(ISC)2 CCSP Contracts with Work from Home Options

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 423 562
Rank change year-on-year +92 +139 -93
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 10 45 53
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.066% 0.18% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.71% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 25 25
10th Percentile £500 £610 £606
25th Percentile £575 £650 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £750 £725
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +30.16%
75th Percentile £750 £800 £770
90th Percentile £795 £813 £798
UK median daily rate £638 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -8.93% +7.69% +13.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

(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 WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,100 6,366 8,706
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.20% 25.37% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,587 4,286 6,114
10th Percentile £331 £381 £369
25th Percentile £440 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 275 222
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.25 £19.37
25th Percentile £25.13 £42.50 £35.63
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.68 £48.79
Median % change year-on-year -33.51% +32.56% +21.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £65.44
90th Percentile £83.20 £83.40 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing (ISC)2 CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

(ISC)2 CCSP trend for jobs with a WFH option

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

(ISC)2 CCSP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing (ISC)2 CCSP over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

(ISC)2 CCSP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (30.00%) Apache
1 3 (30.00%) IIS
1 3 (30.00%) WebLogic
1 3 (30.00%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (20.00%) AWS
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (10.00%) GCP
4 1 (10.00%) IaaS
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
2 1 (10.00%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) DB2
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Local Government
4 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) CyberArk Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) CyberArk Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Security Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Security Risk Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) .NET
1 3 (30.00%) EJB
1 3 (30.00%) J2EE
1 3 (30.00%) JSP
1 3 (30.00%) LDAP
1 3 (30.00%) Servlets
1 3 (30.00%) Web Services
1 3 (30.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Information Security
2 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (30.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (30.00%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (30.00%) Identity Management
4 3 (30.00%) Performance Analysis
4 3 (30.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 3 (30.00%) RBAC
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (30.00%) SABSA
4 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (30.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (30.00%) Use Case
5 2 (20.00%) Agile
5 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Java
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 10 (100.00%) CISSP
2 5 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (40.00%) SANS
4 3 (30.00%) CCSP
5 2 (20.00%) CCSK
5 2 (20.00%) CRISC
5 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
6 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
6 1 (10.00%) CISA
6 1 (10.00%) CISM
6 1 (10.00%) CSSLP
6 1 (10.00%) FFIEC
6 1 (10.00%) GIAC
6 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) NIST
2 3 (30.00%) GRC
3 2 (20.00%) GDPR
3 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (10.00%) NCSC
4 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) CyberArk
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) IBM
3 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (10.00%) Zscaler