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 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 595 694 680
Rank change year-on-year +99 -14 +362
Permanent jobs citing CCSE 19 22 12
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.043% 0.036% 0.025%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.12% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 12
10th Percentile £49,250 £53,750 £51,625
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,625 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £76,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +27.08% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,625 £82,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,750 - £66,800
UK median annual salary £62,500 £76,250 £61,309
% change year-on-year -18.03% +24.37% -5.68%

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 14,348 17,892 14,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.65% 29.33% 31.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7,004 7,394 10,102
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +3.60%

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
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCSE in England over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Salary histogram for CCSE in England

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 7 November 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +50 17 £85,000 +6.25% 2
Yorkshire +16 2 £55,000 -4.35% 1
North of England +15 2 £55,000 -4.35% 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 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (36.84%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) AWS
1 9 (47.37%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) AWS Direct Connect
2 2 (10.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (78.95%) LAN
2 12 (63.16%) Firewall
3 7 (36.84%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (36.84%) Network Security
3 7 (36.84%) WAN
4 5 (26.32%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (26.32%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (21.05%) VPN
6 2 (10.53%) BGP
6 2 (10.53%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (10.53%) IPsec
6 2 (10.53%) MPLS
6 2 (10.53%) NX-OS
6 2 (10.53%) OSPF
6 2 (10.53%) SD-WAN
6 2 (10.53%) VXLAN
6 2 (10.53%) WLAN
7 1 (5.26%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (5.26%) Multicast
7 1 (5.26%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 11 (57.89%) Finance
2 7 (36.84%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Advertising
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (89.47%) Network Engineer
2 7 (36.84%) AWS Engineer
2 7 (36.84%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (36.84%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) Azure Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) LAN Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) LAN/WAN Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) WAN Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Network Security Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Security Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Data Centre Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Data Network Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Deployment Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Network Deployment Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Data Centre
2 5 (26.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.53%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.26%) CMDB
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Inventory Management
2 7 (36.84%) Change Control
2 7 (36.84%) Load Balancing
2 7 (36.84%) Low Latency
2 7 (36.84%) Process Improvement
2 7 (36.84%) Ultra-Low Latency
2 7 (36.84%) Validation
3 6 (31.58%) High Availability
4 5 (26.32%) Computer Science
5 4 (21.05%) Change Management
5 4 (21.05%) Incident Response
6 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (10.53%) ITIL
7 2 (10.53%) Network Segmentation
7 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (10.53%) Runbook
7 2 (10.53%) SIEM
8 1 (5.26%) ITSM
8 1 (5.26%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) Bash
1 2 (10.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (94.74%) CCSA
2 16 (84.21%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (78.95%) CCNP
4 14 (73.68%) CCIE
4 14 (73.68%) Degree
5 8 (42.11%) CCNA
6 5 (26.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (15.79%) AWS Certification
8 2 (10.53%) Check Point Certification
9 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
9 1 (5.26%) CCNA CyberOps
9 1 (5.26%) CISSP
9 1 (5.26%) JNCIP
9 1 (5.26%) JNCIS
9 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
9 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) SLA
Systems Management
1 7 (36.84%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 16 (84.21%) Cisco
3 12 (63.16%) Fortinet
4 8 (42.11%) F5
5 5 (26.32%) Arista
6 3 (15.79%) Palo Alto
6 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
7 2 (10.53%) Dynatrace
7 2 (10.53%) Meraki
7 2 (10.53%) SolarWinds
8 1 (5.26%) Juniper
8 1 (5.26%) Zscaler