CCSP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CCSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 387 429 485
Rank change year-on-year +42 +56 -64
Contract jobs citing CCSP 9 18 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.044% 0.077% 0.089%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.23% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 18
10th Percentile £403 £462 £536
25th Percentile - - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £486 £630
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% -22.86% +17.21%
75th Percentile - £625 £675
90th Percentile £690 £778 £769
UK median daily rate £550 £650 £632
% change year-on-year -15.38% +2.85% +20.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CCSP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,550 7,726 7,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.86% 32.93% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,354 5,173 5,169
10th Percentile £270 £287 £255
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £600
90th Percentile £725 £712 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 644 522
10th Percentile £13.52 £13.94 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £16.52
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £31.89
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +56.79% -7.67%
75th Percentile £63.29 £65.75 £55.96
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 2024. 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 - 5 £600 - 2
Midlands +32 1 £750 +7.14%
Yorkshire +19 1 £600 +54.84%
West Midlands +19 1 £750 +7.14%
North of England +17 1 £600 +23.46%
Scotland - 1 - - 3
South West - 1 - - 1
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 3 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
2 1 (11.11%) IaaS
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) PaaS
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) Broadband
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Information Officer
1 2 (22.22%) Information Security Officer
1 2 (22.22%) Security Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Security Consultant
1 2 (22.22%) Security Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Information Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Information Security Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Security Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Supply Chain Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) IoT
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
1 2 (22.22%) Operational Technology
1 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (11.11%) Industry 4.0
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Information Security
2 5 (55.56%) Cloud Security
3 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
3 4 (44.44%) SABSA
4 3 (33.33%) Security Architecture
5 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
5 2 (22.22%) Ethical Hacking
5 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
6 1 (11.11%) Adaptive Security
6 1 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (11.11%) Malware Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
6 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (88.89%) CISSP
3 6 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 5 (55.56%) CISM
5 4 (44.44%) CCNP
6 3 (33.33%) CCSK
6 3 (33.33%) CEH
6 3 (33.33%) CISA
6 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 2 (22.22%) CCNA
7 2 (22.22%) Degree
8 1 (11.11%) CCIE
8 1 (11.11%) CCIE Security
8 1 (11.11%) CCIE Service Provider
8 1 (11.11%) CISMP
8 1 (11.11%) CRISC
8 1 (11.11%) CSSLP
8 1 (11.11%) ISSEP
8 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (33.33%) NIST
3 2 (22.22%) GRC
3 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (11.11%) COBIT
4 1 (11.11%) GDPR
4 1 (11.11%) HIPAA
4 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
4 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 1 (11.11%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Splunk