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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 483 544
Rank change year-on-year -50 +61 +114
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 76 36 53
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.52% 0.40% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 27 33
10th Percentile £428 £528 £430
25th Percentile £500 £543 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £635 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% -2.31% -
75th Percentile £694 £715 £775
90th Percentile £756 £750 £870
UK excluding London median daily rate £506 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -22.12% +8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 £45.75 -
Median hourly rate £39.50 £54.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -27.52% - -
75th Percentile £42.75 £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 14,749 8,900 13,571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.66% 30.55% 30.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,717 5,665 8,401
10th Percentile £335 £288 £300
25th Percentile £420 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £537
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.32% -2.28%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £650
90th Percentile £721 £714 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,078 478 1,011
10th Percentile £16.17 £18.51 £13.87
25th Percentile £20.31 £24.18 £17.74
Median hourly rate £34.93 £42.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.82% +13.33% -27.88%
75th Percentile £67.84 £67.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £84.00 £81.01 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £48.31 £37.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% +28.83% -23.47%

(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 March 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 11 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 March 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 69 £569 -12.50% 28
London -17 47 £575 -6.88% 12
Work from Home -11 34 £563 +2.27% 10
UK excluding London -97 20 £506 -22.12% 21
North of England -69 10 £709 +9.00% 6
West Midlands -55 7 £463 -40.32% 6
Midlands -61 7 £463 -40.32% 6
Yorkshire -59 6 £488 -25.00%
North West -34 4 £725 +6.62% 4
South East -50 2 £556 +1.14% 5
South West -35 1 - - 2

(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 (6.58%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 46 (60.53%) Azure
2 39 (51.32%) AWS
3 26 (34.21%) GCP
4 13 (17.11%) Azure Sentinel
4 13 (17.11%) Entra ID
5 5 (6.58%) AWS CloudFormation
5 5 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (6.58%) SaaS
6 4 (5.26%) GitHub
6 4 (5.26%) IaaS
6 4 (5.26%) OCI
6 4 (5.26%) PaaS
6 4 (5.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (3.95%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (3.95%) Apigee
7 3 (3.95%) Azure API Management
7 3 (3.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 3 (3.95%) Kong
8 2 (2.63%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (19.74%) Network Security
2 14 (18.42%) Firewall
3 4 (5.26%) BGP
3 4 (5.26%) DNS
3 4 (5.26%) IPv4
3 4 (5.26%) IPv6
3 4 (5.26%) LAN
3 4 (5.26%) MPLS
3 4 (5.26%) OSPF
3 4 (5.26%) SD-WAN
3 4 (5.26%) VPN
3 4 (5.26%) VXLAN
3 4 (5.26%) WAN
3 4 (5.26%) Wireless
3 4 (5.26%) WLAN
4 3 (3.95%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (3.95%) DHCP
4 3 (3.95%) EIGRP
4 3 (3.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (3.95%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.32%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (7.89%) JIRA
2 4 (5.26%) Snyk
3 3 (3.95%) Git
4 1 (1.32%) Burp Suite
4 1 (1.32%) Claude Code
General
1 27 (35.53%) Social Skills
2 22 (28.95%) Finance
3 16 (21.05%) Public Sector
4 13 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (7.89%) Financial Institution
5 6 (7.89%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (6.58%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.95%) Banking
7 3 (3.95%) Legal
8 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (46.05%) Architect
2 30 (39.47%) Security Architect
3 15 (19.74%) Security Engineer
4 7 (9.21%) Consultant
5 6 (7.89%) Cloud Engineer
5 6 (7.89%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 6 (7.89%) Security Consultant
6 5 (6.58%) Network Architect
6 5 (6.58%) Operations Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (5.26%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 4 (5.26%) Security Manager
7 4 (5.26%) Security Specialist
7 4 (5.26%) Senior
8 3 (3.95%) Application Security Specialist
8 3 (3.95%) Applications Specialist
8 3 (3.95%) AWS Architect
8 3 (3.95%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Enterprise Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.89%) OAuth
1 6 (7.89%) OAuth2
1 6 (7.89%) OpenID
2 5 (6.58%) .NET
3 3 (3.95%) JWT
3 3 (3.95%) RESTful
3 3 (3.95%) SAML
4 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (2.63%) YAML
5 1 (1.32%) REST
5 1 (1.32%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.32%) SLSA
5 1 (1.32%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.79%) Security Posture
2 7 (9.21%) Public Cloud
3 5 (6.58%) Cloud Native
3 5 (6.58%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.58%) Private Cloud
4 3 (3.95%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.95%) Mainframe
4 3 (3.95%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.63%) CMDB
5 2 (2.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.63%) IBM Mainframe
5 2 (2.63%) IoT
5 2 (2.63%) PKI
5 2 (2.63%) STIX
5 2 (2.63%) YARA
6 1 (1.32%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.58%) Windows
2 4 (5.26%) Linux
3 1 (1.32%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (56.58%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (52.63%) Cloud Security
3 31 (40.79%) Security Architecture
4 30 (39.47%) Threat Modelling
5 29 (38.16%) Zero Trust
6 27 (35.53%) SIEM
7 26 (34.21%) DevSecOps
8 22 (28.95%) Information Security
9 21 (27.63%) TOGAF
10 19 (25.00%) CI/CD
10 19 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
10 19 (25.00%) Incident Response
10 19 (25.00%) Security Operations
11 18 (23.68%) Roadmaps
11 18 (23.68%) Vulnerability Management
12 15 (19.74%) Microservices
12 15 (19.74%) SABSA
12 15 (19.74%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (18.42%) AI
13 14 (18.42%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.79%) Python
2 5 (6.58%) Java
2 5 (6.58%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.95%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.32%) Bash
Qualifications
1 76 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 74 (97.37%) CISSP
3 42 (55.26%) CISM
4 38 (50.00%) CCSP
5 24 (31.58%) Security Cleared
6 17 (22.37%) SC Cleared
7 16 (21.05%) Degree
8 12 (15.79%) CEH
9 10 (13.16%) AWS Certification
10 9 (11.84%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 9 (11.84%) OSCP
11 7 (9.21%) Azure Certification
11 7 (9.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (9.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 6 (7.89%) GCIH
12 6 (7.89%) Master's Degree
12 6 (7.89%) SSCP
13 4 (5.26%) CCIE
13 4 (5.26%) GIAC
13 4 (5.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (44.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (43.42%) NIST
3 24 (31.58%) GDPR
4 20 (26.32%) PCI DSS
5 6 (7.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 6 (7.89%) NCSC
6 4 (5.26%) COBIT
6 4 (5.26%) Government Security Classifications
6 4 (5.26%) GRC
7 3 (3.95%) NIST 800
7 3 (3.95%) PSD2
8 2 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (2.63%) EU AI Act
8 2 (2.63%) HIPAA
8 2 (2.63%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (1.32%) JSP 440
9 1 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 7 (9.21%) Docker
2 6 (7.89%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.95%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (17.11%) Kubernetes
2 11 (14.47%) Terraform
3 8 (10.53%) CASB
4 4 (5.26%) Ansible
4 4 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (3.95%) Nessus
6 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.32%) CSIRT
7 1 (1.32%) Nmap
7 1 (1.32%) RSA Archer
7 1 (1.32%) SELinux
Vendors
1 18 (23.68%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.21%) ServiceNow
3 6 (7.89%) Cisco
3 6 (7.89%) Okta
3 6 (7.89%) Tenable
4 5 (6.58%) Google
5 4 (5.26%) F5
5 4 (5.26%) Fortinet
5 4 (5.26%) Meraki
5 4 (5.26%) Palo Alto
5 4 (5.26%) Qualys
5 4 (5.26%) Splunk
6 3 (3.95%) MuleSoft
6 3 (3.95%) Rapid7
6 3 (3.95%) SolarWinds
6 3 (3.95%) VMware
7 2 (2.63%) CyberArk
7 2 (2.63%) Forcepoint
7 2 (2.63%) IBM
7 2 (2.63%) Juniper