Hybrid/Remote CCSE Contract Job Trends

Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for CCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 314 364
Rank change year-on-year +11 +50 +158
Contract jobs citing CCSE 10 2 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.099% 0.018% 0.006%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.069% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £304 - -
25th Percentile £346 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
75th Percentile £551 - -
90th Percentile £571 - -
UK median daily rate £375 £550 -
% change year-on-year -31.82% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CCSE 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,541 2,917 4,602
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.92% 26.54% 28.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,423 1,853 2,889
10th Percentile £350 £327 £350
25th Percentile £430 £426 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £616 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £720 £713
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 85 195
10th Percentile £19.50 £20.80 £19.10
25th Percentile £31.25 £23.50 £24.63
Median hourly rate £45.46 £39.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.56% -27.10% -17.69%
75th Percentile £65.19 £67.02 £70.00
90th Percentile £96.25 £75.00 £81.89
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -20.00% +11.11%

CCSE
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCSE and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

CCSE job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

CCSE
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CCSE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CCSE

CCSE
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CCSE over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

CCSE daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

CCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) AWS
1 6 (60.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
2 9 (90.00%) LAN
2 9 (90.00%) WAN
3 5 (50.00%) Network Security
3 5 (50.00%) VXLAN
4 4 (40.00%) SD-WAN
4 4 (40.00%) VPN
5 3 (30.00%) BGP
5 3 (30.00%) BIG-IP
5 3 (30.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 3 (30.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (30.00%) OSPF
6 1 (10.00%) Internet
6 1 (10.00%) Wireless
6 1 (10.00%) WLAN
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Architect
2 6 (60.00%) Network Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Network Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
1 5 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (40.00%) Migration
2 4 (40.00%) Network Architecture
3 3 (30.00%) Bill of Materials
3 3 (30.00%) Runbook
3 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
3 3 (30.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (20.00%) Architectural Design
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
5 1 (10.00%) Network Design
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (80.00%) CCNP
3 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (40.00%) Degree
5 3 (30.00%) CCIE
5 3 (30.00%) JNCIE
5 3 (30.00%) JNCIP
6 1 (10.00%) CCNA
6 1 (10.00%) CCSA
6 1 (10.00%) Check Point Certification
6 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Ansible
1 3 (30.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 9 (90.00%) Cisco
3 8 (80.00%) Juniper
4 6 (60.00%) Aruba
4 6 (60.00%) Fortinet
5 5 (50.00%) Palo Alto
6 4 (40.00%) Zscaler
7 3 (30.00%) F5
7 3 (30.00%) Remedy
7 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow
8 1 (10.00%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (10.00%) Mitel
8 1 (10.00%) SolarWinds