CESG Certified Professional Job Trends

CESG Certified Professional (CCP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CESG Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 771 652 716
Rank change year-on-year -119 +64 +30
Permanent jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 11 37 79
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.074% 0.095%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.055% 0.21% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 5 27 74
10th Percentile - - £51,625
25th Percentile £44,500 £63,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -1.46% -2.14%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,875 £70,250
90th Percentile - £78,000 £77,025
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £68,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% -1.46% +1.48%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,877 17,392 21,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.60% 34.77% 25.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10,640 7,876 11,651
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,500 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +11.00% -2.91% -1.90%

CESG Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend

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

CESG Certified Professional job vacancy trend in the UK

CESG Certified Professional
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CESG Certified Professional.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CESG Certified Professional

CESG Certified Professional
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CESG Certified Professional over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for CESG Certified Professional in the UK

CESG Certified Professional
Top 5 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 16 August 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
England -123 7 £65,000 -3.70% 11
South East -46 6 £65,000 -10.34% 4
UK excluding London -131 6 £65,000 -3.70% 10
Work from Home -46 3 £65,000 -3.70% 4
London -50 1 - - 4

CESG Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (27.27%) AWS
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) GCP
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Games
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Consultant
1 9 (81.82%) Security Consultant
2 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 3 (27.27%) Senior
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Consultant
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Security Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Cloud Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Principal Security Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
5 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
1 2 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) CESG
2 1 (9.09%) Social Media
2 1 (9.09%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (54.55%) Cloud Security
3 5 (45.45%) Security Architecture
4 4 (36.36%) Business Continuity
4 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
4 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
5 3 (27.27%) Application Security
5 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
6 2 (18.18%) Business Development
6 2 (18.18%) Change Management
6 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
6 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) DevOps
6 2 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
6 2 (18.18%) Information Security
6 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) CISSP
2 9 (81.82%) CISM
2 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
3 6 (54.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 6 (54.55%) CCSP
3 6 (54.55%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (45.45%) CRISC
4 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
5 4 (36.36%) Degree
6 3 (27.27%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (27.27%) GIAC
6 3 (27.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (18.18%) CISMP
8 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (9.09%) ISSAP
8 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (81.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (81.82%) NCSC
2 6 (54.55%) NIST
3 4 (36.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (36.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (18.18%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (9.09%) COBIT
5 1 (9.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (9.09%) JSP 440
5 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
5 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Google
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft