CESG Certified Professional Contracts

CESG Certified Professional (CCP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CESG Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 572 642
Rank change year-on-year +65 +70 +119
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 13 10 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.023% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.075% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 41
10th Percentile £513 £340 £475
25th Percentile £550 £613 £552
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £713
90th Percentile £738 £656 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £625 £595
% change year-on-year - +4.99% +3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 26
10th Percentile - - £62.75
25th Percentile £68.26 - £70.06
Median hourly rate £73.31 £83.41 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.11% +11.21% +13.98%
75th Percentile £78.36 - £83.31
90th Percentile - - £83.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £73.31 £83.41 £75.00
% change year-on-year -12.11% +11.21% +13.98%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CESG Certified Professional 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 8,993 13,316 16,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.72% 30.57% 27.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,686 8,190 10,861
10th Percentile £288 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £743 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £533 £530
% change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 509 1,076 849
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.87 £15.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.20 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
% change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%

CESG Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CESG Certified Professional as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CESG Certified Professional in the UK

CESG Certified Professional
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CESG Certified Professional.

Daily rate trend for CESG Certified Professional in the UK

CESG Certified Professional
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CESG Certified Professional over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CESG Certified Professional in the UK

CESG Certified Professional
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CESG Certified Professional.

Hourly rate trend for CESG Certified Professional in the UK

CESG Certified Professional
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CESG Certified Professional within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +59 12 £575 -7.96% 91
UK excluding London +61 7 £625 - 83
South West +42 5 £675 +8.00% 13
London - 5 £550 - 16
South East - 2 £600 - 23
Work from Home +40 1 £550 - 87

CESG Certified Professional
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:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) VPN
2 1 (7.69%) PBX
2 1 (7.69%) Unified Communications
2 1 (7.69%) VLAN
2 1 (7.69%) VoIP
2 1 (7.69%) WebEx
General
1 8 (61.54%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Electronics
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 2 (15.38%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) Coordinator
2 3 (23.08%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Security Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 1 (7.69%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Audio Visual Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Audio Visual Support
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Product Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Management Information System
2 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (38.46%) Impact Assessments
2 5 (38.46%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (23.08%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (23.08%) Design Patterns
3 3 (23.08%) Incident Management
3 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
3 3 (23.08%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security
4 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
5 1 (7.69%) Network Architecture
5 1 (7.69%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) CISSP
2 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
3 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
4 5 (38.46%) DV Cleared
4 5 (38.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 3 (23.08%) CISA
5 3 (23.08%) Degree
6 2 (15.38%) CCNA
6 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (15.38%) CLAS
7 1 (7.69%) CRISC
7 1 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (38.46%) JSP 440
2 5 (38.46%) RMADS
3 3 (23.08%) NIST
4 1 (7.69%) GRC
4 1 (7.69%) NCSC
4 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
4 1 (7.69%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (7.69%) OPNET
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) SolarWinds
2 2 (15.38%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft