CCSAS Job Trends in the City of London

CREST Certified Simulated Attack Specialist (CC SAS)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for CCSAS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CCSAS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.039% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £90,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - -
75th Percentile £100,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £95,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

CCSAS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 529 812 728
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 20.79% 31.46% 23.39%
Number of salaries quoted 373 446 613
10th Percentile £41,250 £44,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%
75th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,625 £105,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

CCSAS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CCSAS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

CCSAS job vacancy trend in the City of London

CCSAS
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CCSAS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CCSAS

CCSAS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Tradecraft
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) GXPN
1 1 (100.00%) OSCE
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory