CESG Certified Professional Contract Job Trends

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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 525 547 579
Rank change year-on-year +22 +32 +197
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 22 22 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.067% 0.058% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.20% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 17 47
10th Percentile £550 £450 £485
25th Percentile £597 £550 £567
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £600 £645
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -6.98% +4.12%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £676
90th Percentile £738 £688 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £650 £625
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 14
10th Percentile - - £68.26
25th Percentile - - £72.05
Median hourly rate - - £83.40
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £83.40
% change year-on-year - - +13.06%

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 10,249 11,128 14,069
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.38% 29.26% 28.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,376 6,849 9,091
10th Percentile £300 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £703 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 827 656 734
10th Percentile £17.92 £17.00 £16.26
25th Percentile £18.87 £24.18 £25.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £54.53
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% -8.31% +21.18%
75th Percentile £44.50 £68.00 £69.91
90th Percentile £70.50 £75.83 £78.36
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £51.90
% change year-on-year -52.10% +1.16% +17.42%

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
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CESG Certified Professional.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CESG Certified Professional

CESG Certified Professional
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CESG Certified Professional over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CESG Certified Professional in the UK

CESG Certified Professional
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CESG Certified Professional.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CESG Certified Professional

CESG Certified Professional
Top 7 Contract Job 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 16 September 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 +15 21 £650 +4.00% 2
UK excluding London +12 15 £675 +3.85% 1
South West +31 14 £675 +8.00%
Work from Home +43 8 £675 +31.71% 2
London +23 6 £550 -2.18% 1
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -

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
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) VPN
General
1 19 (86.36%) Public Sector
2 10 (45.45%) Electronics
2 10 (45.45%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) Manufacturing
2 10 (45.45%) Marketing
2 10 (45.45%) Telecoms
3 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Consultant
1 10 (45.45%) Security Consultant
2 5 (22.73%) Lead
3 4 (18.18%) Coordinator
3 4 (18.18%) Security Assurance Coordinator
4 2 (9.09%) Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Security Architect
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%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
1 10 (45.45%) Digital Marketing
1 10 (45.45%) Programme Management
2 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (31.82%) Risk Management
4 5 (22.73%) Cloud Security
4 5 (22.73%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (22.73%) Design Patterns
4 5 (22.73%) Impact Assessments
4 5 (22.73%) Threat Modelling
4 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (18.18%) Agile
5 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
6 3 (13.64%) Critical Thinking
6 3 (13.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (13.64%) Incident Management
6 3 (13.64%) Project Management
6 3 (13.64%) Threat Intelligence
7 2 (9.09%) Application Security
7 2 (9.09%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 21 (95.45%) CISSP
2 16 (72.73%) Security Cleared
3 14 (63.64%) DV Cleared
4 10 (45.45%) SC Cleared
5 7 (31.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 6 (27.27%) CISM
7 5 (22.73%) CLAS
7 5 (22.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (18.18%) CISA
9 3 (13.64%) Degree
10 1 (4.55%) CREST Certified
10 1 (4.55%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (63.64%) RMADS
3 9 (40.91%) JSP 440
4 7 (31.82%) NIST
5 6 (27.27%) NCSC
6 1 (4.55%) GRC
6 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) OPNET
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) SAP
2 4 (18.18%) SolarWinds