CCSP Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 154 185
Rank change year-on-year -67 +31 +34
Contract jobs citing CCSP 4 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.073% 0.18% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.26% 0.55% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile £433 £650 -
25th Percentile £441 £658 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £680 £600
Median % change year-on-year -31.73% +13.33% +54.84%
75th Percentile £484 £733 -
90th Percentile £490 £750 -
England median daily rate £525 £680 £550
% change year-on-year -22.79% +23.64% -8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,526 1,095 1,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 27.66% 32.43% 25.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 651 698
10th Percentile £272 £220 £256
25th Percentile £400 £351 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £478 £510
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% -6.27% -2.86%
75th Percentile £582 £580 £630
90th Percentile £680 £672 £696
England median daily rate £520 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 51 159
10th Percentile £19.53 £21.00 £10.95
25th Percentile £28.50 £25.26 £14.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £32.50 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +61.54% +56.48% -44.61%
75th Percentile £68.75 £59.95 £46.03
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.59 £60.00
England median hourly rate £25.77 £52.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -50.91% +31.25% -18.37%

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

CCSP job vacancy trend in the North of England

CCSP
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CCSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CCSP

CCSP
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CCSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing CCSP

CCSP
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCSP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 March 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
Yorkshire -59 4 £464 -31.73% 1
CCSP
England

CCSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) GCP
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) IAM Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Network Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (50.00%) Public Cloud
2 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (25.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (75.00%) DevSecOps
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Security Testing
1 3 (75.00%) SIEM
1 3 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Zero Trust
2 2 (50.00%) Application Security
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Secrets Management
2 2 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 2 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (75.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (25.00%) CEH
4 1 (25.00%) CISM
4 1 (25.00%) OSCP
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (100.00%) NIST
1 4 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 3 (75.00%) GDPR
2 3 (75.00%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes