CCSP Job Trends in England

Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 658 612 692
Rank change year-on-year -46 +80 -33
Permanent jobs citing CCSP 87 34 69
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.087% 0.078% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.22% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 52 13 56
10th Percentile £58,730 £53,350 £60,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £67,500 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -28.95% +46.15%
75th Percentile £98,125 £95,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £108,000 £121,250
UK median annual salary £82,500 £67,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -15.63% +18.96%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CCSP 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 17,869 15,334 18,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.85% 35.34% 27.48%
Number of salaries quoted 10,092 6,813 9,024
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,447 £37,000 £41,732
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -5.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,357
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.64% -4.56%

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CCSP job vacancy trend in England

CCSP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSP

CCSP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCSP in England over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for CCSP in England

CCSP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSP within the England region over the 6 months to 13 September 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 -19 51 £100,000 +5.26% 47
Midlands -46 15 £82,500 +22.22% 2
West Midlands -33 11 £82,500 +22.22% 2
North of England -45 11 £62,500 +19.05% 8
South East -32 9 £65,000 +4.00% 11
Yorkshire - 5 £62,500 - 1
East Midlands - 4 £58,589 -
North East - 4 £95,000 -
North West -13 2 - - 7
South West -69 1 £62,500 - 2
CCSP
UK

CCSP
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 7 (8.05%) Confluence
2 2 (2.30%) Cloud Foundry
Business Applications
1 11 (12.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (42.53%) Azure
2 36 (41.38%) AWS
3 16 (18.39%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (16.09%) GCP
5 7 (8.05%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (8.05%) Entra ID
5 7 (8.05%) SaaS
6 5 (5.75%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 5 (5.75%) AWS KMS
6 5 (5.75%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (5.75%) Nutanix
6 5 (5.75%) Serverless
7 3 (3.45%) Amazon Bedrock
7 3 (3.45%) Vertex AI
8 2 (2.30%) Anthropic Claude
8 2 (2.30%) AWS Direct Connect
8 2 (2.30%) Azure AI
8 2 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.30%) IaaS
8 2 (2.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (29.89%) Network Security
2 7 (8.05%) Firewall
3 5 (5.75%) Kerberos
4 3 (3.45%) Internet
4 3 (3.45%) VPN
5 2 (2.30%) 5G
5 2 (2.30%) DNS
5 2 (2.30%) HTTP
5 2 (2.30%) HTTPS
5 2 (2.30%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (2.30%) WAN
6 1 (1.15%) 2G
6 1 (1.15%) 3GPP
6 1 (1.15%) 4G
6 1 (1.15%) BIG-IP
6 1 (1.15%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (1.15%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.75%) MongoDB
1 5 (5.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (8.05%) JIRA
2 4 (4.60%) Yeoman
3 1 (1.15%) GitLab
3 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (39.08%) Social Skills
2 33 (37.93%) Finance
3 24 (27.59%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (22.99%) Banking
5 16 (18.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (17.24%) Retail
7 11 (12.64%) Local Government
8 8 (9.20%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (9.20%) Legal
9 5 (5.75%) Telecoms
10 4 (4.60%) Advertising
11 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (2.30%) Financial Institution
11 2 (2.30%) Investment Banking
12 1 (1.15%) French Language
12 1 (1.15%) German Language
12 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (31.03%) Architect
2 24 (27.59%) Security Architect
3 17 (19.54%) Lead
4 10 (11.49%) Senior
5 8 (9.20%) Analyst
5 8 (9.20%) Security Analyst
6 7 (8.05%) Security Specialist
7 6 (6.90%) Consultant
7 6 (6.90%) Security Consultant
8 5 (5.75%) Cloud Architect
8 5 (5.75%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 5 (5.75%) Security Engineer
9 4 (4.60%) Information Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Information Security Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
10 3 (3.45%) AWS Specialist
10 3 (3.45%) Cloud Security Architect
10 3 (3.45%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
10 3 (3.45%) Senior Security Analyst
10 3 (3.45%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.75%) LDAP
2 4 (4.60%) JWT
2 4 (4.60%) OAuth
2 4 (4.60%) OAuth2
2 4 (4.60%) SAML
3 3 (3.45%) JSON
4 2 (2.30%) EDI
4 2 (2.30%) IDoc
4 2 (2.30%) OpenID
4 2 (2.30%) REST
4 2 (2.30%) RESTful
5 1 (1.15%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 28 (32.18%) Security Posture
2 17 (19.54%) Cloud Native
3 8 (9.20%) Management Information System
4 7 (8.05%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (4.60%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (3.45%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.30%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (1.15%) CESG
9 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.15%) IoT
9 1 (1.15%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.20%) Linux
1 8 (9.20%) Windows
2 5 (5.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (5.75%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.30%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (73.56%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (51.72%) Cloud Security
3 39 (44.83%) Information Security
4 37 (42.53%) Incident Response
4 37 (42.53%) Security Architecture
5 32 (36.78%) Risk Management
6 31 (35.63%) Identity Access Management
7 24 (27.59%) Mentoring
7 24 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (27.59%) SABSA
8 22 (25.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (25.29%) Roadmaps
8 22 (25.29%) Vulnerability Management
9 21 (24.14%) Data Protection
9 21 (24.14%) Security Operations
9 21 (24.14%) SIEM
10 20 (22.99%) Threat Detection
11 19 (21.84%) AI
12 18 (20.69%) Strategic Thinking
12 18 (20.69%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.49%) Python
2 9 (10.34%) PowerShell
3 5 (5.75%) Java
4 3 (3.45%) Bash
4 3 (3.45%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (2.30%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 87 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 86 (98.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 85 (97.70%) CISSP
4 55 (63.22%) CISM
5 34 (39.08%) Degree
6 17 (19.54%) Master's Degree
7 12 (13.79%) AWS Certification
7 12 (13.79%) Azure Certification
8 10 (11.49%) CompTIA Security+
8 10 (11.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (10.34%) GIAC
10 8 (9.20%) CEH
10 8 (9.20%) GCIH
10 8 (9.20%) Security Cleared
11 7 (8.05%) CompTIA CySA+
11 7 (8.05%) CRISC
11 7 (8.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 7 (8.05%) SC Cleared
12 5 (5.75%) CCSK
12 5 (5.75%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (65.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (56.32%) NIST
3 22 (25.29%) GDPR
4 13 (14.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (14.94%) GRC
5 11 (12.64%) QA
6 7 (8.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (8.05%) SOC 2
7 6 (6.90%) Accessibility
7 6 (6.90%) PCI DSS
8 4 (4.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (4.60%) NIST 800
9 3 (3.45%) COBIT
9 3 (3.45%) NCSC
10 2 (2.30%) ISO 31000
11 1 (1.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (1.15%) JSP 440
11 1 (1.15%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (8.05%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.75%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (5.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.30%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 5 (5.75%) Red Hat Satellite
2 3 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.30%) Ansible
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.15%) CASB
4 1 (1.15%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 24 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.64%) SAP
3 10 (11.49%) Tenable
4 9 (10.34%) Qualys
4 9 (10.34%) Splunk
5 7 (8.05%) Cisco
6 6 (6.90%) Palo Alto
7 5 (5.75%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (5.75%) CyberArk
7 5 (5.75%) Ivanti
7 5 (5.75%) Oracle
7 5 (5.75%) Rapid7
7 5 (5.75%) Red Hat
7 5 (5.75%) ServiceNow
7 5 (5.75%) Veracode
7 5 (5.75%) VMware
8 4 (4.60%) Google
8 4 (4.60%) Zscaler
9 3 (3.45%) Netskope
10 2 (2.30%) Arista