(ISC)2 CCSP Contract Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 30 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 116 -
Rank change year-on-year -24 - -
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 1 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.041% 0.22% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.11% 0.75% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £578 -
25th Percentile £663 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% - -
75th Percentile £688 £680 -
90th Percentile - £722 -
England median daily rate £525 £680 £650
% change year-on-year -22.79% +4.62% +3.59%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

(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 the North West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 878 663 829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 35.84% 28.81% 30.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 574 329 544
10th Percentile £227 £258 £252
25th Percentile £400 £394 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% -6.98% +2.40%
75th Percentile £623 £600 £638
90th Percentile £708 £680 £703
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 57 68
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.09 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.16 £24.18 £29.58
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -19.88% +85.42%
75th Percentile £67.84 £55.25 £46.89
90th Percentile £74.26 £77.09 £55.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -49.19% -5.71% +16.67%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

(ISC)2 CCSP job vacancy trend in the North West

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing (ISC)2 CCSP

(ISC)2 CCSP
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 30 November 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
Merseyside - 1 £675 -
(ISC)2 CCSP
England

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 1
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On