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 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 551 516 511
Rank change year-on-year -35 -5 +224
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 23 36 113
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.065% 0.099% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.34% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 25 67
10th Percentile £516 £470 £523
25th Percentile £568 £513 £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £667
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -17.54% +6.72%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £674
90th Percentile £688 £683 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £650 £659
% change year-on-year - -1.29% +5.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 19
10th Percentile - - £68.26
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £83.40
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £83.40
% change year-on-year - - +13.05%

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 11,705 10,663 13,348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.97% 29.24% 28.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,498 6,470 8,526
10th Percentile £300 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £637 £650
90th Percentile £719 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £520 £534
% change year-on-year -3.85% -2.62% +1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,007 503 752
10th Percentile £17.30 £19.04 £17.72
25th Percentile £19.23 £24.18 £26.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% -15.09% +17.78%
75th Percentile £43.75 £66.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.50 £75.00 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £51.89
% change year-on-year -46.91% -8.71% +15.31%

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 job vacancy trend 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 13 November 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 8 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 13 November 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 22 £625 +13.64% 16
London -14 12 £600 +14.29% 7
UK excluding London -40 11 £650 - 8
Work from Home +11 10 £675 +28.57% 6
South West +7 9 £675 +8.00% 2
Scotland +4 1 £550 -
North West -22 1 - -
North of England -36 1 - -

CESG Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (26.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (26.09%) JIRA
General
1 13 (56.52%) Public Sector
2 10 (43.48%) Finance
3 9 (39.13%) Electronics
3 9 (39.13%) Manufacturing
3 9 (39.13%) Marketing
3 9 (39.13%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.70%) Police
4 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Consultant
2 9 (39.13%) Security Consultant
3 6 (26.09%) Information Assurance Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Security Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 2 (8.70%) Information Assurance Specialist
5 2 (8.70%) Information Security Specialist
5 2 (8.70%) Information Specialist
5 2 (8.70%) Security Assurance Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Security Specialist
5 2 (8.70%) Supplier Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Architect
6 1 (4.35%) CyberArk Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Lead
6 1 (4.35%) Lead Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Lead Security Architect
6 1 (4.35%) Programme Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.35%) Cyberattack
2 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Linux
1 1 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
1 1 (4.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Risk Management
2 12 (52.17%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (39.13%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (39.13%) Cloud Security
3 9 (39.13%) Digital Marketing
3 9 (39.13%) Information Assurance
3 9 (39.13%) Programme Management
4 8 (34.78%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 8 (34.78%) Impact Assessments
4 8 (34.78%) Threat Intelligence
5 5 (21.74%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (21.74%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (13.04%) Incident Response
6 3 (13.04%) Information Security
7 2 (8.70%) Due Diligence
7 2 (8.70%) Information Security Management
7 2 (8.70%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (8.70%) Requirements Management
7 2 (8.70%) Risk Assessment
7 2 (8.70%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (91.30%) CISSP
2 20 (86.96%) Security Cleared
3 15 (65.22%) SC Cleared
4 13 (56.52%) DV Cleared
5 9 (39.13%) CISM
6 7 (30.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 4 (17.39%) CLAS
8 2 (8.70%) CISMP
9 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (4.35%) CISA
9 1 (4.35%) CREST Certified
9 1 (4.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (4.35%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (65.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (39.13%) RMADS
3 7 (30.43%) NCSC
4 6 (26.09%) NIST
5 4 (17.39%) JSP 440
6 2 (8.70%) GRC
7 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (4.35%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) CyberArk
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle