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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 573 614
Rank change year-on-year +47 +41 +156
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 22 12 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.028% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.093% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 12 35
10th Percentile £546 £450 £433
25th Percentile £550 £488 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.04%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £713
90th Percentile £738 - £783
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £625 £600
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 21
10th Percentile - - £67.95
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £76.50
75th Percentile - - £83.40
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £79.91
% change year-on-year - - +14.43%

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 9,836 12,904 15,262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.88% 29.80% 26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,081 8,005 10,098
10th Percentile £275 £310 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £704 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 664 1,099 741
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £20.12 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.65 £40.94 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.47% -26.23% +24.72%
75th Percentile £59.00 £64.63 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.30 £43.00 £54.56
% change year-on-year -41.16% -21.19% +55.89%

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 6 July 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 8 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 6 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 +63 21 £625 - 11
UK excluding London +54 14 £650 +4.00% 8
South West +44 12 £675 +8.00% 3
London +39 7 £550 +22.22% 2
Work from Home +38 6 £675 +50.00% 7
South East +41 1 £600 -7.69% 1
North West - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - - 3

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 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) VPN
2 1 (4.55%) PBX
2 1 (4.55%) Unified Communications
2 1 (4.55%) VLAN
2 1 (4.55%) VoIP
2 1 (4.55%) WebEx
General
1 17 (77.27%) Public Sector
2 8 (36.36%) Electronics
2 8 (36.36%) Finance
2 8 (36.36%) Manufacturing
2 8 (36.36%) Marketing
2 8 (36.36%) Telecoms
3 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Consultant
1 8 (36.36%) Security Consultant
2 5 (22.73%) Lead
3 4 (18.18%) Coordinator
3 4 (18.18%) Security Assurance Coordinator
4 3 (13.64%) Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.55%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.55%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Audio Visual Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Audio Visual Support
5 1 (4.55%) Lead Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Lead Security Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Programme Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 4 (18.18%) Data Centre
3 2 (9.09%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
4 1 (4.55%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (36.36%) Digital Marketing
1 8 (36.36%) Programme Management
2 6 (27.27%) Risk Management
3 5 (22.73%) Design Patterns
3 5 (22.73%) Impact Assessments
3 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (18.18%) Agile
4 4 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
5 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (13.64%) Critical Thinking
5 3 (13.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (13.64%) Incident Management
5 3 (13.64%) Project Management
5 3 (13.64%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (13.64%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (9.09%) Application Security
6 2 (9.09%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 20 (90.91%) CISSP
2 15 (68.18%) Security Cleared
3 12 (54.55%) DV Cleared
4 11 (50.00%) SC Cleared
5 7 (31.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 5 (22.73%) CLAS
7 4 (18.18%) CISA
7 4 (18.18%) CISM
8 3 (13.64%) Degree
8 3 (13.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (9.09%) CCNA
9 2 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (4.55%) CREST Certified
10 1 (4.55%) CRISC
10 1 (4.55%) ISSAP
10 1 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (90.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (54.55%) RMADS
3 9 (40.91%) JSP 440
4 7 (31.82%) NIST
5 4 (18.18%) NCSC
6 1 (4.55%) GRC
6 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
6 1 (4.55%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (4.55%) OPNET
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) SAP
2 4 (18.18%) SolarWinds
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft