CSSLP Contracts

(ISC)² Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (ISC2 CSSLP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CSSLP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 688 824
Rank change year-on-year +111 +136 -97
Contract jobs citing CSSLP 7 9 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.016% 0.028%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.054% 0.060% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 16
10th Percentile - £675 £523
25th Percentile £413 £694 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £725 £638
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +13.73% +2.00%
75th Percentile £616 £738 £700
90th Percentile £666 - £738
UK excluding London median daily rate - £725 £611
% change year-on-year - +18.61% -2.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CSSLP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,062 15,003 18,971
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.91% 27.01% 21.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,100 9,981 12,683
10th Percentile £310 £349 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £740 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,112 750 778
10th Percentile £13.99 £15.19 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.34 £21.67 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%
75th Percentile £63.49 £68.75 £59.22
90th Percentile £76.15 £80.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.27 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.40% +50.00% +25.00%

CSSLP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CSSLP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CSSLP in the UK

CSSLP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSSLP.

Daily rate trend for CSSLP in the UK

CSSLP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSSLP over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CSSLP in the UK

CSSLP
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSSLP within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Work from Home +117 6 £425 -41.38% 2
London +85 5 £500 -28.57% 4
England +82 5 £500 -31.03% 5

CSSLP
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) GitHub
2 2 (28.57%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (14.29%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Multimedia
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Security Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) IT Manager
2 2 (28.57%) IT Security Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Principal Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
1 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 4 (57.14%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (42.86%) OWASP
3 3 (42.86%) Secure Coding
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Business Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Contract Management
4 2 (28.57%) Cryptography
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Due Diligence
4 2 (28.57%) Dynamic Code Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Security Management
4 2 (28.57%) Static Code Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CISSP
2 6 (85.71%) CISM
3 4 (57.14%) CEH
4 3 (42.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (42.86%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) CISMP
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
5 2 (28.57%) GCIH
5 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
6 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
6 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) NIST
2 4 (57.14%) COBIT
3 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (28.57%) ISO 22301
4 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
5 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (14.29%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Qualys
2 1 (14.29%) IBM