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

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 540 532
Rank change year-on-year +28 -8 +201
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 46 29 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.075% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.45% 0.26% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 11 67
10th Percentile £428 £555 £480
25th Percentile £650 £619 £589
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £650 £700
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +11.55%
75th Percentile £773 £728 £750
90th Percentile £825 £760 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £750 £625 £713
% change year-on-year +20.00% -12.28% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £47.15 - -
25th Percentile £49.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - £80.00
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 10,321 11,327 14,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.36% 29.39% 27.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,426 7,008 9,140
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £736 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 822 674 721
10th Percentile £17.88 £17.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £25.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% -9.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £45.00 £67.95 £70.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.35 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £53.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -52.55% +0.95% +16.87%

(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
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 September 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 September 2025.

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

(ISC)2 CCSP
Top 9 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 September 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 +40 44 £700 +7.69% 28
London +54 30 £700 -2.10% 16
Work from Home +39 17 £700 +7.69% 14
UK excluding London -3 12 £750 +20.00% 21
South East +22 7 £750 +15.38% 13
South West - 3 £725 - 3
East of England +8 1 - - 1
North West -11 1 £675 +13.92%
North of England -19 1 £675 +13.92% 1

(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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (63.04%) Azure
2 23 (50.00%) AWS
3 15 (32.61%) GCP
4 6 (13.04%) Entra ID
5 5 (10.87%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (8.70%) IaaS
6 4 (8.70%) PaaS
7 3 (6.52%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (6.52%) SaaS
8 2 (4.35%) Google Workspace
9 1 (2.17%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (2.17%) Azure Stack
9 1 (2.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (2.17%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (30.43%) Network Security
2 10 (21.74%) Firewall
3 6 (13.04%) HTTP
4 2 (4.35%) DNS
4 2 (4.35%) SMTP
4 2 (4.35%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (2.17%) SSL
General
1 19 (41.30%) Finance
2 9 (19.57%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Financial Institution
4 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.35%) French Language
5 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.35%) Legal
5 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.17%) Banking
6 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Law
6 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (34.78%) Architect
2 15 (32.61%) Security Architect
3 10 (21.74%) Security Engineer
4 9 (19.57%) Senior
5 6 (13.04%) Analyst
5 6 (13.04%) Lead
6 5 (10.87%) Senior Architect
6 5 (10.87%) Senior Security Architect
7 4 (8.70%) Applications Architect
7 4 (8.70%) IT Engineer
7 4 (8.70%) IT Security Engineer
7 4 (8.70%) Security Manager
8 3 (6.52%) Governance Analyst
9 2 (4.35%) Consultant
9 2 (4.35%) Operational Security Manager
9 2 (4.35%) Operations Manager
9 2 (4.35%) Security Analyst
9 2 (4.35%) Security Operations Manager
9 2 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (4.35%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.70%) .NET
1 4 (8.70%) React
2 2 (4.35%) OpenID
2 2 (4.35%) SAML
2 2 (4.35%) YAML
3 1 (2.17%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.17%) EJB
3 1 (2.17%) JCE
3 1 (2.17%) JSON Web Signature
3 1 (2.17%) JWT
3 1 (2.17%) OAuth
3 1 (2.17%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 15 (32.61%) Security Posture
2 11 (23.91%) Cloud Native
3 7 (15.22%) Management Information System
4 4 (8.70%) Cloud Security Posture
4 4 (8.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (6.52%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (6.52%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (6.52%) Public Cloud
5 3 (6.52%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (4.35%) Data Centre
6 2 (4.35%) IoT
6 2 (4.35%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
6 2 (4.35%) PKI
6 2 (4.35%) STIX
6 2 (4.35%) YARA
7 1 (2.17%) Algorithms
7 1 (2.17%) BYOD
7 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.22%) Windows
2 6 (13.04%) Linux
3 5 (10.87%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (43.48%) Cloud Security
1 20 (43.48%) SIEM
2 18 (39.13%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (39.13%) Information Security
2 18 (39.13%) Threat Modelling
2 18 (39.13%) Vulnerability Management
3 15 (32.61%) Data Loss Prevention
4 12 (26.09%) DevSecOps
4 12 (26.09%) Security Architecture
4 12 (26.09%) SOAR
5 11 (23.91%) CI/CD
5 11 (23.91%) Risk Management
5 11 (23.91%) TOGAF
5 11 (23.91%) Zero Trust
6 10 (21.74%) Security Operations
7 9 (19.57%) Application Security
7 9 (19.57%) DevOps
7 9 (19.57%) Incident Response
7 9 (19.57%) Infrastructure as Code
8 8 (17.39%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.57%) PowerShell
1 9 (19.57%) Python
2 7 (15.22%) Bash
3 4 (8.70%) Java
3 4 (8.70%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (8.70%) PHP
3 4 (8.70%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.17%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 46 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (84.78%) CISSP
3 25 (54.35%) CCSP
4 13 (28.26%) GCIH
5 11 (23.91%) CISM
6 8 (17.39%) AWS Certification
7 7 (15.22%) Azure Certification
7 7 (15.22%) CEH
8 6 (13.04%) Degree
8 6 (13.04%) GIAC
9 5 (10.87%) CRISC
9 5 (10.87%) Security Cleared
10 4 (8.70%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (8.70%) GCFA
10 4 (8.70%) SANS
11 3 (6.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (6.52%) CISA
11 3 (6.52%) CSSLP
11 3 (6.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 3 (6.52%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (63.04%) NIST
2 25 (54.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (26.09%) GDPR
4 11 (23.91%) PCI DSS
5 9 (19.57%) SLA
6 5 (10.87%) NCSC
7 4 (8.70%) HIPAA
7 4 (8.70%) NIST 800
7 4 (8.70%) PSD2
8 3 (6.52%) RMADS
9 2 (4.35%) GRC
9 2 (4.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (4.35%) SOC 2
10 1 (2.17%) COBIT
10 1 (2.17%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (2.17%) SOC 1
System Software
1 7 (15.22%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.70%) Docker
3 1 (2.17%) Firmware
3 1 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (13.04%) Kubernetes
2 4 (8.70%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (4.35%) CSIRT
3 2 (4.35%) EnCase
3 2 (4.35%) FTK
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.35%) SELinux
3 2 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (4.35%) Terraform
4 1 (2.17%) Istio
4 1 (2.17%) linkerd
Vendors
1 25 (54.35%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.22%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (10.87%) Google
4 4 (8.70%) Darktrace
4 4 (8.70%) Zscaler
5 2 (4.35%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.17%) Cisco
6 1 (2.17%) Intel
6 1 (2.17%) Okta
6 1 (2.17%) Oracle
6 1 (2.17%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.17%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.17%) Tanium
6 1 (2.17%) Thales