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 31 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 664 619 841
Rank change year-on-year -45 +222 +42
Permanent jobs citing CCSE 23 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.028% 0.015% 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.037% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £49,250
25th Percentile - £57,500 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +3.05%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile - - £72,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - -11.11% +5.37%

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 18,882 16,042 23,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 22.71% 41.12% 27.05%
Number of salaries quoted 8,679 6,693 15,714
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,795
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.24% -10.34%

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 31 May 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 -10 22 - - 5
South East - 1 £60,000 - 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:

Cloud Services
1 19 (82.61%) AWS
2 17 (73.91%) Azure
3 7 (30.43%) GCP
3 7 (30.43%) OCI
4 2 (8.70%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (78.26%) WAN
2 17 (73.91%) Firewall
3 16 (69.57%) LAN
4 12 (52.17%) Cisco ASA
4 12 (52.17%) Cisco Firepower
5 11 (47.83%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (43.48%) Network Security
7 9 (39.13%) SD-WAN
7 9 (39.13%) Wireless
8 6 (26.09%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (8.70%) BGP
9 2 (8.70%) Cisco ISE
9 2 (8.70%) IPsec
9 2 (8.70%) MPLS
9 2 (8.70%) NX-OS
9 2 (8.70%) OSPF
9 2 (8.70%) VPN
9 2 (8.70%) VXLAN
9 2 (8.70%) WLAN
10 1 (4.35%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) Big Data
General
1 12 (52.17%) Finance
2 11 (47.83%) Social Skills
3 7 (30.43%) Banking
3 7 (30.43%) Telecoms
4 5 (21.74%) Retail
5 4 (17.39%) Marketing
5 4 (17.39%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (17.39%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Network Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) AWS Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Azure Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Cisco Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) LAN Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) LAN/WAN Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) WAN Engineer
3 7 (30.43%) Consultant
4 6 (26.09%) Architect
4 6 (26.09%) Network Architect
4 6 (26.09%) Principal Architect
5 4 (17.39%) Presales Consultant
5 4 (17.39%) Solutions Consultant
6 3 (13.04%) Network Consultant
7 2 (8.70%) Principal Consultant
8 1 (4.35%) NOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (82.61%) Data Centre
2 9 (39.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (17.39%) Public Cloud
4 2 (8.70%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Linux
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Computer Science
1 15 (65.22%) High Availability
2 12 (52.17%) Presales
3 11 (47.83%) Process Improvement
4 10 (43.48%) Customer Requirements
4 10 (43.48%) Project Delivery
4 10 (43.48%) Roadmaps
5 8 (34.78%) ITIL
6 7 (30.43%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (30.43%) PRINCE2
6 7 (30.43%) Service Management
6 7 (30.43%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (26.09%) Agile
7 6 (26.09%) Customer Experience
7 6 (26.09%) Design Patterns
7 6 (26.09%) Network Architecture
7 6 (26.09%) Scrum
7 6 (26.09%) Strategic Roadmap
7 6 (26.09%) Translating Business Requirements
7 6 (26.09%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (100.00%) CCNP
1 23 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (95.65%) CCIE
3 18 (78.26%) CCSA
4 15 (65.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (65.22%) Degree
5 11 (47.83%) CCNA
6 7 (30.43%) AWS Certification
6 7 (30.43%) Azure Certification
6 7 (30.43%) CCIE Security
6 7 (30.43%) JNCIE
6 7 (30.43%) JNCIP
7 4 (17.39%) APMG
7 4 (17.39%) CISM
7 4 (17.39%) CISSP
8 1 (4.35%) CCSM
8 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
8 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (39.13%) FortiGate
2 6 (26.09%) Ansible
2 6 (26.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 23 (100.00%) Cisco
1 23 (100.00%) Fortinet
2 12 (52.17%) Palo Alto
3 4 (17.39%) Arista
3 4 (17.39%) F5
4 2 (8.70%) Dynatrace
4 2 (8.70%) Meraki
4 2 (8.70%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.35%) VMware