CESG Certified Professional Jobs

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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 548 800 881
Rank change year-on-year +252 +81 +197
Permanent jobs citing CESG Certified Professional 166 101 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.10% 0.078%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.61% 0.37% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15 90 61
10th Percentile - £51,250 £50,402
25th Percentile £57,670 £52,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% -2.14% -8.20%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £64,100 £71,250
% change year-on-year +5.30% -10.04% -1.72%

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 27,222 27,508 33,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.18% 27.71% 32.82%
Number of salaries quoted 11,371 17,307 15,034
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%
75th Percentile £68,525 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £51,603
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.11% +3.21%

CESG Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CESG Certified Professional as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CESG Certified Professional in the UK

CESG Certified Professional
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CESG Certified Professional.

Salary trend for CESG Certified Professional in the UK

CESG Certified Professional
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CESG Certified Professional over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CESG Certified Professional in the UK

CESG Certified Professional
Top 9 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 13 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 +218 166 £65,000 -5.11% 22
UK excluding London +258 159 £67,500 +5.30% 13
Midlands +199 148 - - 2
West Midlands +137 99 - - 2
East Midlands +82 49 - -
South East +94 9 £71,250 +35.71% 5
Work from Home +103 7 £67,500 +12.12% 7
London +88 7 £57,670 -27.91% 10
South West +69 2 £66,250 -3.28% 4

CESG Certified Professional
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.60%) SCCP
General
1 11 (6.63%) Social Skills
2 1 (0.60%) Legal
2 1 (0.60%) Military
2 1 (0.60%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 147 (88.55%) Principal Engineer
1 147 (88.55%) Principal Security Engineer
1 147 (88.55%) Security Engineer
2 87 (52.41%) Analyst
2 87 (52.41%) Principal Security Analyst
2 87 (52.41%) Product Analyst
2 87 (52.41%) Security Analyst
3 60 (36.14%) Product Engineer
4 4 (2.41%) Coordinator
4 4 (2.41%) Security Assurance Coordinator
5 3 (1.81%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 3 (1.81%) Information Security Specialist
5 3 (1.81%) Information Specialist
5 3 (1.81%) Risk Manager
5 3 (1.81%) Security Manager
5 3 (1.81%) Security Specialist
5 3 (1.81%) Senior
5 3 (1.81%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 3 (1.81%) Senior Information Security Specialist
5 3 (1.81%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.42%) Leaflet
2 1 (0.60%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.83%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.01%) CESG
3 3 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (96.39%) Information Security
2 158 (95.18%) Cybersecurity
2 158 (95.18%) Risk Management
3 150 (90.36%) Cyber Resilience
4 147 (88.55%) Project Management
4 147 (88.55%) Security Testing
5 10 (6.02%) Information Security Management
5 10 (6.02%) Security Management
6 8 (4.82%) Decision-Making
6 8 (4.82%) SFIA
7 5 (3.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (3.01%) Impact Assessments
7 5 (3.01%) Security Architecture
8 4 (2.41%) Business Case
8 4 (2.41%) Incident Response
8 4 (2.41%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (2.41%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 3 (1.81%) Information Assurance
10 2 (1.20%) Information Security Governance
10 2 (1.20%) Line Management
Qualifications
1 165 (99.40%) CISSP
2 153 (92.17%) CISM
3 147 (88.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 147 (88.55%) Degree
4 16 (9.64%) Security Cleared
5 9 (5.42%) CISMP
6 8 (4.82%) SC Cleared
7 7 (4.22%) DV Cleared
8 5 (3.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (0.60%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (93.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 151 (90.96%) NIST
2 151 (90.96%) RMADS
3 148 (89.16%) JSP 440
4 4 (2.41%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.60%) GRC
5 1 (0.60%) NCSC