CESG Certified Professional Contracts in the UK excluding London

CESG Certified Professional (CCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CESG Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 327 385 393
Rank change year-on-year +58 +8 +83
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 7 9 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.055% 0.043% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% 0.12% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 28
10th Percentile £605 £340 £475
25th Percentile £613 £613 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £595
Median % change year-on-year - +4.99% +1.33%
75th Percentile £738 £638 £653
90th Percentile - £656 £708
UK median daily rate £551 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -11.92% - +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 26
10th Percentile - - £62.75
25th Percentile £68.26 - £72.50
Median hourly rate £73.31 £83.41 £75.25
Median % change year-on-year -12.11% +10.84% +14.36%
75th Percentile £78.36 - £83.31
90th Percentile - - £83.40
UK median hourly rate £73.31 £83.41 £75.00
% change year-on-year -12.11% +11.21% +13.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CESG Certified Professional 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 4,548 7,661 7,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.60% 37.01% 33.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,780 4,410 5,340
10th Percentile £210 £269 £280
25th Percentile £390 £425 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £531 £530
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% +0.19% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £725 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 412 936 667
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.60 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £19.96
Median hourly rate £40.72 £40.94 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -18.12% +54.46%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.09 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +28.57%

CESG Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for CESG Certified Professional in the UK excluding London

CESG Certified Professional
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for CESG Certified Professional in the UK excluding London

CESG Certified Professional
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for CESG Certified Professional in the UK excluding London

CESG Certified Professional
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 CESG Certified Professional within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South West +26 5 £675 +8.00% 5
South East - 2 £600 - 5
CESG Certified Professional
UK

CESG Certified Professional
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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) VPN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Coordinator
1 3 (42.86%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Principal Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Principal Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Principal Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Product Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) Incident Management
1 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
1 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Information Assurance
3 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Product Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Security Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CISSP
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) DV Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) CISA
3 3 (42.86%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) CLAS
5 1 (14.29%) CCNA
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (14.29%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (71.43%) JSP 440
1 5 (71.43%) RMADS
2 3 (42.86%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) GRC
3 1 (14.29%) NCSC
3 1 (14.29%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) OPNET
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) SolarWinds
2 2 (28.57%) SAP