CESG Certified Professional Contract Job Trends 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 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 125 108
Rank change year-on-year -2 -17 +39
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 5 2 40
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.21% 0.098% 1.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.18% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 14
10th Percentile - £618 £518
25th Percentile £613 £625 £598
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £667
90th Percentile - £683 £755
England median daily rate £625 £550 £667
% change year-on-year +13.64% -17.54% +4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 18
10th Percentile - - £78.86
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £83.40
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £73.31 £83.40
% change year-on-year - -12.10% +27.33%

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 1,336 1,091 1,612
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 56.02% 53.40% 54.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 849 680 990
10th Percentile £275 £320 £374
25th Percentile £450 £457 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +0.52%
75th Percentile £675 £656 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 81 171
10th Percentile £17.69 £25.26 £33.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £55.00 £49.56
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £62.05
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +4.75% -4.54%
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £51.89
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.00% +15.31%

CESG Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

CESG Certified Professional job vacancy trend in the South West

CESG Certified Professional
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

CESG Certified Professional
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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 29 December 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 -11 5 £675 +3.85%
CESG Certified Professional
England

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

General
1 5 (100.00%) Electronics
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 5 (100.00%) Marketing
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Consultant
1 5 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 5 (100.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
1 5 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) CISM
2 3 (60.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (40.00%) CLAS
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) RMADS
2 3 (60.00%) NCSC
3 2 (40.00%) JSP 440
3 2 (40.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP