CCSP Contracts

Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 529 555 611
Rank change year-on-year +26 +56 +213
Contract jobs citing CCSP 21 19 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.044% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.15% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 44
10th Percentile £537 £400 -
25th Percentile £550 £481 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £700
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -21.43% +12.00%
75th Percentile £775 £625 £750
90th Percentile £850 £713 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £486
% change year-on-year -8.33% +23.46% -22.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £51.18 - -
25th Percentile £59.31 - -
Median hourly rate £77.25 - £80.00
75th Percentile £90.81 - -
90th Percentile £96.33 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £100.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 9,820 12,922 15,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.88% 29.81% 26.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,076 8,015 10,048
10th Percentile £275 £310 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £703 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £527 £525
% change year-on-year -5.12% +0.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 657 1,098 739
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £15.24
25th Percentile £20.15 £20.12 £22.51
Median hourly rate £27.53 £40.97 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.80% -25.85% +24.16%
75th Percentile £59.00 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.23 £43.00 £53.35
% change year-on-year -41.34% -19.40% +51.99%

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCSP in the UK

CCSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCSP.

Daily rate trend for CCSP in the UK

CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSP over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CCSP in the UK

CCSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CCSP.

Hourly rate trend for CCSP in the UK

CCSP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CCSP over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for CCSP in the UK

CCSP
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCSP within the UK over the 6 months to 5 July 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 +55 18 £650 +13.04% 119
London +52 15 £700 +27.27% 54
Work from Home +32 9 £550 - 42
UK excluding London +39 4 £550 -8.33% 74
South East +32 2 £550 -8.33% 18
Scotland +3 1 £535 - 5
East of England - 1 - - 11

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 16 (76.19%) Azure
2 10 (47.62%) AWS
3 9 (42.86%) GCP
4 5 (23.81%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (9.52%) IaaS
5 2 (9.52%) OCI
5 2 (9.52%) PaaS
5 2 (9.52%) SaaS
6 1 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
6 1 (4.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (57.14%) Network Security
2 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
3 3 (14.29%) DNS
4 2 (9.52%) Firewall
4 2 (9.52%) HTTP
4 2 (9.52%) SMTP
5 1 (4.76%) BGP
5 1 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (4.76%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (4.76%) LAN
5 1 (4.76%) SD-WAN
5 1 (4.76%) VPN
5 1 (4.76%) WAN
General
1 11 (52.38%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Financial Institution
2 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) French Language
4 1 (4.76%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.76%) Law
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Architect
1 6 (28.57%) Security Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) IT Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) IT Security Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Security Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Lead
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
4 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Operational Security Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Operations Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Security Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Security Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Security Operations Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Information Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) IT Director
5 1 (4.76%) Product Owner
5 1 (4.76%) Security Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) OpenID
1 1 (4.76%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) Security Posture
2 5 (23.81%) Management Information System
3 3 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (9.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
4 2 (9.52%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (9.52%) PKI
5 1 (4.76%) BYOD
5 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
5 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
5 1 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (52.38%) SIEM
2 11 (52.38%) Vulnerability Management
3 10 (47.62%) Security Operations
4 9 (42.86%) Cloud Security
4 9 (42.86%) Data Loss Prevention
5 8 (38.10%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (33.33%) Information Security
6 7 (33.33%) SOAR
6 7 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 7 (33.33%) TOGAF
7 6 (28.57%) Due Diligence
7 6 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
7 6 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
8 5 (23.81%) CI/CD
8 5 (23.81%) DevSecOps
8 5 (23.81%) Risk Management
8 5 (23.81%) Security Architecture
9 4 (19.05%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
1 2 (9.52%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) Bash
2 1 (4.76%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (90.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 16 (76.19%) CISSP
4 9 (42.86%) GCIH
5 6 (28.57%) CISM
5 6 (28.57%) Degree
6 5 (23.81%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (23.81%) OSCP
7 4 (19.05%) CCNA
7 4 (19.05%) CEH
8 3 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (9.52%) CASP
9 2 (9.52%) CREST Certified
9 2 (9.52%) CRISC
9 2 (9.52%) CSSLP
9 2 (9.52%) GCIA
9 2 (9.52%) GIAC
9 2 (9.52%) SANS
9 2 (9.52%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (4.76%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (66.67%) NIST
2 12 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (28.57%) SLA
4 4 (19.05%) GDPR
5 2 (9.52%) GRC
5 2 (9.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (9.52%) NCSC
5 2 (9.52%) NIST 800
5 2 (9.52%) SOC 2
6 1 (4.76%) HIPAA
6 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.52%) CSIRT
2 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 2 (9.52%) SELinux
3 1 (4.76%) Istio
3 1 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (4.76%) linkerd
3 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (19.05%) Zscaler
3 3 (14.29%) Google
4 2 (9.52%) Splunk
5 1 (4.76%) Cisco
5 1 (4.76%) Darktrace
5 1 (4.76%) Okta
5 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.76%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.76%) Tanium