(ISC)2 CCSP Contracts

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 624 739
Rank change year-on-year +82 +115 -104
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 56 95 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% 0.58% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 41 61
10th Percentile £425 £500 £520
25th Percentile £575 £600 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% +15.04%
75th Percentile £781 £750 £750
90th Percentile £875 £813 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £650 £632
% change year-on-year -7.69% +2.85% +22.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

(ISC)2 CCSP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,270 16,337 19,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.65% 27.32% 21.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,165 10,899 12,575
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £530 £500
% change year-on-year - +6.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,067 858 776
10th Percentile £13.86 £15.25 £13.46
25th Percentile £17.80 £20.06 £19.33
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.06%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.28 £50.00 £31.89
% change year-on-year -19.45% +56.79% -14.39%

(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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +92 48 £675 -3.57% 17
London +74 31 £750 +7.14% 11
UK excluding London +63 17 £600 -7.69% 8
Work from Home +95 9 £725 -3.33% 9
South East +33 9 £447 -31.21% 3
North of England +33 3 - - 1
Midlands +14 3 £750 +7.14%
West Midlands +25 2 £750 +7.14%
Yorkshire - 2 - -
North West +14 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
South West - 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 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 3 (5.36%) Apache
1 3 (5.36%) IIS
1 3 (5.36%) WebLogic
1 3 (5.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (30.36%) Azure
2 9 (16.07%) AWS
3 8 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (8.93%) GCP
5 4 (7.14%) IaaS
5 4 (7.14%) SaaS
6 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.07%) Firewall
2 4 (7.14%) DNS
3 3 (5.36%) Internet
3 3 (5.36%) Network Security
4 2 (3.57%) Broadband
4 2 (3.57%) NGFW
4 2 (3.57%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.36%) DB2
General
1 17 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 10 (17.86%) Finance
3 5 (8.93%) Local Government
3 5 (8.93%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.93%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.14%) French Language
4 4 (7.14%) German Language
5 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Banking
6 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Legal
Job Titles
1 25 (44.64%) Architect
2 21 (37.50%) Security Architect
3 17 (30.36%) Consultant
4 15 (26.79%) Security Consultant
5 11 (19.64%) Senior
6 9 (16.07%) Senior Architect
6 9 (16.07%) Senior Security Architect
7 6 (10.71%) Cloud Consultant
7 6 (10.71%) Cloud Security Consultant
8 4 (7.14%) Information Officer
8 4 (7.14%) Information Security Officer
8 4 (7.14%) Lead
8 4 (7.14%) Security Officer
9 3 (5.36%) Analyst
9 3 (5.36%) CyberArk Architect
9 3 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 3 (5.36%) IT Architect
9 3 (5.36%) IT Security Architect
9 3 (5.36%) Security Analyst
10 2 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.36%) .NET
1 3 (5.36%) EJB
1 3 (5.36%) J2EE
1 3 (5.36%) JSP
1 3 (5.36%) LDAP
1 3 (5.36%) Servlets
1 3 (5.36%) Web Services
1 3 (5.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 6 (10.71%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (8.93%) Operational Technology
4 4 (7.14%) IoT
4 4 (7.14%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.57%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (1.79%) BBC
6 1 (1.79%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.79%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.79%) PKI
6 1 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (58.93%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (55.36%) Cloud Security
3 28 (50.00%) SABSA
4 27 (48.21%) Information Security
5 22 (39.29%) Risk Management
5 22 (39.29%) Security Architecture
6 9 (16.07%) TOGAF
7 8 (14.29%) Agile
7 8 (14.29%) Roadmaps
8 7 (12.50%) Business Continuity
9 6 (10.71%) Coaching
9 6 (10.71%) Mentoring
9 6 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (8.93%) Business Strategy
10 5 (8.93%) Computer Science
10 5 (8.93%) Data Loss Prevention
10 5 (8.93%) Data Protection
10 5 (8.93%) Decision-Making
11 4 (7.14%) Enterprise Architecture
11 4 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.36%) Java
1 3 (5.36%) SQL
2 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 56 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 49 (87.50%) CISSP
3 29 (51.79%) CISM
4 24 (42.86%) CISA
5 23 (41.07%) CRISC
6 22 (39.29%) CCSK
7 18 (32.14%) Degree
8 14 (25.00%) CCSP
9 10 (17.86%) GIAC
9 10 (17.86%) SANS
10 7 (12.50%) CISMP
10 7 (12.50%) Security Cleared
11 6 (10.71%) CEH
12 5 (8.93%) SC Cleared
13 4 (7.14%) CCNP
13 4 (7.14%) FFIEC
14 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
15 2 (3.57%) DV Cleared
15 2 (3.57%) ISACA
15 2 (3.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (51.79%) NIST
2 25 (44.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (23.21%) NIST 800
4 12 (21.43%) GRC
5 8 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (12.50%) COBIT
6 7 (12.50%) PCI DSS
7 6 (10.71%) NCSC
8 4 (7.14%) ISO 31000
9 3 (5.36%) GDPR
9 3 (5.36%) ISO 22301
9 3 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (3.57%) IASME
11 1 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.14%) Cisco
3 3 (5.36%) CyberArk
3 3 (5.36%) Oracle
4 2 (3.57%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.79%) Palo Alto