CCSP Job Trends in the North West

Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 - 185
Rank change year-on-year - - +108
Permanent jobs citing CCSP 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.016% - 0.078%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.035% - 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,750 - £56,809
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £61,206
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.49%
75th Percentile £56,250 - £87,177
90th Percentile - - £100,121
England median annual salary £62,538 £85,000 £65,500
% change year-on-year -26.43% +29.77% -18.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,819 1,992 963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 45.83% 38.15% 24.95%
Number of salaries quoted 682 874 630
10th Percentile £27,025 £32,075 £30,450
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,842 £50,055 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% -4.66% -3.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

CCSP job vacancy trend in the North West

CCSP
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CCSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing CCSP

CCSP
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSP within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Manchester - 1 £52,500 - 3
CCSP
England

CCSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft