CCSP Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 125 134
Rank change year-on-year +12 +9 +47
Contract jobs citing CCSP 6 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.35% 0.046% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.95% 0.12% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £760 £650 £350
Median % change year-on-year +16.92% +85.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £778 - -
90th Percentile £784 - -
South East median daily rate £760 £650 £575
% change year-on-year +16.92% +13.04% +53.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 631 844 1,063
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.39% 39.02% 39.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 500 707
10th Percentile £219 £261 £245
25th Percentile £363 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.49% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £569 £625 £625
90th Percentile £625 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £537
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.23% +2.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 61 59
10th Percentile £18.87 £25.99 £18.05
25th Percentile £22.91 £48.18 £49.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £61.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.10% -2.39% +200.00%
75th Percentile £36.48 £69.69 £72.96
90th Percentile £87.77 £100.00 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -58.08% - +33.33%

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

CCSP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CCSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CCSP

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CCSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CCSP

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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 CCSP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Berkshire +23 6 £760 +16.92% 3
CCSP
South East

CCSP
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:

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 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (33.33%) Google Workspace
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
1 3 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
1 4 (66.67%) Security Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Forensic Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Cloud Native
2 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (50.00%) Public Cloud
2 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (33.33%) IoT
3 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 2 (33.33%) Unix
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 4 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (66.67%) SDLC
2 4 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 4 (66.67%) SIEM
2 4 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 4 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 4 (66.67%) Zero Trust
3 3 (50.00%) Application Security
3 3 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (50.00%) Secrets Management
3 3 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (66.67%) AWS Certification
3 3 (50.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (33.33%) CISM
4 2 (33.33%) GCFA
4 2 (33.33%) GCFE
4 2 (33.33%) GCIH
4 2 (33.33%) GREM
5 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) GDPR
1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
1 4 (66.67%) PCI DSS
1 4 (66.67%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (33.33%) EnCase
2 2 (33.33%) FTK
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (33.33%) Darktrace
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft