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 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 755 632 716
Rank change year-on-year -123 +84 -2
Permanent jobs citing CCSE 7 16 20
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.007% 0.037% 0.030%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.039% 0.10% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 11
10th Percentile - £49,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -13.79% +20.83%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,625 £82,500
90th Percentile - £82,750 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -13.79% +18.25%

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 18,050 15,687 19,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.37% 36.22% 28.78%
Number of salaries quoted 10,476 6,707 8,227
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -2.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

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 5 October 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 -80 6 - - 3
Yorkshire -43 1 £60,000 +9.09% 1
North of England -54 1 £60,000 +9.09% 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 4 (57.14%) AWS
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) GCP
1 4 (57.14%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Network Security
2 5 (71.43%) Firewall
3 4 (57.14%) LAN
3 4 (57.14%) SD-WAN
3 4 (57.14%) Software-Defined Networking
3 4 (57.14%) WAN
3 4 (57.14%) Wireless
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (14.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Big Data
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Consultant
2 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 4 (57.14%) Network Architect
2 4 (57.14%) Principal Architect
3 3 (42.86%) Network Consultant
3 3 (42.86%) Principal Consultant
4 2 (28.57%) Presales Consultant
4 2 (28.57%) Solutions Consultant
5 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) Senior
5 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) Senior Network Security Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Data Centre
2 2 (28.57%) Public Cloud
3 1 (14.29%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Customer Requirements
1 6 (85.71%) Presales
1 6 (85.71%) Project Delivery
1 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Customer Experience
2 4 (57.14%) Design Patterns
2 4 (57.14%) High Availability
2 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Network Architecture
2 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
2 4 (57.14%) Scrum
2 4 (57.14%) Service Management
2 4 (57.14%) Strategic Roadmap
2 4 (57.14%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (57.14%) Translating Business Requirements
2 4 (57.14%) Waterfall
2 4 (57.14%) Zero Trust
3 2 (28.57%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CCNP
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (85.71%) CCIE
3 5 (71.43%) CCSA
4 4 (57.14%) AWS Certification
4 4 (57.14%) Azure Certification
4 4 (57.14%) CCIE Security
4 4 (57.14%) JNCIE
4 4 (57.14%) JNCIP
5 2 (28.57%) APMG
5 2 (28.57%) CISM
5 2 (28.57%) CISSP
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
6 1 (14.29%) CCNA
6 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 7 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (28.57%) Arista
2 2 (28.57%) F5