(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 23 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 512 496 539
Rank change year-on-year -16 +43 +42
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 125 41 41
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.14% 0.094%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.79% 0.44% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 25 22
10th Percentile £487 £515 £525
25th Percentile £500 £534 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% -3.57%
75th Percentile £691 £700 £754
90th Percentile £763 £815 £786
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £535 £613
% change year-on-year +26.17% -12.65% -18.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £51.18 -
25th Percentile £51.25 £59.31 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £77.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.04% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £90.81 -
90th Percentile - £96.33 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £52.50 £100.00 -
% change year-on-year -47.50% - -

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 15,865 9,299 12,970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.24% 31.03% 29.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,601 5,774 8,010
10th Percentile £350 £275 £312
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £618 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £506 £500 £533
% change year-on-year +1.20% -6.19% +1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,166 618 1,129
10th Percentile £17.25 £17.87 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £20.24 £19.17
Median hourly rate £50.00 £29.26 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +70.88% -27.30% -26.82%
75th Percentile £72.54 £62.44 £64.25
90th Percentile £85.25 £76.25 £75.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.84 £27.94 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.80% -34.26% -20.80%

(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 23 June 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 12 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 23 June 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 -47 108 £650 - 28
London -39 57 £575 -17.86% 13
Work from Home -13 50 £550 - 13
UK excluding London -66 50 £675 +26.17% 22
North of England -51 27 £675 +24.54% 1
Yorkshire -34 20 £675 +22.73% 1
South East -54 8 £776 +41.14% 12
South West -28 7 £550 +10.00% 2
North West - 7 £719 -
West Midlands - 5 £450 - 3
Midlands - 5 £450 - 3
East of England -25 3 £608 - 3

(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 (4.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 73 (58.40%) Azure
2 65 (52.00%) AWS
3 42 (33.60%) GCP
4 22 (17.60%) Entra ID
5 15 (12.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (8.80%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (8.00%) SaaS
8 8 (6.40%) IaaS
8 8 (6.40%) PaaS
9 4 (3.20%) GitHub
10 3 (2.40%) Apigee
10 3 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (2.40%) Azure API Management
10 3 (2.40%) Kong
11 2 (1.60%) Akamai
11 2 (1.60%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (1.60%) Azure AKS
11 2 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (1.60%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 37 (29.60%) Network Security
2 9 (7.20%) Firewall
3 2 (1.60%) LAN
3 2 (1.60%) VPN
3 2 (1.60%) WAN
4 1 (0.80%) Calico
4 1 (0.80%) DNS
4 1 (0.80%) MPLS
4 1 (0.80%) NGFW
4 1 (0.80%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.80%) SSL
4 1 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.60%) Big Data
2 1 (0.80%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (5.60%) JIRA
2 6 (4.80%) Snyk
3 2 (1.60%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.60%) Git
4 1 (0.80%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.80%) GitLab
4 1 (0.80%) Jenkins
General
1 54 (43.20%) Social Skills
2 39 (31.20%) Finance
3 16 (12.80%) Public Sector
4 12 (9.60%) Banking
5 9 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (6.40%) Financial Institution
7 5 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.40%) Police
9 2 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.80%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.80%) Legal
10 1 (0.80%) Local Government
10 1 (0.80%) Military
10 1 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.80%) Retail
10 1 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (34.40%) Architect
2 38 (30.40%) Security Architect
3 27 (21.60%) Consultant
4 17 (13.60%) Security Engineer
5 14 (11.20%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 14 (11.20%) Security Consultant
6 11 (8.80%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 9 (7.20%) Security Specialist
8 7 (5.60%) Lead
9 6 (4.80%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 5 (4.00%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
10 5 (4.00%) Operations Engineer
10 5 (4.00%) Senior
11 4 (3.20%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 4 (3.20%) Security Manager
11 4 (3.20%) Security Officer
12 3 (2.40%) Application Security Specialist
12 3 (2.40%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 3 (2.40%) SailPoint Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.20%) RESTful
2 6 (4.80%) OAuth
3 5 (4.00%) OpenID
3 5 (4.00%) SailPoint
4 4 (3.20%) OAuth2
5 3 (2.40%) .NET
5 3 (2.40%) JWT
5 3 (2.40%) LDAP
5 3 (2.40%) SAML
5 3 (2.40%) SLSA
6 1 (0.80%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.80%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.40%) Security Posture
2 12 (9.60%) Private Cloud
3 9 (7.20%) Public Cloud
4 7 (5.60%) Cloud Native
4 7 (5.60%) Data Centre
4 7 (5.60%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.80%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.80%) Operational Technology
6 5 (4.00%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (4.00%) SCADA
6 5 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.40%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.40%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.60%) CMDB
9 2 (1.60%) IBM Mainframe
10 1 (0.80%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.20%) Linux
1 9 (7.20%) Windows
2 6 (4.80%) Unix
3 1 (0.80%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (55.20%) Threat Modelling
2 65 (52.00%) Cloud Security
2 65 (52.00%) Cybersecurity
3 49 (39.20%) Security Architecture
4 42 (33.60%) SIEM
5 40 (32.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 37 (29.60%) CI/CD
6 37 (29.60%) DevSecOps
7 35 (28.00%) SABSA
8 33 (26.40%) Application Security
9 32 (25.60%) Zero Trust
10 31 (24.80%) Roadmaps
10 31 (24.80%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (23.20%) Architectural Patterns
11 29 (23.20%) Identity Access Management
12 28 (22.40%) Risk Management
13 27 (21.60%) Information Security
14 26 (20.80%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 26 (20.80%) Security Operations
14 26 (20.80%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.40%) PowerShell
1 8 (6.40%) Python
2 6 (4.80%) Java
3 5 (4.00%) Search Processing Language
4 4 (3.20%) Bash
5 3 (2.40%) BeanShell
6 1 (0.80%) Bicep
6 1 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 125 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 124 (99.20%) CISSP
3 77 (61.60%) CISM
4 74 (59.20%) CCSP
5 40 (32.00%) Security Cleared
6 34 (27.20%) SC Cleared
7 22 (17.60%) CEH
8 16 (12.80%) Degree
8 16 (12.80%) OSCP
9 15 (12.00%) CRISC
10 13 (10.40%) GIAC
11 11 (8.80%) CISA
11 11 (8.80%) GCIH
12 10 (8.00%) SSCP
13 8 (6.40%) CCSK
13 8 (6.40%) CESG Certified Professional
13 8 (6.40%) GCIA
13 8 (6.40%) GSEC
13 8 (6.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 8 (6.40%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (50.40%) NIST
2 53 (42.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (16.80%) GDPR
4 20 (16.00%) PCI DSS
5 12 (9.60%) NCSC
6 10 (8.00%) COBIT
7 7 (5.60%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (5.60%) GRC
8 5 (4.00%) Government Security Classifications
8 5 (4.00%) ISO 31000
8 5 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (3.20%) NIST 800
10 3 (2.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (1.60%) EU AI Act
11 2 (1.60%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.80%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.80%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.80%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (9.60%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.40%) Docker
3 1 (0.80%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.80%) KVM
3 1 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.80%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 7 (5.60%) CASB
3 6 (4.80%) Terraform
4 2 (1.60%) Ansible
4 2 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.80%) Grafana
5 1 (0.80%) Istio
5 1 (0.80%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.80%) SELinux
Vendors
1 30 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.20%) ServiceNow
2 9 (7.20%) Splunk
3 7 (5.60%) CrowdStrike
3 7 (5.60%) Google
4 6 (4.80%) CyberArk
4 6 (4.80%) Qualys
5 5 (4.00%) Okta
6 4 (3.20%) Tenable
7 3 (2.40%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.60%) IBM
8 2 (1.60%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.60%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.80%) Adobe
9 1 (0.80%) Apple
9 1 (0.80%) BMC
9 1 (0.80%) Broadcom
9 1 (0.80%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.80%) Sage
9 1 (0.80%) SAP