CCSP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 496 538 538
Rank change year-on-year +42 0 +171
Permanent jobs citing CCSP 13 28 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.078% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.093% 0.20% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 10 17 33
10th Percentile £49,875 £56,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £67,500 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £72,500 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +18.45% +2.01%
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £69,375 £80,000 £78,500
UK median annual salary £62,538 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -21.83% +23.08% -16.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14,028 13,924 10,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.08% 38.76% 30.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,116 5,300 6,854
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,300
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.21% +1.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,518 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.59% +3.51% -

CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CCSP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CCSP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CCSP

CCSP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCSP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CCSP in the UK excluding London

CCSP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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 East +35 5 £52,500 -25.00% 7
North of England +8 3 £52,500 -34.38% 1
West Midlands +22 2 £62,500 +83.82%
Midlands +22 2 £62,500 +36.61% 1
Yorkshire -12 2 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £57,500 -
South West +8 1 £62,500 -3.85%
North West - 1 £52,500 -
CCSP
UK

CCSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) Azure
2 8 (61.54%) AWS
3 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (30.77%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (23.08%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (23.08%) GCP
6 1 (7.69%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) VPN
3 2 (15.38%) Internet
3 2 (15.38%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (15.38%) LAN
3 2 (15.38%) MPLS
3 2 (15.38%) Network Security
3 2 (15.38%) SD-WAN
3 2 (15.38%) SNA
3 2 (15.38%) WAN
3 2 (15.38%) WLAN
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
4 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (7.69%) Wireless
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Security Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Security Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (15.38%) Operational Technology
2 2 (15.38%) Public Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.69%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (46.15%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Security Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) Identity Management
4 3 (23.08%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
4 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Web Filtering
5 2 (15.38%) Change Control
5 2 (15.38%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (15.38%) Information Security
5 2 (15.38%) OWASP
5 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) SIEM
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (15.38%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (84.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 8 (61.54%) CISSP
4 6 (46.15%) CISM
5 4 (30.77%) CEH
5 4 (30.77%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (23.08%) CISA
7 2 (15.38%) AWS Certification
7 2 (15.38%) CCNP
7 2 (15.38%) CISMP
7 2 (15.38%) SSCP
8 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
8 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (7.69%) Degree
8 1 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (30.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (23.08%) GRC
4 3 (23.08%) PCI DSS
5 2 (15.38%) NIST
6 1 (7.69%) NCSC
6 1 (7.69%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Ansible
1 2 (15.38%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco
1 3 (23.08%) Fortinet
1 3 (23.08%) Google
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
1 3 (23.08%) Palo Alto
1 3 (23.08%) Tenable
2 1 (7.69%) Exabeam
2 1 (7.69%) Imperva
2 1 (7.69%) Meraki
2 1 (7.69%) Qualys
2 1 (7.69%) Thales
2 1 (7.69%) Trend Micro