CESG Certified Professional Job Trends in England

CESG Certified Professional (CCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CESG Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 643 626
Rank change year-on-year +64 -17 +263
Permanent jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 27 30 49
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.052% 0.061% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% 0.17% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 21 14 41
10th Percentile - - £46,250
25th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +12.90% -8.15%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £80,000 - £97,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £69,250
% change year-on-year -3.57% +1.08% +1.47%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CESG Certified Professional 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 17,474 17,949 14,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.54% 36.52% 30.50%
Number of salaries quoted 7,043 7,128 9,667
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,075 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

CESG Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CESG Certified Professional job vacancy trend in England

CESG Certified Professional
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CESG Certified Professional.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CESG Certified Professional

CESG Certified Professional
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CESG Certified Professional in England over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CESG Certified Professional in England

CESG Certified Professional
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CESG Certified Professional within the England region over the 6 months to 3 January 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
South West +27 17 £67,500 +8.00% 2
London +68 2 £110,000 +76.00%
North of England +21 2 - -
South East +17 2 £70,000 -6.67% 1
Midlands +13 2 £70,000 +20.29%
East Midlands -9 2 £70,000 -
North West - 2 - -
CESG Certified Professional
UK

CESG Certified Professional
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 16 (59.26%) IIS
2 1 (3.70%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) AWS
1 3 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) InfiniBand
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
1 1 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Banking
2 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (70.37%) Senior
2 18 (66.67%) Consultant
2 18 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 18 (66.67%) Security Consultant
3 17 (62.96%) Senior Consultant
3 17 (62.96%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
3 17 (62.96%) Senior Security Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 2 (7.41%) Principal Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Principal Security Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Information Assurance Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Information Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Security Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Security Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) PyTorch
1 2 (7.41%) TensorFlow
2 1 (3.70%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (74.07%) Management Information System
2 17 (62.96%) CESG
3 2 (7.41%) CUDA
4 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Unix
2 1 (3.70%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (96.30%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (77.78%) Information Security
3 18 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 18 (66.67%) Security Management
4 17 (62.96%) Information Assurance
5 16 (59.26%) Active Listening
5 16 (59.26%) Creative Thinking
5 16 (59.26%) Information Security Management
5 16 (59.26%) Innovative Thinking
5 16 (59.26%) ISMS
5 16 (59.26%) Matrix Organization
6 5 (18.52%) Roadmaps
7 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
7 3 (11.11%) Incident Response
7 3 (11.11%) Security Architecture
7 3 (11.11%) SIEM
7 3 (11.11%) Zero Trust
8 2 (7.41%) AI
8 2 (7.41%) Cryptography
8 2 (7.41%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) Python
2 2 (7.41%) Bash
2 2 (7.41%) Go
3 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (96.30%) CISSP
2 22 (81.48%) CISM
3 16 (59.26%) CISMP
3 16 (59.26%) IISP
4 5 (18.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 5 (18.52%) SC Cleared
4 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
5 3 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (11.11%) Degree
6 2 (7.41%) CRISC
6 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared
6 2 (7.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (7.41%) OSCP
7 1 (3.70%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (77.78%) NCSC
2 20 (74.07%) NIST
3 18 (66.67%) JSP 440
3 18 (66.67%) NIST 800
4 16 (59.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 16 (59.26%) RMADS
5 7 (25.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (14.81%) Def Stans
6 4 (14.81%) GRC
7 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
8 1 (3.70%) HIPAA
8 1 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) GPFS
1 2 (7.41%) Lustre
1 2 (7.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Ansible
1 2 (7.41%) SELinux
1 2 (7.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
1 2 (7.41%) NVIDIA
1 2 (7.41%) Splunk
2 1 (3.70%) CyberArk
2 1 (3.70%) Dell
2 1 (3.70%) Intel