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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 630 731 712
Rank change year-on-year +101 -19 +368
Permanent jobs citing CCSE 14 20 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.032% 0.029% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.092% 0.10% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 11
10th Percentile £48,500 £53,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £51,875 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +20.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £63,125 £82,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £63,500 - £67,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £62,618
% change year-on-year -17.24% +15.78% +13.85%

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 15,285 19,208 16,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.38% 27.79% 31.40%
Number of salaries quoted 6,766 8,862 10,934
10th Percentile £29,250 £31,250 £32,092
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,732 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% -6.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,762 £58,500
% change year-on-year -1.37% -4.68% +6.36%

CCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CCSE 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +71 11 - - 4
North of England +32 3 £60,000 +4.35% 2
Yorkshire +13 3 £60,000 +4.35% 2
CCSE
UK

CCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (42.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) AWS
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) AWS Direct Connect
2 4 (28.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) LAN
2 9 (64.29%) Firewall
2 9 (64.29%) Network Security
3 7 (50.00%) VPN
4 5 (35.71%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (28.57%) BGP
5 4 (28.57%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (28.57%) IPsec
5 4 (28.57%) MPLS
5 4 (28.57%) NX-OS
5 4 (28.57%) OSPF
5 4 (28.57%) SD-WAN
5 4 (28.57%) VXLAN
5 4 (28.57%) WAN
5 4 (28.57%) WLAN
6 1 (7.14%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (7.14%) DNS
6 1 (7.14%) Ethernet VPN
6 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
6 1 (7.14%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 6 (42.86%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Network Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) AWS Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Data Centre Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Data Network Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Network Operations Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Network Security Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Operations Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Security Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Lead
3 1 (7.14%) Network Deployment Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
2 1 (7.14%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Change Control
1 6 (42.86%) Incident Response
1 6 (42.86%) Inventory Management
1 6 (42.86%) Load Balancing
1 6 (42.86%) Validation
2 5 (35.71%) Change Management
2 5 (35.71%) Low Latency
2 5 (35.71%) Ultra-Low Latency
3 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
3 4 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 4 (28.57%) Runbook
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) B2B
5 1 (7.14%) High Availability
5 1 (7.14%) Migration
5 1 (7.14%) Service Management
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Bash
1 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) CCSA
2 11 (78.57%) CCNP
2 11 (78.57%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (71.43%) Degree
4 9 (64.29%) CCIE
5 6 (42.86%) CCNA
6 5 (35.71%) AWS Certification
7 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
7 1 (7.14%) Check Point Certification
7 1 (7.14%) JNCIP
7 1 (7.14%) JNCIS
7 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
7 1 (7.14%) PMP
7 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
7 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 11 (78.57%) Cisco
3 9 (64.29%) Fortinet
4 7 (50.00%) F5
5 5 (35.71%) Arista
5 5 (35.71%) ServiceNow
6 4 (28.57%) Dynatrace
6 4 (28.57%) Meraki
6 4 (28.57%) SolarWinds
7 3 (21.43%) Palo Alto
8 1 (7.14%) Juniper