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

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 485 530 585
Rank change year-on-year +45 +55 +162
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 37 46 99
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.11% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.40% 0.36% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 26 45
10th Percentile £512 £349 £455
25th Percentile £534 £538 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £700
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £680 £758 £750
90th Percentile £833 £800 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +2.85%
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 9,140 12,835 15,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.05% 30.16% 27.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,742 7,956 10,343
10th Percentile £281 £308 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% -3.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £646 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 512 1,055 780
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £15.25
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.72 £20.47
Median hourly rate £37.25 £40.00 £54.56
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% -26.69% +24.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £79.87 £75.85 £79.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £40.30 £50.00
% change year-on-year -6.95% -19.40% +42.86%

(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 17 May 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 11 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 17 May 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 +56 32 £625 -3.85% 46
London +31 19 £725 +2.47% 31
UK excluding London +48 15 £550 -8.33% 16
Work from Home +48 13 £550 -24.14% 46
North of England +24 6 £550 - 5
South West - 5 £680 - 2
Yorkshire - 3 £550 - 2
South East +37 2 £550 -8.33% 6
Scotland +9 2 £526 -
North East - 2 £534 - 1
North West +17 1 £680 - 2

(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 20 (54.05%) Azure
2 8 (21.62%) AWS
2 8 (21.62%) Azure Sentinel
2 8 (21.62%) GCP
3 7 (18.92%) IaaS
3 7 (18.92%) PaaS
3 7 (18.92%) SaaS
4 2 (5.41%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (5.41%) OCI
5 1 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (2.70%) AWS KMS
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 10 (27.03%) Network Security
2 4 (10.81%) HTTP
3 3 (8.11%) DNS
3 3 (8.11%) Firewall
3 3 (8.11%) TCP/IP
4 2 (5.41%) SMTP
5 1 (2.70%) BGP
5 1 (2.70%) LAN
5 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.70%) SSL
5 1 (2.70%) VPN
5 1 (2.70%) WAN
General
1 15 (40.54%) Finance
2 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Banking
4 4 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.81%) Financial Institution
5 2 (5.41%) French Language
5 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (40.54%) Architect
2 14 (37.84%) Security Architect
3 8 (21.62%) Senior
4 7 (18.92%) Consultant
5 5 (13.51%) Analyst
5 5 (13.51%) Security Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) DevSecOps Architect
6 4 (10.81%) DevSecOps Consultant
6 4 (10.81%) IT Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) IT Security Engineer
6 4 (10.81%) Security Consultant
6 4 (10.81%) Senior Architect
6 4 (10.81%) Senior Security Architect
7 3 (8.11%) Lead
7 3 (8.11%) Operational Security Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Operations Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Security Analyst
7 3 (8.11%) Security Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Security Operations Manager
7 3 (8.11%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) .NET
1 2 (5.41%) React
Miscellaneous
1 14 (37.84%) Security Posture
2 5 (13.51%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
3 4 (10.81%) PKI
3 4 (10.81%) Private Cloud
4 3 (8.11%) Cloud Native
4 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.70%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (64.86%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (40.54%) Information Security
2 15 (40.54%) Risk Management
3 12 (32.43%) SIEM
3 12 (32.43%) Vulnerability Management
4 11 (29.73%) Threat Modelling
5 10 (27.03%) Cloud Security
5 10 (27.03%) Penetration Testing
5 10 (27.03%) Security Operations
6 9 (24.32%) Security Architecture
6 9 (24.32%) SOAR
7 8 (21.62%) Data Loss Prevention
7 8 (21.62%) DevSecOps
8 7 (18.92%) DevOps
8 7 (18.92%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 6 (16.22%) Agile
9 6 (16.22%) Due Diligence
9 6 (16.22%) OWASP
9 6 (16.22%) Privileged Access Management
9 6 (16.22%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.11%) Bash
1 3 (8.11%) PowerShell
1 3 (8.11%) Python
2 2 (5.41%) Java
2 2 (5.41%) PHP
2 2 (5.41%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (2.70%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 37 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (72.97%) CISSP
3 18 (48.65%) CCSP
4 12 (32.43%) CISM
4 12 (32.43%) CRISC
5 9 (24.32%) CEH
6 8 (21.62%) GCIH
6 8 (21.62%) OSCP
7 7 (18.92%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (18.92%) Degree
7 7 (18.92%) SANS
8 6 (16.22%) CISA
8 6 (16.22%) GIAC
9 5 (13.51%) Azure Certification
9 5 (13.51%) CCSK
10 3 (8.11%) AWS Certification
10 3 (8.11%) CCNA
11 2 (5.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (54.05%) NIST
2 13 (35.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (21.62%) SLA
4 7 (18.92%) PCI DSS
5 6 (16.22%) NIST 800
6 4 (10.81%) COBIT
7 3 (8.11%) GDPR
8 2 (5.41%) HIPAA
9 1 (2.70%) GRC
9 1 (2.70%) JSP 440
9 1 (2.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.70%) CSIRT
2 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (48.65%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) Google
3 2 (5.41%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (5.41%) Darktrace
3 2 (5.41%) Splunk
4 1 (2.70%) Gemalto
4 1 (2.70%) Rapid7
4 1 (2.70%) Symantec
4 1 (2.70%) Thales