(ISC)2 CCSP Contracts

(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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 544 617
Rank change year-on-year +69 +73 +129
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 44 56 96
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.42% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 31 42
10th Percentile £522 £425 £500
25th Percentile £535 £575 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £750 £781 £750
90th Percentile £800 £875 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £680 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +13.33% -7.69% +3.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £80.00
75th Percentile £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 8,989 13,363 16,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.75% 30.65% 27.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,678 8,219 10,866
10th Percentile £288 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £530 £530
% change year-on-year -5.57% - +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 516 1,077 849
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.87 £15.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.72 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% -25.93% +29.75%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.34 £75.25 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £40.94 £49.57
% change year-on-year +9.92% -17.41% +55.44%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing (ISC)2 CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

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

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

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

(ISC)2 CCSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Hourly rate trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Top 13 Contract 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 30 April 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
England +52 37 £680 +0.74% 46
UK excluding London +59 22 £680 +13.33% 19
London +23 19 £725 -3.33% 26
Work from Home +54 13 £550 -24.14% 32
North of England +33 8 £615 - 6
South West +50 6 £715 - 2
Yorkshire +17 4 £615 - 3
Scotland +12 4 £535 -
South East +36 2 £550 +23.01% 5
Midlands +23 2 £775 +3.33% 2
West Midlands +16 2 £775 +3.33% 2
North West +12 2 £715 - 3
North East - 2 £534 -

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 22 (50.00%) Azure
2 8 (18.18%) AWS
2 8 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
2 8 (18.18%) GCP
3 7 (15.91%) IaaS
3 7 (15.91%) PaaS
3 7 (15.91%) SaaS
4 2 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.55%) OCI
5 1 (2.27%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (2.27%) AWS KMS
5 1 (2.27%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 10 (22.73%) Network Security
2 5 (11.36%) Firewall
3 4 (9.09%) HTTP
4 3 (6.82%) DNS
4 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.55%) SMTP
6 1 (2.27%) BGP
6 1 (2.27%) LAN
6 1 (2.27%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.27%) SSL
6 1 (2.27%) VPN
6 1 (2.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle Reports
General
1 15 (34.09%) Finance
2 9 (20.45%) Banking
3 6 (13.64%) Social Skills
4 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.09%) Financial Institution
5 2 (4.55%) French Language
5 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Legal
6 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (50.00%) Architect
2 21 (47.73%) Security Architect
3 11 (25.00%) Consultant
4 10 (22.73%) Senior
5 8 (18.18%) DevSecOps Architect
5 8 (18.18%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 8 (18.18%) Security Consultant
6 6 (13.64%) Senior Architect
6 6 (13.64%) Senior Security Architect
7 5 (11.36%) Analyst
7 5 (11.36%) Security Engineer
8 4 (9.09%) IT Engineer
8 4 (9.09%) IT Security Engineer
9 3 (6.82%) Lead
9 3 (6.82%) Operational Security Manager
9 3 (6.82%) Operations Manager
9 3 (6.82%) Security Analyst
9 3 (6.82%) Security Manager
9 3 (6.82%) Security Operations Manager
9 3 (6.82%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) .NET
1 2 (4.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 14 (31.82%) Security Posture
2 9 (20.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (18.18%) Private Cloud
4 7 (15.91%) Management Information System
5 4 (9.09%) PKI
6 3 (6.82%) Cloud Native
6 3 (6.82%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (4.55%) Onboarding
8 1 (2.27%) Algorithms
8 1 (2.27%) CESG
8 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
8 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.09%) Windows
2 2 (4.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (40.91%) Information Security
3 17 (38.64%) Risk Management
4 14 (31.82%) DevSecOps
4 14 (31.82%) SIEM
5 13 (29.55%) Cloud Security
6 12 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (25.00%) DevOps
7 11 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
8 10 (22.73%) Data Loss Prevention
8 10 (22.73%) OWASP
8 10 (22.73%) Security Architecture
8 10 (22.73%) Security Operations
9 9 (20.45%) Security Management
9 9 (20.45%) SOAR
10 8 (18.18%) Agile
10 8 (18.18%) Network Architecture
11 7 (15.91%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 7 (15.91%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.82%) Bash
1 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
1 3 (6.82%) Python
2 2 (4.55%) Java
2 2 (4.55%) PHP
2 2 (4.55%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.27%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (2.27%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 44 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 34 (77.27%) CISSP
3 24 (54.55%) CCSP
4 17 (38.64%) CISM
5 13 (29.55%) CEH
6 12 (27.27%) CRISC
6 12 (27.27%) OSCP
7 9 (20.45%) Degree
8 8 (18.18%) GCIH
9 7 (15.91%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (15.91%) SANS
10 6 (13.64%) CISA
10 6 (13.64%) GIAC
11 5 (11.36%) Azure Certification
11 5 (11.36%) CCSK
12 3 (6.82%) AWS Certification
12 3 (6.82%) CCNA
12 3 (6.82%) Master's Degree
12 3 (6.82%) Security Cleared
12 3 (6.82%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (56.82%) NIST
2 14 (31.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (27.27%) PCI DSS
4 9 (20.45%) COBIT
5 8 (18.18%) SLA
6 6 (13.64%) NIST 800
7 3 (6.82%) GDPR
8 2 (4.55%) HIPAA
8 2 (4.55%) JSP 440
9 1 (2.27%) GRC
9 1 (2.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (2.27%) NCSC
9 1 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.55%) CASB
3 1 (2.27%) CSIRT
3 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (40.91%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.64%) Google
3 2 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (4.55%) Darktrace
3 2 (4.55%) Oracle
3 2 (4.55%) Splunk
3 2 (4.55%) TOWER Software
4 1 (2.27%) Gemalto
4 1 (2.27%) Rapid7
4 1 (2.27%) Symantec
4 1 (2.27%) Thales