CCSE Job Trends in London

Check Point Certified Security Expert (CCSE)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 422 463
Rank change year-on-year +50 +41 +306
Permanent jobs citing CCSE 17 15 4
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.14% 0.087% 0.021%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.48% 0.31% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £67,500 -
25th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £58,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £61,059
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +31.02% -6.06%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £62,618
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £76,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.03% +27.08% -7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,575 4,816 4,999
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.37% 27.83% 25.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,022 2,122 3,657
10th Percentile £34,550 £38,633 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.70%
75th Percentile £89,688 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £107,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +4.55%

CCSE
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

CCSE job vacancy trend in London

CCSE
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCSE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing CCSE

CCSE
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSE within the London region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
East London - 5 - -
CCSE
England

CCSE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (41.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) AWS
1 7 (41.18%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) AWS Direct Connect
2 2 (11.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (88.24%) LAN
2 10 (58.82%) Firewall
3 7 (41.18%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (41.18%) WAN
4 5 (29.41%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (29.41%) Network Security
4 5 (29.41%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (11.76%) BGP
5 2 (11.76%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (11.76%) IPsec
5 2 (11.76%) MPLS
5 2 (11.76%) NX-OS
5 2 (11.76%) OSPF
5 2 (11.76%) SD-WAN
5 2 (11.76%) VPN
5 2 (11.76%) VXLAN
5 2 (11.76%) WLAN
6 1 (5.88%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (5.88%) Internet
6 1 (5.88%) Multicast
General
1 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Advertising
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Banking
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) Network Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) AWS Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) Cisco Engineer
2 7 (41.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) Azure Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) LAN Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) LAN/WAN Engineer
3 5 (29.41%) WAN Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Data Centre Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Data Network Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Deployment Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Network Deployment Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Network Operations Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Operations Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Data Centre
2 5 (29.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.88%) CMDB
4 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
4 1 (5.88%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Inventory Management
2 7 (41.18%) Change Control
2 7 (41.18%) Load Balancing
2 7 (41.18%) Low Latency
2 7 (41.18%) Process Improvement
2 7 (41.18%) Ultra-Low Latency
2 7 (41.18%) Validation
3 5 (29.41%) Computer Science
3 5 (29.41%) High Availability
4 4 (23.53%) Change Management
5 3 (17.65%) Incident Response
6 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (11.76%) Network Segmentation
6 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (11.76%) Runbook
7 1 (5.88%) Analytical Thinking
7 1 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
7 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (5.88%) Time Management
7 1 (5.88%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 16 (94.12%) CCSA
1 16 (94.12%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (88.24%) CCNP
3 14 (82.35%) CCIE
3 14 (82.35%) Degree
4 8 (47.06%) CCNA
5 5 (29.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (11.76%) AWS Certification
6 2 (11.76%) Check Point Certification
7 1 (5.88%) CCNA CyberOps
7 1 (5.88%) CISSP
Systems Management
1 5 (29.41%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) CheckPoint
2 16 (94.12%) Cisco
3 10 (58.82%) Fortinet
4 8 (47.06%) F5
5 5 (29.41%) Arista
6 2 (11.76%) Dynatrace
6 2 (11.76%) Meraki
6 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
6 2 (11.76%) SolarWinds
7 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
7 1 (5.88%) Zscaler