(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 13 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 521 518 533
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 +200
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 39 32 98
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.085% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.29% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 15 56
10th Percentile £432 £578 £450
25th Percentile £513 £638 £557
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £663
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -1.89% +4.91%
75th Percentile £750 £720 £750
90th Percentile £775 £729 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £750 £650 £700
% change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £47.15 - -
25th Percentile £49.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £81.63 - -
90th Percentile £92.65 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £100.00 - -

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 10,514 10,988 13,593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.93% 29.30% 28.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,580 6,650 8,756
10th Percentile £283 £310 £315
25th Percentile £413 £419 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £538
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.26% +2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 890 571 746
10th Percentile £17.59 £18.13 £16.42
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.43 £25.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.58
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -11.35% +19.07%
75th Percentile £40.41 £68.00 £69.40
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £79.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £51.89
% change year-on-year -49.70% -3.64% +15.31%

(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 13 October 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP over the 6 months to 13 October 2025.

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

(ISC)2 CCSP
Top 10 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 13 October 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 +29 37 £700 +7.69% 20
London +30 25 £650 -8.13% 11
Work from Home +25 14 £700 +7.69% 31
UK excluding London -23 10 £750 +15.38% 16
South East +14 6 £760 +16.92% 4
North of England -27 2 £690 +8.24% 3
South West +14 1 £725 +11.54% 3
East of England -9 1 - - 1
North West -13 1 £675 +8.00% 2
Yorkshire -22 1 £705 +8.46% 1

(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 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (66.67%) Azure
2 22 (56.41%) AWS
3 17 (43.59%) GCP
4 8 (20.51%) Entra ID
5 7 (17.95%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (12.82%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (5.13%) Google Workspace
7 2 (5.13%) IaaS
7 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (5.13%) PaaS
8 1 (2.56%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.56%) Azure Stack
8 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.56%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 1 (2.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.64%) Network Security
2 9 (23.08%) Firewall
3 4 (10.26%) HTTP
4 3 (7.69%) SSL
5 2 (5.13%) DNS
5 2 (5.13%) S/MIME
5 2 (5.13%) SMTP
5 2 (5.13%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 14 (35.90%) Finance
2 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Financial Institution
4 2 (5.13%) Legal
4 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.56%) Banking
5 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Law
5 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (41.03%) Architect
2 15 (38.46%) Security Architect
3 9 (23.08%) Senior
4 8 (20.51%) Security Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) Lead
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Architect
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Security Architect
6 3 (7.69%) Consultant
6 3 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Applications Architect
7 2 (5.13%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Cloud Architect
7 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Security Architect
7 2 (5.13%) Forensic Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Security Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Security Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.26%) .NET
1 4 (10.26%) OpenID
1 4 (10.26%) SAML
2 3 (7.69%) OAuth
2 3 (7.69%) OAuth2
3 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (5.13%) React
3 2 (5.13%) YAML
4 1 (2.56%) ARM Templates
4 1 (2.56%) EJB
4 1 (2.56%) JCE
4 1 (2.56%) JSON Web Signature
4 1 (2.56%) JWT
4 1 (2.56%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.77%) Cloud Native
2 8 (20.51%) Security Posture
3 6 (15.38%) Management Information System
4 4 (10.26%) Cloud Security Posture
4 4 (10.26%) PKI
5 3 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (7.69%) Public Cloud
6 2 (5.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (5.13%) Data Centre
6 2 (5.13%) IoT
6 2 (5.13%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
6 2 (5.13%) STIX
6 2 (5.13%) YARA
7 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.56%) BYOD
7 1 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Windows
2 6 (15.38%) Linux
3 5 (12.82%) Mac OS
4 2 (5.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (56.41%) Cloud Security
2 16 (41.03%) Threat Modelling
3 15 (38.46%) CI/CD
3 15 (38.46%) DevSecOps
3 15 (38.46%) SIEM
4 14 (35.90%) Data Loss Prevention
4 14 (35.90%) Zero Trust
5 13 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (33.33%) Information Security
5 13 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 11 (28.21%) Incident Response
7 10 (25.64%) DevOps
7 10 (25.64%) Infrastructure as Code
7 10 (25.64%) Security Architecture
8 8 (20.51%) TOGAF
9 7 (17.95%) Identity Access Management
9 7 (17.95%) SABSA
10 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (15.38%) SDLC
10 6 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.08%) PowerShell
1 9 (23.08%) Python
2 5 (12.82%) Bash
3 4 (10.26%) Java
3 4 (10.26%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (5.13%) PHP
4 2 (5.13%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 39 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (84.62%) CISSP
3 21 (53.85%) CCSP
4 14 (35.90%) CISM
5 8 (20.51%) Degree
5 8 (20.51%) GCIH
6 7 (17.95%) AWS Certification
7 6 (15.38%) Azure Certification
8 5 (12.82%) CEH
8 5 (12.82%) GIAC
8 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
9 4 (10.26%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (10.26%) GCFA
10 3 (7.69%) CCSK
10 3 (7.69%) CSSLP
10 3 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 2 (5.13%) CISMP
11 2 (5.13%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (5.13%) CRISC
11 2 (5.13%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (58.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (53.85%) NIST
3 14 (35.90%) GDPR
4 11 (28.21%) PCI DSS
5 5 (12.82%) NCSC
6 4 (10.26%) HIPAA
6 4 (10.26%) PSD2
6 4 (10.26%) SOC 2
7 3 (7.69%) NIST 800
7 3 (7.69%) RMADS
8 2 (5.13%) GRC
8 2 (5.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 2 (5.13%) SLA
9 1 (2.56%) COBIT
9 1 (2.56%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (2.56%) SOC 1
System Software
1 9 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 5 (12.82%) Docker
3 1 (2.56%) Firmware
3 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (20.51%) Kubernetes
2 4 (10.26%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (10.26%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (7.69%) Terraform
4 2 (5.13%) CSIRT
4 2 (5.13%) EnCase
4 2 (5.13%) FTK
4 2 (5.13%) SELinux
5 1 (2.56%) Istio
5 1 (2.56%) linkerd
Vendors
1 18 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.95%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (12.82%) Google
4 4 (10.26%) Darktrace
4 4 (10.26%) Zscaler
5 2 (5.13%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.56%) Cisco
6 1 (2.56%) CyberArk
6 1 (2.56%) Intel
6 1 (2.56%) Okta
6 1 (2.56%) Oracle
6 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.56%) Tanium
6 1 (2.56%) Thales