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 18 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	664	543	544
Rank change year-on-year	-121	+1	-28
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional	24	23	30
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.044%	0.069%	0.080%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.14%	0.22%	0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted	11	22	20
10^th Percentile	-	£551	£450
25^th Percentile	£513	£603	£513
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£610	£625	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-2.40%	+8.70%	-11.54%
75^th Percentile	£775	£688	£675
90^th Percentile	£850	-	£688
UK excluding London median daily rate	£568	£675	£650
% change year-on-year	-15.93%	+3.85%	+0.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	£58.08	-	-
25^th Percentile	£68.33	-	-
Median hourly rate	£85.40	-	-
75^th Percentile	-	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£85.40	-	-

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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications	17,638	10,653	10,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	32.09%	32.00%	29.34%
Number of daily rates quoted	11,612	6,677	6,647
10^th Percentile	£354	£290	£310
25^th Percentile	£447	£413	£419
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£535	£525	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+1.90%	-	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£634	£625	£635
90^th Percentile	£713	£709	£725
UK excluding London median daily rate	£525	£500	£518
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-3.38%	-3.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1,548	905	558
10^th Percentile	£16.46	£17.08	£18.13
25^th Percentile	£24.47	£18.87	£25.13
Median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£47.50
Median % change year-on-year	+74.79%	-47.05%	-11.55%
75^th Percentile	£72.25	£39.50	£68.61
90^th Percentile	£89.08	£70.00	£75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£50.00
% change year-on-year	+74.79%	-49.70%	-3.66%

CESG Certified Professional Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CESG Certified Professional relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

CESG Certified Professional Daily Rate Trend

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 18 October 2026.

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.

CESG Certified Professional Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing CESG Certified Professional over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for CESG Certified Professional in the UK

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 18 October 2026. 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	-114	22	£525	-16.00%	22
UK excluding London	-96	14	£568	-15.93%	16
South East	-	12	£568	-	2
London	-96	8	£525	-14.29%	8
Work from Home	-87	6	£525	-22.22%	12
North West	-44	2	-	-	3
North of England	-55	2	-	-	3

CESG Certified Professional Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing CESG Certified Professional also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for CESG Certified Professional.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	75.0%	18
2	ISO/IEC 27001	58.3%	14
3	Risk Management	54.2%	13
3	Security Architecture	54.2%	13
3	Security Cleared	54.2%	13
6	Cyber Essentials	50.0%	12
6	SIEM	50.0%	12
8	Active Directory	45.8%	11
9	Azure	41.7%	10
9	Cybersecurity	41.7%	10
9	Linux	41.7%	10
9	NCSC	41.7%	10
9	Risk Register	41.7%	10
9	Windows	41.7%	10
15	CISM	37.5%	9
15	Entra ID	37.5%	9
15	NIST	37.5%	9
15	RBAC	37.5%	9
15	Risk Assessment	37.5%	9
15	SC Cleared	37.5%	9
15	Vulnerability Management	37.5%	9
22	(ISC)2 CCSP	33.3%	8
22	Cisco Certification	33.3%	8
22	SABSA	33.3%	8
25	CI/CD	29.2%	7
25	Degree	29.2%	7
25	Microsoft	29.2%	7
25	Microsoft 365	29.2%	7
25	OWASP	29.2%	7
25	Privileged Access Management	29.2%	7

CESG Certified Professional Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	75.0%	18
2	Security Cleared	54.2%	13
3	CISM	37.5%	9
3	SC Cleared	37.5%	9
5	(ISC)2 CCSP	33.3%	8
5	Cisco Certification	33.3%	8
7	Degree	29.2%	7
8	CRISC	25.0%	6
8	GIAC	25.0%	6
10	DV Cleared	20.8%	5
10	SANS	20.8%	5
12	GSEC	16.7%	4
12	SSCP	16.7%	4
14	CCSP	12.5%	3
15	ISSAP	8.3%	2
16	AWS Certification	4.2%	1
16	Azure Certification	4.2%	1
16	CCA	4.2%	1
16	Citrix Certification	4.2%	1
16	CompTIA Security+	4.2%	1