CESG Certified Professional Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

CESG Certified Professional (CCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 343 448
Rank change year-on-year +33 +105 +135
Contract jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 6 1 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.058% 0.007% 0.054%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% 0.027% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 11
10th Percentile £590 - £413
25th Percentile £650 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -25.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £688 - £744
90th Percentile - - £875
UK median daily rate £625 £625 £625
% change year-on-year - - +1.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,019 3,671 5,907
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 29.18% 25.48% 24.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,982 2,394 3,980
10th Percentile £350 £326 £375
25th Percentile £425 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -
75th Percentile £624 £637 £650
90th Percentile £713 £725 £744
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 241 239
10th Percentile £15.25 £18.00 £19.00
25th Percentile £27.22 £25.50 £42.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.58% -28.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.60 £85.00 £80.40
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £41.50 £55.32
% change year-on-year -33.73% -24.99% +24.32%

CESG Certified Professional
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CESG Certified Professional as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CESG Certified Professional trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CESG Certified Professional
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CESG Certified Professional.

CESG Certified Professional daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CESG Certified Professional
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
General
1 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (50.00%) Electronics
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (50.00%) Marketing
2 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyberattack
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Application Security
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) OWASP
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Register
3 1 (16.67%) SIEM
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (66.67%) CISM
3 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (66.67%) NCSC
3 3 (50.00%) RMADS
4 1 (16.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) SAP