CCSE Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 397 350 -
Rank change year-on-year -47 - -
Contract jobs citing CCSE 2 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.034% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.030% 0.098% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £382 £400 -
25th Percentile £411 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% - -
75th Percentile £523 - -
90th Percentile £551 - -
UK median daily rate £375 £550 -
% change year-on-year -31.82% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CCSE 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 6,723 5,095 7,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.75% 34.50% 36.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,188 3,050 4,367
10th Percentile £255 £226 £250
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -6.05% +2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £624 £640
90th Percentile £703 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 865 391 604
10th Percentile £16.12 £18.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £27.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.88 £52.05
Median % change year-on-year -41.35% -17.62% +15.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £67.25 £67.50
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £79.78
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%

CCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCSE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

CCSE job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CCSE
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCSE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCSE

CCSE
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSE in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCSE in the UK excluding London

CCSE
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCSE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCSE

CCSE
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 CCSE within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
South East -17 1 £563 +2.27% 2
North of England - 1 £375 - 1
North West - 1 £375 - 1
CCSE
UK

CCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) VXLAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CMDB
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Bill of Materials
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA CyberOps
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCSA
2 1 (50.00%) Check Point Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler