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 5 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 530 520 529
Rank change year-on-year -10 +9 +248
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 22 29 111
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.067% 0.076% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.21% 0.26% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 19 67
10th Percentile £546 £450 £513
25th Percentile £609 £513 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% -11.54% +4.46%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £673
90th Percentile £738 £688 £718
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £650 £648
% change year-on-year +3.85% +0.39% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 17
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 10,497 11,146 13,808
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.80% 29.32% 28.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,553 6,755 8,911
10th Percentile £285 £310 £325
25th Percentile £413 £423 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £634 £650
90th Percentile £703 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £523 £538
% change year-on-year -4.31% -2.79% +3.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 888 612 728
10th Percentile £17.82 £18.00 £16.59
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.36 £24.71
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.58
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -11.35% +19.07%
75th Percentile £42.00 £68.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £69.99 £75.38 £78.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £51.90
% change year-on-year -49.70% -3.66% +15.54%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 +8 21 £650 +8.33% 5
UK excluding London +1 15 £675 +3.85% 2
South West +27 13 £675 +3.85%
Work from Home +24 9 £675 +28.57% 3
London +4 7 £600 +11.63% 3
North West -11 1 - -
North of England -24 1 - -
Scotland - 1 £550 -

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 3 (13.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 15 (68.18%) Public Sector
2 9 (40.91%) Electronics
2 9 (40.91%) Finance
2 9 (40.91%) Manufacturing
2 9 (40.91%) Marketing
2 9 (40.91%) Telecoms
3 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Consultant
2 9 (40.91%) Security Consultant
3 4 (18.18%) Coordinator
3 4 (18.18%) Security Assurance Coordinator
4 3 (13.64%) Information Assurance Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 2 (9.09%) Information Assurance Specialist
5 2 (9.09%) Information Security Specialist
5 2 (9.09%) Information Specialist
5 2 (9.09%) Security Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Security Specialist
6 1 (4.55%) Lead
6 1 (4.55%) Lead Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Lead Security Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Programme Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Security 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 12 (54.55%) Risk Management
2 9 (40.91%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (40.91%) Digital Marketing
2 9 (40.91%) Programme Management
3 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
4 6 (27.27%) Information Assurance
5 5 (22.73%) Agile
5 5 (22.73%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (22.73%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 5 (22.73%) Impact Assessments
5 5 (22.73%) Threat Intelligence
5 5 (22.73%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
7 3 (13.64%) Critical Thinking
7 3 (13.64%) Incident Management
7 3 (13.64%) Incident Response
7 3 (13.64%) Project Management
8 2 (9.09%) OWASP
8 2 (9.09%) Requirements Management
Qualifications
1 21 (95.45%) CISSP
2 19 (86.36%) Security Cleared
3 14 (63.64%) DV Cleared
3 14 (63.64%) SC Cleared
4 7 (31.82%) CISM
5 5 (22.73%) CISA
5 5 (22.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (18.18%) CLAS
7 3 (13.64%) Degree
8 2 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (4.55%) CREST Certified
9 1 (4.55%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (77.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (59.09%) RMADS
3 8 (36.36%) JSP 440
4 7 (31.82%) NCSC
5 6 (27.27%) NIST
6 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (4.55%) GRC
6 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) OPNET
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) SAP
2 4 (18.18%) SolarWinds