CCSM Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Check Point Security Master (CCSM)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for CCSM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CCSM 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.10% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £463 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

CCSM 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,340 550 1,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 45.67% 36.62% 41.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 904 315 583
10th Percentile £301 £313 £213
25th Percentile £400 £437 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £528 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +0.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £621
90th Percentile £655 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 33 108
10th Percentile £17.36 £19.73 £18.35
25th Percentile £24.41 £32.05 £41.88
Median hourly rate £81.50 £61.50 £58.65
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% +4.85% -8.13%
75th Percentile £85.63 £70.00 £70.81
90th Percentile £95.00 £87.41 £87.14
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.13 £57.35
% change year-on-year -3.72% -0.39% +0.82%

CCSM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCSM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

CCSM job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

CCSM
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCSM within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £463 - 1
Berkshire - 1 - -
CCSM
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (66.67%) VSAN
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) NOC Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Load Balancing
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Presales
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CCSE
3 1 (33.33%) CCIE
3 1 (33.33%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (33.33%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix