CCSA Contracts in the North West

Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CCSA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 138 151
Rank change year-on-year +16 +13 +32
Contract jobs citing CCSA 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.15% 0.11% 0.033%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.44% 0.39% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £511 - -
25th Percentile £563 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -12.50% +48.15%
75th Percentile £694 £550 £675
90th Percentile £720 - -
England median daily rate £450 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -14.29% -12.50% +20.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

CCSA 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 687 769 909
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 33.86% 27.72% 29.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 421 598
10th Percentile £304 £300 £363
25th Percentile £400 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £601
90th Percentile £713 £695 £697
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 130 62
10th Percentile £17.26 £10.95 £19.44
25th Percentile £21.02 £11.83 £27.01
Median hourly rate £31.00 £16.06 £40.59
Median % change year-on-year +93.03% -60.43% +24.91%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.10 £49.52
90th Percentile £76.02 £62.50 £65.10
England median hourly rate £29.17 £42.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -31.36% -22.73% +32.53%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing CCSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for CCSA in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCSA in the North West.

Daily rate trend for CCSA in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSA in the North West over the 6 months to 28 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCSA in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCSA in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for CCSA in the North West

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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 CCSA within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 June 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
Cheshire - 2 £601 - 2
Manchester +12 1 £650 +23.81%
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Security Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Lead
3 1 (33.33%) Lead Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCSE
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Palo Alto
1 2 (66.67%) Zscaler
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint