CCSP Contract Job Trends in Reading

Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 - 80
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs citing CCSP 6 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.85% - 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.34% - 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £534 - £280
25th Percentile £725 - £292
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £322
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.10%
75th Percentile £775 - £342
90th Percentile £783 - £347
Berkshire median daily rate £750 - £322
% change year-on-year - - -14.10%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 256 384 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 36.47% 35.49% 40.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 209 287
10th Percentile £255 £327 £210
25th Percentile £359 £488 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.17%
75th Percentile £550 £675 £620
90th Percentile £625 £738 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £488 £556 £500
% change year-on-year -12.32% +11.20% -8.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 12
10th Percentile £65.00 £48.18 £58.86
25th Percentile £76.00 £55.17 £60.59
Median hourly rate £90.00 £62.46 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +44.10% -1.32% +5.48%
75th Percentile £95.00 £70.98 £66.77
90th Percentile £98.00 £78.66 £74.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year +5.70% -2.39% +168.09%

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

CCSP job vacancy trend in Reading

CCSP
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing CCSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing CCSP

CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSP in Reading over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCSP in Reading

CCSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) GCP
2 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (33.33%) Google Workspace
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (16.67%) Intranet
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Burp Suite
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Forensic Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (33.33%) IoT
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 2 (33.33%) Unix
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 4 (66.67%) SDLC
3 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (50.00%) SIEM
3 3 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 3 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 3 (50.00%) Zero Trust
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Forensics
4 2 (33.33%) Document Management
4 2 (33.33%) E-Discovery
4 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Security Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) GCFA
3 2 (33.33%) GCFE
3 2 (33.33%) GCIH
3 2 (33.33%) GREM
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (16.67%) OSCP
4 1 (16.67%) SANS
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) GDPR
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (50.00%) NIST
1 3 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 3 (50.00%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) EnCase
1 2 (33.33%) FTK
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (16.67%) Nessus
2 1 (16.67%) Nmap
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (33.33%) Darktrace
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft