(ISC)2 CCSP Contracts

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 525 602 754
Rank change year-on-year +77 +152 -100
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 48 98 103
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.63% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 45 57
10th Percentile £379 £455 £528
25th Percentile £563 £600 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.04% +7.69% +11.59%
75th Percentile £753 £750 £763
90th Percentile £795 £813 £772
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £650 £632
% change year-on-year -7.69% +2.85% +14.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

(ISC)2 CCSP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,821 15,525 18,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.13% 27.19% 21.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,940 10,364 12,432
10th Percentile £307 £330 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £626
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,052 789 770
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.72 £20.47 £19.77
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +23.15% +13.90%
75th Percentile £61.35 £67.50 £58.66
90th Percentile £76.15 £79.30 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.63 £49.94 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.63% +42.68% -1.41%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing (ISC)2 CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Daily rate trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Hourly rate trend for (ISC)2 CCSP in the UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +48 40 £638 -8.93% 16
London +65 26 £675 -3.57% 7
UK excluding London +46 14 £600 -7.69% 11
South East +28 10 £600 -7.69% 5
Work from Home +89 9 £725 -3.33% 9
Midlands +23 2 £750 - 1
West Midlands +13 2 £750 -
North of England +19 1 - - 1
North West +17 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 - - 2

(ISC)2 CCSP
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.25%) Apache
1 3 (6.25%) IIS
1 3 (6.25%) WebLogic
1 3 (6.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (29.17%) Azure
2 9 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (14.58%) AWS
4 2 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.17%) GCP
4 2 (4.17%) IaaS
4 2 (4.17%) SaaS
5 1 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.08%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.50%) Firewall
2 4 (8.33%) DNS
3 3 (6.25%) Internet
3 3 (6.25%) Network Security
4 2 (4.17%) Broadband
4 2 (4.17%) NGFW
4 2 (4.17%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.25%) DB2
General
1 18 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.58%) Finance
3 6 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 5 (10.42%) Local Government
4 5 (10.42%) Telecoms
5 4 (8.33%) French Language
5 4 (8.33%) German Language
6 3 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Banking
7 1 (2.08%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Legal
Job Titles
1 24 (50.00%) Architect
2 20 (41.67%) Security Architect
3 13 (27.08%) Consultant
4 11 (22.92%) Security Consultant
5 6 (12.50%) Senior
5 6 (12.50%) Senior Architect
5 6 (12.50%) Senior Security Architect
6 5 (10.42%) Cloud Consultant
6 5 (10.42%) Cloud Security Consultant
7 4 (8.33%) Information Officer
7 4 (8.33%) Information Security Officer
7 4 (8.33%) Security Officer
8 3 (6.25%) CyberArk Architect
9 2 (4.17%) CyberArk Consultant
9 2 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 2 (4.17%) IT Security Architect
9 2 (4.17%) Risk Analyst
9 2 (4.17%) Risk Support Analyst
9 2 (4.17%) Security Engineer
9 2 (4.17%) Security Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) .NET
1 3 (6.25%) EJB
1 3 (6.25%) J2EE
1 3 (6.25%) JSP
1 3 (6.25%) LDAP
1 3 (6.25%) Servlets
1 3 (6.25%) Web Services
1 3 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.42%) Operational Technology
3 4 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (8.33%) IoT
3 4 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (4.17%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (2.08%) BBC
5 1 (2.08%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.08%) PKI
5 1 (2.08%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (56.25%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 22 (45.83%) SABSA
4 21 (43.75%) Information Security
5 18 (37.50%) Risk Management
6 17 (35.42%) Security Architecture
7 12 (25.00%) TOGAF
8 9 (18.75%) Roadmaps
9 7 (14.58%) Business Continuity
10 6 (12.50%) Data Protection
10 6 (12.50%) Mentoring
11 5 (10.42%) Agile
11 5 (10.42%) Business Strategy
11 5 (10.42%) DevOps
12 4 (8.33%) Business Impact Analysis
12 4 (8.33%) Customer Service
12 4 (8.33%) Decision-Making
12 4 (8.33%) Identity Management
12 4 (8.33%) Impact Analysis
12 4 (8.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.25%) Java
1 3 (6.25%) SQL
2 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 48 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (89.58%) CISSP
3 23 (47.92%) CISM
4 19 (39.58%) CCSK
5 18 (37.50%) CISA
6 17 (35.42%) CRISC
7 15 (31.25%) Degree
8 14 (29.17%) CCSP
9 7 (14.58%) CISMP
9 7 (14.58%) SANS
9 7 (14.58%) Security Cleared
10 6 (12.50%) CEH
10 6 (12.50%) GIAC
11 4 (8.33%) CCNP
11 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
12 3 (6.25%) Azure Certification
13 2 (4.17%) DV Cleared
13 2 (4.17%) FFIEC
13 2 (4.17%) Master's Degree
13 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (54.17%) NIST
2 22 (45.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (25.00%) GRC
4 8 (16.67%) NIST 800
5 7 (14.58%) COBIT
6 6 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 6 (12.50%) NCSC
7 3 (6.25%) GDPR
7 3 (6.25%) ISO 22301
7 3 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 3 (6.25%) PCI DSS
8 2 (4.17%) ISO 31000
9 1 (2.08%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.33%) Cisco
3 3 (6.25%) CyberArk
3 3 (6.25%) Oracle
4 2 (4.17%) Zscaler
5 1 (2.08%) Citrix
5 1 (2.08%) IBM
5 1 (2.08%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.08%) VMware