(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 24 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 475 535
Rank change year-on-year -75 +60 +83
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 81 44 56
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.53% 0.48% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 30 31
10th Percentile £490 £523 £425
25th Percentile £516 £539 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £643 £700
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% -8.21% -
75th Percentile £714 £750 £781
90th Percentile £765 £794 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £663 £680 £600
% change year-on-year -2.57% +13.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £54.50 -
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 15,143 9,091 13,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 30.78% 30.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,080 5,749 8,271
10th Percentile £350 £295 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -1.59% -3.00%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £646
90th Percentile £725 £708 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £501 £525
% change year-on-year -0.20% -4.57% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,096 512 1,063
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.22 £13.85
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.27 £17.80
Median hourly rate £46.13 £41.38 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.49% +3.44% -25.93%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.25 £79.87 £75.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +1.02% +12.50% -20.00%

(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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -69 67 £625 -8.09% 39
London -41 45 £575 -16.36% 18
Work from Home -5 37 £575 +4.55% 10
UK excluding London -85 22 £663 -2.57% 26
North of England -62 13 £675 +9.76% 7
Yorkshire -48 7 £663 +7.72% 4
North West -33 6 £719 +0.49% 3
Midlands -55 4 £450 -41.94% 7
West Midlands -55 4 £450 -41.94% 6
South West -36 2 £450 -37.06% 2
East of England - 2 £608 - 3
South East -56 1 £700 +27.27% 7

(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 (6.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 49 (60.49%) Azure
2 40 (49.38%) AWS
3 26 (32.10%) GCP
4 17 (20.99%) Azure Sentinel
5 13 (16.05%) Entra ID
6 5 (6.17%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (6.17%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (6.17%) SaaS
7 4 (4.94%) GitHub
7 4 (4.94%) IaaS
7 4 (4.94%) PaaS
8 3 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (3.70%) Apigee
8 3 (3.70%) Azure API Management
8 3 (3.70%) Kong
8 3 (3.70%) OCI
9 2 (2.47%) AWS KMS
9 2 (2.47%) Azure AKS
9 2 (2.47%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 23 (28.40%) Network Security
2 10 (12.35%) Firewall
3 2 (2.47%) VPN
4 1 (1.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.47%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (7.41%) JIRA
2 4 (4.94%) Snyk
3 3 (3.70%) Git
4 1 (1.23%) Claude Code
General
1 26 (32.10%) Social Skills
2 23 (28.40%) Finance
3 15 (18.52%) Public Sector
4 7 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.64%) Banking
5 5 (6.17%) Financial Institution
6 4 (4.94%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.47%) Legal
9 1 (1.23%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (43.21%) Architect
2 33 (40.74%) Security Architect
3 13 (16.05%) Security Engineer
4 11 (13.58%) Consultant
5 7 (8.64%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 7 (8.64%) Security Consultant
6 6 (7.41%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (6.17%) Lead
7 5 (6.17%) Operations Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 4 (4.94%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 4 (4.94%) DevSecOps Consultant
8 4 (4.94%) Security Manager
8 4 (4.94%) Senior
9 3 (3.70%) Application Security Specialist
9 3 (3.70%) Applications Specialist
9 3 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 3 (3.70%) Security Specialist
10 2 (2.47%) SIEM Engineer
10 2 (2.47%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.17%) OAuth
1 5 (6.17%) OpenID
2 4 (4.94%) OAuth2
2 4 (4.94%) RESTful
3 3 (3.70%) .NET
3 3 (3.70%) JWT
4 2 (2.47%) SAML
4 2 (2.47%) YAML
5 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (1.23%) REST
5 1 (1.23%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.23%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.28%) Security Posture
2 10 (12.35%) Public Cloud
3 7 (8.64%) Private Cloud
4 5 (6.17%) Cloud Native
5 4 (4.94%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.94%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (3.70%) Mainframe
6 3 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.47%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (2.47%) CMDB
7 2 (2.47%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (2.47%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (2.47%) STIX
7 2 (2.47%) YARA
8 1 (1.23%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.23%) IoT
8 1 (1.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.94%) Windows
2 3 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (55.56%) Cloud Security
2 44 (54.32%) Threat Modelling
3 37 (45.68%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (43.21%) Security Architecture
5 27 (33.33%) SIEM
6 23 (28.40%) DevSecOps
6 23 (28.40%) Zero Trust
7 22 (27.16%) Application Security
7 22 (27.16%) Identity Access Management
7 22 (27.16%) SABSA
8 21 (25.93%) Information Security
8 21 (25.93%) TOGAF
9 20 (24.69%) Vulnerability Management
10 19 (23.46%) CI/CD
11 18 (22.22%) Risk Management
12 16 (19.75%) AI
12 16 (19.75%) Data Protection
12 16 (19.75%) Incident Response
12 16 (19.75%) Roadmaps
12 16 (19.75%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.41%) Python
2 4 (4.94%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.70%) Java
4 2 (2.47%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.23%) Bash
Qualifications
1 81 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 80 (98.77%) CISSP
3 51 (62.96%) CISM
4 43 (53.09%) CCSP
5 29 (35.80%) Security Cleared
6 25 (30.86%) SC Cleared
7 13 (16.05%) CEH
8 9 (11.11%) Degree
8 9 (11.11%) OSCP
9 7 (8.64%) Azure Certification
9 7 (8.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 7 (8.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 6 (7.41%) SSCP
11 5 (6.17%) AWS Certification
11 5 (6.17%) CISA
11 5 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (6.17%) GCIH
12 4 (4.94%) CCSK
12 4 (4.94%) CSSLP
12 4 (4.94%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (49.38%) NIST
2 35 (43.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (28.40%) GDPR
4 17 (20.99%) PCI DSS
5 8 (9.88%) NCSC
6 7 (8.64%) GRC
7 6 (7.41%) COBIT
8 5 (6.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (4.94%) Government Security Classifications
10 3 (3.70%) NIST 800
11 2 (2.47%) EU AI Act
11 2 (2.47%) SOC 2
12 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (1.23%) HIPAA
12 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (1.23%) PSD2
12 1 (1.23%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.17%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (17.28%) Kubernetes
2 7 (8.64%) CASB
3 6 (7.41%) Terraform
4 2 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.23%) RSA Archer
5 1 (1.23%) SELinux
Vendors
1 18 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.64%) ServiceNow
3 5 (6.17%) Google
3 5 (6.17%) Okta
4 4 (4.94%) Qualys
4 4 (4.94%) Splunk
4 4 (4.94%) Tenable
5 3 (3.70%) MuleSoft
5 3 (3.70%) Rapid7
6 2 (2.47%) IBM
7 1 (1.23%) Adobe
7 1 (1.23%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (1.23%) Broadcom
7 1 (1.23%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.23%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.23%) Netlify
7 1 (1.23%) OneTrust
7 1 (1.23%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.23%) Sage
7 1 (1.23%) Symantec