CESG Certified Professional Contract Job Trends in the South East

CESG Certified Professional (CCP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CESG Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 155 172
Rank change year-on-year -28 +17 +56
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 2 2 33
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.042% 0.063% 0.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.091% 0.17% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 23
10th Percentile - - £550
25th Percentile £663 - £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £600 £667
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -10.04% -4.71%
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £565 £525 £667
% change year-on-year +7.62% -21.29% +4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £68.26 £68.26
Median hourly rate £24.46 £73.31 £73.31
Median % change year-on-year -66.63% - -
75th Percentile - £78.36 £78.36
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £24.46 £73.31 £83.40
% change year-on-year -66.63% -12.10% +11.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

CESG Certified Professional 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 South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,189 1,179 2,397
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 45.79% 37.33% 44.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,462 747 1,354
10th Percentile £286 £263 £215
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -
75th Percentile £606 £626 £638
90th Percentile £725 £685 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 65 172
10th Percentile £15.47 £18.58 £18.32
25th Percentile £19.34 £31.25 £38.75
Median hourly rate £25.77 £56.75 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.59% -4.63% +32.22%
75th Percentile £67.50 £64.73 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £80.06 £83.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -47.05% +5.56% -0.55%

CESG Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CESG Certified Professional relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

CESG Certified Professional job vacancy trend in the South East

CESG Certified Professional
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CESG Certified Professional.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CESG Certified Professional

CESG Certified Professional
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CESG Certified Professional.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CESG Certified Professional

CESG Certified Professional
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CESG Certified Professional within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 February 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
Thames Valley -28 1 - - 3
Hampshire - 1 £675 - 2
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
CESG Certified Professional
England

CESG Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Information Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CESG
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CISMP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST