(ISC)2 CCSP Contract Job Trends

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 28 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 548 486 535
Rank change year-on-year -62 +49 +114
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 76 39 53
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.44% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 28 32
10th Percentile £432 £529 £428
25th Percentile £500 £546 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £643 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.51% -1.15% -
75th Percentile £712 £698 £778
90th Percentile £762 £750 £873
UK excluding London median daily rate £506 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -22.12% +8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £39.50 £54.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.52% - -
75th Percentile £42.75 £63.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

(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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14,912 8,913 13,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.55% 30.67% 30.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,822 5,673 8,401
10th Percentile £343 £294 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,092 485 1,006
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.51 £13.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £24.18 £17.73
Median hourly rate £36.00 £42.50 £37.83
Median % change year-on-year -15.29% +12.35% -27.44%
75th Percentile £68.75 £67.50 £61.90
90th Percentile £84.90 £80.84 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £50.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -30.00% +33.33% -23.47%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing (ISC)2 CCSP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

(ISC)2 CCSP job vacancy trend in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing (ISC)2 CCSP

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP over the 6 months to 28 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing (ISC)2 CCSP

(ISC)2 CCSP
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 28 March 2026. 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
England -77 69 £575 -11.54% 27
London -14 46 £575 -9.45% 11
Work from Home -4 34 £575 +4.55% 8
UK excluding London -104 21 £506 -22.12% 20
North of England -66 11 £709 +9.00% 6
Yorkshire -52 7 £488 -25.00% 1
West Midlands -52 7 £463 -40.32% 6
Midlands -70 7 £463 -40.32% 6
North West -37 4 £725 +6.62% 3
South East -53 2 £556 +1.14% 5
South West -31 1 - - 2

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.58%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 45 (59.21%) Azure
2 39 (51.32%) AWS
3 26 (34.21%) GCP
4 13 (17.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 12 (15.79%) Entra ID
6 5 (6.58%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (6.58%) SaaS
7 4 (5.26%) GitHub
7 4 (5.26%) IaaS
7 4 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (5.26%) OCI
7 4 (5.26%) PaaS
7 4 (5.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (3.95%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (3.95%) Apigee
8 3 (3.95%) Azure API Management
8 3 (3.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 3 (3.95%) Kong
9 2 (2.63%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 14 (18.42%) Network Security
2 13 (17.11%) Firewall
3 4 (5.26%) BGP
3 4 (5.26%) DNS
3 4 (5.26%) IPv4
3 4 (5.26%) IPv6
3 4 (5.26%) LAN
3 4 (5.26%) MPLS
3 4 (5.26%) OSPF
3 4 (5.26%) SD-WAN
3 4 (5.26%) VPN
3 4 (5.26%) VXLAN
3 4 (5.26%) WAN
3 4 (5.26%) Wireless
3 4 (5.26%) WLAN
4 3 (3.95%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (3.95%) DHCP
4 3 (3.95%) EIGRP
4 3 (3.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (3.95%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.63%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (7.89%) JIRA
2 4 (5.26%) Snyk
3 3 (3.95%) Git
4 1 (1.32%) Burp Suite
4 1 (1.32%) Claude Code
General
1 26 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 22 (28.95%) Finance
3 17 (22.37%) Public Sector
4 11 (14.47%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (9.21%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (7.89%) Financial Institution
7 5 (6.58%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (5.26%) Banking
9 3 (3.95%) Legal
10 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (46.05%) Architect
2 30 (39.47%) Security Architect
3 14 (18.42%) Security Engineer
4 8 (10.53%) Consultant
5 7 (9.21%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 7 (9.21%) Security Consultant
6 6 (7.89%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (6.58%) Network Architect
7 5 (6.58%) Operations Engineer
7 5 (6.58%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.26%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 4 (5.26%) Security Manager
8 4 (5.26%) Security Specialist
8 4 (5.26%) Senior
9 3 (3.95%) Application Security Specialist
9 3 (3.95%) Applications Specialist
9 3 (3.95%) AWS Architect
9 3 (3.95%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 2 (2.63%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.26%) OAuth
1 4 (5.26%) OAuth2
1 4 (5.26%) OpenID
1 4 (5.26%) RESTful
2 3 (3.95%) .NET
2 3 (3.95%) JWT
3 2 (2.63%) YAML
4 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.32%) REST
4 1 (1.32%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.32%) SAML
4 1 (1.32%) SLSA
4 1 (1.32%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.79%) Security Posture
2 7 (9.21%) Public Cloud
3 6 (7.89%) Private Cloud
4 5 (6.58%) Data Centre
5 4 (5.26%) Cloud Native
6 3 (3.95%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (3.95%) Mainframe
6 3 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.63%) CMDB
7 2 (2.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.63%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (2.63%) IoT
7 2 (2.63%) STIX
7 2 (2.63%) YARA
8 1 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.58%) Windows
2 4 (5.26%) Linux
3 1 (1.32%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (57.89%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (51.32%) Cloud Security
3 33 (43.42%) Security Architecture
3 33 (43.42%) Threat Modelling
4 27 (35.53%) Zero Trust
5 26 (34.21%) SIEM
6 24 (31.58%) DevSecOps
7 22 (28.95%) Information Security
8 21 (27.63%) TOGAF
9 19 (25.00%) Security Operations
10 17 (22.37%) Data Loss Prevention
10 17 (22.37%) Incident Response
10 17 (22.37%) Roadmaps
11 16 (21.05%) CI/CD
11 16 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (21.05%) Vulnerability Management
12 15 (19.74%) Application Security
12 15 (19.74%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 14 (18.42%) AI
13 14 (18.42%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.16%) Python
2 4 (5.26%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.95%) Java
3 3 (3.95%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.32%) Bash
Qualifications
1 76 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 74 (97.37%) CISSP
3 42 (55.26%) CISM
4 38 (50.00%) CCSP
5 25 (32.89%) Security Cleared
6 18 (23.68%) SC Cleared
7 13 (17.11%) CEH
7 13 (17.11%) Degree
8 10 (13.16%) AWS Certification
8 10 (13.16%) OSCP
9 9 (11.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 7 (9.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 6 (7.89%) Azure Certification
11 6 (7.89%) GCIH
11 6 (7.89%) SSCP
12 5 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (5.26%) CCSK
13 4 (5.26%) CSSLP
13 4 (5.26%) Master's Degree
13 4 (5.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (46.05%) NIST
2 32 (42.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (28.95%) GDPR
4 20 (26.32%) PCI DSS
5 6 (7.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 6 (7.89%) NCSC
6 5 (6.58%) COBIT
7 4 (5.26%) Government Security Classifications
7 4 (5.26%) GRC
8 3 (3.95%) NIST 800
8 3 (3.95%) PSD2
9 2 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (2.63%) EU AI Act
10 1 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (1.32%) JSP 440
10 1 (1.32%) QA
10 1 (1.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (6.58%) Active Directory
1 5 (6.58%) Docker
2 3 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.95%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (15.79%) Kubernetes
2 11 (14.47%) Terraform
3 8 (10.53%) CASB
4 4 (5.26%) Ansible
5 3 (3.95%) Nessus
6 2 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.32%) CSIRT
7 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.32%) Nmap
7 1 (1.32%) RSA Archer
7 1 (1.32%) SELinux
Vendors
1 17 (22.37%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.21%) ServiceNow
3 6 (7.89%) Cisco
3 6 (7.89%) Okta
3 6 (7.89%) Tenable
4 5 (6.58%) Google
5 4 (5.26%) F5
5 4 (5.26%) Fortinet
5 4 (5.26%) Meraki
5 4 (5.26%) Palo Alto
5 4 (5.26%) Qualys
5 4 (5.26%) Splunk
6 3 (3.95%) MuleSoft
6 3 (3.95%) Rapid7
6 3 (3.95%) SolarWinds
6 3 (3.95%) VMware
7 2 (2.63%) Forcepoint
7 2 (2.63%) IBM
7 2 (2.63%) Juniper
8 1 (1.32%) Sage