CESG Certified Professional Contracts in the South West

CESG Certified Professional (CCP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 144 123
Rank change year-on-year +39 -21 +24
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 5 9 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.30% 0.28% 1.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.54% 0.50% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 17
10th Percentile - £340 £475
25th Percentile £613 £613 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% +2.13%
75th Percentile £738 £638 £638
90th Percentile - £656 £673
England median daily rate £575 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -7.96% - +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 25
10th Percentile - - £62.75
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - £83.41 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - +11.21% +13.98%
75th Percentile - - £83.31
90th Percentile - - £83.40
England median hourly rate £73.31 £83.41 £75.00
% change year-on-year -12.11% +11.21% +13.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 925 1,802 1,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 54.90% 56.47% 52.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 587 1,148 1,408
10th Percentile £250 £355 £397
25th Percentile £450 £465 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £578
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £675
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 196 157
10th Percentile £18.51 £22.31 £38.73
25th Percentile £25.15 £40.00 £57.25
Median hourly rate £61.25 £61.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% -6.15% +5.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £86.41
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.81% +40.00%

CESG Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing CESG Certified Professional as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for CESG Certified Professional in the South West

CESG Certified Professional
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CESG Certified Professional in the South West.

Daily rate trend for CESG Certified Professional in the South West

CESG Certified Professional
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CESG Certified Professional in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for CESG Certified Professional in the South West

CESG Certified Professional
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Wiltshire +36 5 £675 +8.00% 1
CESG Certified Professional
England

CESG Certified Professional
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Coordinator
1 3 (60.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 2 (40.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) NsoIT
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
1 5 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) CISA
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) CLAS
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 5 (100.00%) RMADS
2 3 (60.00%) NIST
3 1 (20.00%) GRC
3 1 (20.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) OPNET
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) SolarWinds
2 2 (40.00%) SAP