CCSP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certified Security Professional (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 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 323 390 451
Rank change year-on-year +67 +61 +34
Contract jobs citing CCSP 13 9 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.043% 0.046%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.12% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 8
10th Percentile £550 £403 £455
25th Percentile £680 - £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -4.00% -0.79%
75th Percentile - - £747
90th Percentile £780 £690 £813
UK median daily rate £750 £550 £725
% change year-on-year +36.36% -24.14% +14.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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%

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for CCSP in the UK excluding London

CCSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for CCSP in the UK excluding London

CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for CCSP in the UK excluding London

CCSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for CCSP in the UK excluding London

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 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 +22 4 £715 +19.17% 2
South West +48 3 £750 - 6
South East +43 2 £550 -8.33% 9
Midlands +23 2 £775 +3.33% 1
West Midlands +15 2 £775 +3.33% 1
Scotland +14 2 £643 -
Yorkshire +9 2 £715 +19.17%
North West - 2 £715 - 2
CCSP
UK

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 5 (38.46%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (7.69%) IaaS
3 1 (7.69%) OCI
3 1 (7.69%) PaaS
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Firewall
1 3 (23.08%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) BGP
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
2 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
2 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Reports
General
1 8 (61.54%) Banking
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (84.62%) Architect
1 11 (84.62%) Security Architect
2 8 (61.54%) Consultant
2 8 (61.54%) DevSecOps Architect
2 8 (61.54%) DevSecOps Consultant
2 8 (61.54%) Security Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Security Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (61.54%) Private Cloud
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
4 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 1 (7.69%) PKI
4 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Unix
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) DevSecOps
2 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (61.54%) DevOps
3 8 (61.54%) Network Architecture
3 8 (61.54%) OWASP
3 8 (61.54%) Security Management
4 4 (30.77%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
5 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
5 3 (23.08%) Information Security
5 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
5 3 (23.08%) SIEM
6 2 (15.38%) Agile
6 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
6 2 (15.38%) Identity Management
6 2 (15.38%) Information Governance
6 2 (15.38%) Security Hardening
6 2 (15.38%) Security Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (92.31%) CISSP
3 10 (76.92%) CISM
4 9 (69.23%) CEH
4 9 (69.23%) OSCP
5 2 (15.38%) Degree
5 2 (15.38%) Master's Degree
6 1 (7.69%) CCNA
6 1 (7.69%) CCNP
6 1 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (7.69%) CRISC
6 1 (7.69%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) COBIT
1 8 (61.54%) NIST
1 8 (61.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) CASB
2 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle
1 2 (15.38%) TOWER Software
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Rapid7
2 1 (7.69%) Splunk