(ISC)2 CCSP Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.60% 0.55% -
As % of the Qualifications category 4.55% 1.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
North West median daily rate £600 £675 £593
% change year-on-year -11.11% +13.92% -15.36%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

(ISC)2 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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 44 59 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 13.21% 32.24% 29.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 37 32
10th Percentile £155 £273 £153
25th Percentile £244 £413 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £394
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +39.68% -24.28%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £600
90th Percentile £694 £775 -
North West median daily rate £513 £500 £507
% change year-on-year +2.50% -1.38% +1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 12 13
10th Percentile £24.72 - £16.81
25th Percentile £33.49 £12.21 £18.03
Median hourly rate £43.96 £17.44 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +152.06% -20.73% +25.71%
75th Percentile - £18.08 £24.18
90th Percentile - £21.37 £48.04
North West median hourly rate £43.96 £29.27 £18.10
% change year-on-year +50.19% +61.74% -57.24%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing (ISC)2 CCSP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

(ISC)2 CCSP job vacancy trend in Merseyside

(ISC)2 CCSP
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 21 August 2026. 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
Liverpool -16 2 £600 -11.11% 1
(ISC)2 CCSP
North West

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Information Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) SABSA
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft