(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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 595 759
Rank change year-on-year +60 +164 -98
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 44 99 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.17% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.64% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 46 61
10th Percentile £333 £425 £513
25th Percentile £525 £600 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £760 £750 £763
90th Percentile £803 £813 £775
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 12,775 15,576 19,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.03% 27.20% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,956 10,400 12,640
10th Percentile £308 £330 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £743 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,057 771 774
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.80 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +25.14% +21.73%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.95
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.19 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.12% +42.86% +5.26%

(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 20 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 20 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 +62 37 £675 -3.57% 22
London +59 23 £715 +2.14% 11
UK excluding London +48 14 £600 -7.69% 16
South East +29 10 £600 -7.69% 8
Work from Home +76 8 £738 -1.67% 13
West Midlands +15 2 £750 -
Midlands +9 2 £750 - 1
North of England +28 1 - - 2
North West +14 1 - - 2
Scotland - 1 - - 3

(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 (6.82%) Apache
1 3 (6.82%) IIS
1 3 (6.82%) WebLogic
1 3 (6.82%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.00%) Azure
2 7 (15.91%) AWS
3 6 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.55%) GCP
5 2 (4.55%) IaaS
5 2 (4.55%) SaaS
6 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.64%) Firewall
2 4 (9.09%) DNS
3 3 (6.82%) Internet
3 3 (6.82%) Network Security
4 2 (4.55%) Broadband
4 2 (4.55%) NGFW
4 2 (4.55%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) DB2
General
1 14 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.18%) Finance
3 5 (11.36%) Telecoms
4 4 (9.09%) French Language
4 4 (9.09%) German Language
4 4 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Banking
6 1 (2.27%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Legal
6 1 (2.27%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 20 (45.45%) Architect
2 16 (36.36%) Security Architect
3 13 (29.55%) Consultant
4 11 (25.00%) Security Consultant
5 5 (11.36%) Cloud Consultant
5 5 (11.36%) Cloud Security Consultant
5 5 (11.36%) Senior
5 5 (11.36%) Senior Architect
5 5 (11.36%) Senior Security Architect
6 4 (9.09%) Information Officer
6 4 (9.09%) Information Security Officer
6 4 (9.09%) Security Officer
7 3 (6.82%) CyberArk Architect
8 2 (4.55%) CyberArk Consultant
8 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 2 (4.55%) Information Security Architect
8 2 (4.55%) IT Security Architect
8 2 (4.55%) Risk Support Analyst
8 2 (4.55%) Security Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Security Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) .NET
1 3 (6.82%) EJB
1 3 (6.82%) J2EE
1 3 (6.82%) JSP
1 3 (6.82%) LDAP
1 3 (6.82%) Servlets
1 3 (6.82%) Web Services
1 3 (6.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 5 (11.36%) Operational Technology
3 4 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (9.09%) IoT
3 4 (9.09%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (4.55%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (2.27%) BBC
5 1 (2.27%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (2.27%) PKI
5 1 (2.27%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (56.82%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 19 (43.18%) SABSA
4 18 (40.91%) Information Security
4 18 (40.91%) Risk Management
5 12 (27.27%) Security Architecture
6 9 (20.45%) TOGAF
7 8 (18.18%) Roadmaps
8 7 (15.91%) Business Continuity
9 6 (13.64%) Data Protection
9 6 (13.64%) DevOps
9 6 (13.64%) Mentoring
10 5 (11.36%) Agile
10 5 (11.36%) Use Case
11 4 (9.09%) Coaching
11 4 (9.09%) Decision-Making
11 4 (9.09%) Identity Management
11 4 (9.09%) Security Operations
12 3 (6.82%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (6.82%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.82%) Java
1 3 (6.82%) SQL
2 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 44 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (88.64%) CISSP
3 23 (52.27%) CISM
4 18 (40.91%) CISA
5 17 (38.64%) CRISC
6 16 (36.36%) CCSK
7 14 (31.82%) CCSP
7 14 (31.82%) Degree
8 7 (15.91%) CISMP
8 7 (15.91%) SANS
8 7 (15.91%) Security Cleared
9 6 (13.64%) CEH
9 6 (13.64%) GIAC
10 4 (9.09%) Azure Certification
10 4 (9.09%) CCNP
10 4 (9.09%) SC Cleared
11 2 (4.55%) DV Cleared
11 2 (4.55%) FFIEC
11 2 (4.55%) Master's Degree
11 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (47.73%) NIST
2 20 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (27.27%) GRC
4 8 (18.18%) NIST 800
5 7 (15.91%) COBIT
6 6 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (6.82%) GDPR
7 3 (6.82%) PCI DSS
8 2 (4.55%) ISO 31000
8 2 (4.55%) NCSC
9 1 (2.27%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (2.27%) ISO 22301
9 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.09%) Cisco
3 3 (6.82%) CyberArk
3 3 (6.82%) Oracle
4 2 (4.55%) Zscaler
5 1 (2.27%) Citrix
5 1 (2.27%) IBM
5 1 (2.27%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.27%) VMware