Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 676 | 760 | 806 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +84 | +46 | +308 |
| Permanent jobs citing CCSP | 35 | 150 | 158 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.064% | 0.15% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 0.13% | 0.54% | 0.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17 | 125 | 120 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,675 | £52,500 | £27,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £58,750 | £56,809 | £57,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £87,500 | £79,842 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.59% | +18.28% | +3.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £92,500 | £85,000 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £110,500 | £99,000 | £91,375 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £58,750 | £64,030 | £54,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.25% | +18.57% | -13.60% |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 26,899 | 27,630 | 32,541 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 49.19% | 27.05% | 33.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10,865 | 17,234 | 14,697 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,750 | £28,500 | £31,973 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £38,501 | £42,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £54,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.85% | -10.00% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £68,568 | £71,000 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £87,500 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
CCSP
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCSP.
CCSP
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing CCSP over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
CCSP
Top 11 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSP within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +60 | 33 | £87,500 | +9.59% | 43 |
| London | +80 | 28 | £90,000 | +12.72% | 17 |
| UK excluding London | +132 | 7 | £58,750 | -8.25% | 31 |
| Work from Home | +55 | 5 | £87,500 | +9.59% | 52 |
| South East | +73 | 2 | £62,500 | +8.70% | 8 |
| North of England | +9 | 2 | £63,496 | -20.47% | 9 |
| Scotland | +119 | 1 | £50,890 | +1.80% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +50 | 1 | £71,991 | -9.83% | 3 |
| North West | -13 | 1 | £55,000 | -31.11% | 4 |
| East of England | - | 1 | £52,000 | - | 9 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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