(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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 387 409
Rank change year-on-year +63 +22 +77
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 11 10 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.085% 0.049% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.13% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 10
10th Percentile £507 - £561
25th Percentile £534 £600 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -17.69% -3.70% +6.97%
75th Percentile £550 - £750
90th Percentile - £710 £813
UK median daily rate £550 £715 £700
% change year-on-year -23.08% +2.14% +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 4,612 7,421 7,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.85% 36.01% 32.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,804 4,356 4,958
10th Percentile £205 £275 £300
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £599 £638 £631
90th Percentile £675 £719 £706
UK median daily rate £520 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -1.89% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 415 941 575
10th Percentile £17.46 £13.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.05 £40.94 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.71% -18.12% +42.86%
75th Percentile £65.31 £64.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £78.02 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.75% -27.27% +23.60%

(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
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 29 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 +12 4 £542 - 11
South West - 3 £500 - 5
South East +39 2 £550 -12.00% 15
Scotland +11 2 £526 - 6
Yorkshire - 2 £550 - 5
North East - 2 £534 - 2
(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 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) GCP
2 4 (36.36%) IaaS
2 4 (36.36%) PaaS
2 4 (36.36%) SaaS
3 3 (27.27%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (18.18%) AWS
5 1 (9.09%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (9.09%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) BGP
2 1 (9.09%) DNS
2 1 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) LAN
2 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
2 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
2 1 (9.09%) WAN
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Senior
2 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Security Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Cloud Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Project Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Project Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Coordinator
4 1 (9.09%) Security Assurance Coordinator
4 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Security Posture
2 2 (18.18%) Cloud Native
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) PKI
3 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (63.64%) Threat Modelling
2 4 (36.36%) Cloud Security
2 4 (36.36%) DevSecOps
2 4 (36.36%) Information Security
2 4 (36.36%) Remediation Plan
2 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
3 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
3 3 (27.27%) Security Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
5 1 (9.09%) Containerisation
5 1 (9.09%) Cryptography
5 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
5 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
5 1 (9.09%) Microservices
5 1 (9.09%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (54.55%) CRISC
3 5 (45.45%) CISM
3 5 (45.45%) CISSP
4 4 (36.36%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (27.27%) CCSP
6 2 (18.18%) Azure Certification
7 1 (9.09%) CCNA
7 1 (9.09%) CCNP
7 1 (9.09%) CEH
7 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
7 1 (9.09%) OSCP
7 1 (9.09%) SANS
7 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
7 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) GRC
2 1 (9.09%) JSP 440
2 1 (9.09%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Google
3 1 (9.09%) Rapid7
3 1 (9.09%) Splunk