%) CASP
3 2 (50.00%) CCSP
3 2 (50.00%) CREST Certified
3 2 (50.00%) GIAC
4 1 (25.00%) CEH
4 1 (25.00%) CISA
4 1 (25.00%) CISM
4 1 (25.00%) CISMP
4 1 (25.00%) CRISC
4 1 (25.00%) GCIH
4 1 (25.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) NIST
2 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (50.00%) NCSC
4 1 (25.00%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) SELinux
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (25.00%) Qualys
1 1 (25.00%) Rapid7
1 1 (25.00%) Tenable