(ISC)2 CCSP Contracts in the UK excluding London

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 382 443
Rank change year-on-year +67 +61 +36
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 21 17 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.082% 0.079%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.46% 0.22% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 5 8
10th Percentile £529 £134 £483
25th Percentile £543 £272 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -7.69% +3.01%
75th Percentile £750 - £747
90th Percentile £758 £690 £813
UK median daily rate £650 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

(ISC)2 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,695 7,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.58% 37.05% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,785 4,411 5,360
10th Percentile £211 £263 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £533 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £723 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £19.92
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.39 £76.29 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing (ISC)2 CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK excluding London

(ISC)2 CCSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK excluding London

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK excluding London

(ISC)2 CCSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK excluding London

(ISC)2 CCSP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +24 8 £615 - 6
South West +51 6 £715 - 5
Yorkshire +10 4 £615 - 3
Scotland +15 3 £535 -
South East +39 2 £550 +23.01% 11
Midlands +21 2 £775 +3.33% 1
North West +18 2 £715 - 3
West Midlands +14 2 £775 +3.33% 1
North East - 2 £534 -
(ISC)2 CCSP
UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) GCP
2 4 (19.05%) IaaS
2 4 (19.05%) PaaS
2 4 (19.05%) SaaS
3 3 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (9.52%) AWS
5 1 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (4.76%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Firewall
1 3 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (4.76%) BGP
2 1 (4.76%) DNS
2 1 (4.76%) LAN
2 1 (4.76%) SD-WAN
2 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.76%) VPN
2 1 (4.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle Reports
General
1 8 (38.10%) Banking
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Architect
1 13 (61.90%) Security Architect
2 11 (52.38%) Consultant
3 8 (38.10%) DevSecOps Architect
3 8 (38.10%) DevSecOps Consultant
3 8 (38.10%) Security Consultant
4 6 (28.57%) Senior
5 3 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (9.52%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (9.52%) Cloud Security Architect
6 2 (9.52%) Project Consultant
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Architect
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Project Consultant
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Security Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Coordinator
7 1 (4.76%) Security Assurance Coordinator
7 1 (4.76%) Security Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 9 (42.86%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (38.10%) Private Cloud
3 4 (19.05%) Security Posture
4 2 (9.52%) Cloud Native
4 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.76%) PKI
5 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Unix
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (66.67%) DevSecOps
3 8 (38.10%) DevOps
3 8 (38.10%) Network Architecture
3 8 (38.10%) OWASP
3 8 (38.10%) Security Management
4 7 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
5 6 (28.57%) Cloud Security
5 6 (28.57%) Information Security
5 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
6 4 (19.05%) Agile
6 4 (19.05%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (19.05%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (19.05%) Remediation Plan
7 3 (14.29%) Data Protection
7 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 3 (14.29%) Security Architecture
7 3 (14.29%) SIEM
8 2 (9.52%) Information Governance
8 2 (9.52%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (71.43%) CISSP
3 13 (61.90%) CCSP
3 13 (61.90%) CISM
4 9 (42.86%) CEH
4 9 (42.86%) OSCP
5 6 (28.57%) CRISC
6 4 (19.05%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (9.52%) Azure Certification
7 2 (9.52%) Degree
7 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
8 1 (4.76%) CCNA
8 1 (4.76%) CCNP
8 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
8 1 (4.76%) SANS
8 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
8 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) NIST
2 8 (38.10%) COBIT
2 8 (38.10%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.76%) GRC
3 1 (4.76%) JSP 440
3 1 (4.76%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.52%) CASB
3 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Google
2 2 (9.52%) Oracle
2 2 (9.52%) TOWER Software
3 1 (4.76%) Rapid7
3 1 (4.76%) Splunk