CCSE Job Trends in England

Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 601 650 747
Rank change year-on-year +49 +97 +197
Permanent jobs citing CCSE 24 18 6
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.042% 0.039% 0.009%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.10% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £53,750 £46,875
25th Percentile £82,500 £55,313 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £60,000 £59,750
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% +0.42% -8.08%
75th Percentile £87,500 £63,125 £64,405
90th Percentile - £63,750 £65,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +41.67% - -8.40%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CCSE 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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,731 17,711 18,827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.17% 38.50% 28.95%
Number of salaries quoted 7,196 6,928 13,482
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

CCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CCSE relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

CCSE job vacancy trend in England

CCSE
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSE

CCSE
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSE within the England region over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +54 24 £85,000 +41.67% 1
CCSE
UK

CCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (66.67%) AWS
2 14 (58.33%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 21 (87.50%) LAN
2 18 (75.00%) Firewall
3 16 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
3 16 (66.67%) Cisco Firepower
3 16 (66.67%) WAN
3 16 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (8.33%) BGP
4 2 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (8.33%) IPsec
4 2 (8.33%) MPLS
4 2 (8.33%) Multicast
4 2 (8.33%) Network Security
4 2 (8.33%) NX-OS
4 2 (8.33%) OSPF
4 2 (8.33%) SD-WAN
4 2 (8.33%) VPN
4 2 (8.33%) VXLAN
4 2 (8.33%) Wireless
4 2 (8.33%) WLAN
5 1 (4.17%) Internet
General
1 21 (87.50%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Banking
3 2 (8.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.17%) Advertising
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (95.83%) Network Engineer
2 14 (58.33%) AWS Engineer
2 14 (58.33%) Azure Engineer
2 14 (58.33%) Cisco Engineer
2 14 (58.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 14 (58.33%) LAN Engineer
2 14 (58.33%) LAN/WAN Engineer
2 14 (58.33%) WAN Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Network Deployment Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Senior
3 2 (8.33%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (4.17%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 14 (58.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (8.33%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.17%) CMDB
4 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 16 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 14 (58.33%) High Availability
3 7 (29.17%) Inventory Management
4 6 (25.00%) Change Control
4 6 (25.00%) Load Balancing
4 6 (25.00%) Low Latency
4 6 (25.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
4 6 (25.00%) Validation
5 3 (12.50%) Change Management
6 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (8.33%) Network Segmentation
6 2 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
7 1 (4.17%) Analytical Thinking
7 1 (4.17%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (4.17%) Incident Response
7 1 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (4.17%) SIEM
7 1 (4.17%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 24 (100.00%) CCSA
1 24 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (95.83%) CCNP
3 22 (91.67%) CCIE
3 22 (91.67%) Degree
4 17 (70.83%) CCNA
5 16 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (8.33%) Check Point Certification
7 1 (4.17%) CCNA CyberOps
7 1 (4.17%) CISSP
Systems Management
1 14 (58.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 24 (100.00%) Cisco
2 18 (75.00%) Fortinet
3 6 (25.00%) F5
4 3 (12.50%) Arista
5 2 (8.33%) Dynatrace
5 2 (8.33%) Meraki
5 2 (8.33%) SolarWinds
6 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.17%) Zscaler