Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CCSK qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 834 954 1182
Rank change year-on-year +120 +228 -320
Permanent jobs citing CCSK 62 16 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.015% 0.032%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.047% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 52 11 44
10th Percentile £41,225 £57,500 -
25th Percentile £56,809 £70,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,842 £84,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% +1.82% +15.79%
75th Percentile £84,919 £106,875 £95,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £111,250 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £79,842 £60,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +33.07% -27.27% +37.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CCSK is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

CCSK
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CCSK in the UK

CCSK
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CCSK.

Salary trend for CCSK in the UK

CCSK
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CCSK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CCSK in the UK

CCSK
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSK within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +159 61 £79,842 -9.53% 3
UK excluding London +56 45 £79,842 +33.07% 2
Work from Home +125 39 £79,842 +22.83% 2
North of England - 26 £79,842 -
London +135 15 £79,842 -15.96% 1
North West - 15 £79,842 -
South East +38 10 £76,250 +27.08%
Yorkshire - 7 £79,842 -
South West - 6 £43,500 - 2
North East - 4 £79,842 -
West Midlands - 3 £79,842 -
Midlands - 3 £79,842 -

CCSK
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 54 (87.10%) Azure
2 47 (75.81%) AWS
3 17 (27.42%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (8.06%) IaaS
4 5 (8.06%) PaaS
4 5 (8.06%) SaaS
5 3 (4.84%) GCP
5 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.61%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (53.23%) SD-WAN
1 33 (53.23%) WAN
2 11 (17.74%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Vagrant
General
1 11 (17.74%) Finance
2 7 (11.29%) Public Sector
2 7 (11.29%) Retail
3 6 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.68%) Legal
4 5 (8.06%) Law
4 5 (8.06%) Social Skills
5 3 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (72.58%) Architect
1 45 (72.58%) Security Architect
2 27 (43.55%) Lead
2 27 (43.55%) Lead Architect
2 27 (43.55%) Lead Security Architect
3 9 (14.52%) Senior
4 8 (12.90%) Information Architect
4 8 (12.90%) Information Security Architect
5 7 (11.29%) Security Manager
6 6 (9.68%) Analyst
6 6 (9.68%) Compliance Analyst
6 6 (9.68%) Information Analyst
6 6 (9.68%) Information Security Analyst
6 6 (9.68%) Security Analyst
6 6 (9.68%) Security Compliance Analyst
6 6 (9.68%) Senior Architect
6 6 (9.68%) Senior Security Architect
7 5 (8.06%) Security Engineer
8 3 (4.84%) Senior IT Manager
8 3 (4.84%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 33 (53.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 33 (53.23%) Management Information System
2 21 (33.87%) Security Posture
3 10 (16.13%) Cloud Native
4 8 (12.90%) Cloud Security Posture
5 6 (9.68%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (9.68%) Onboarding
5 6 (9.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (4.84%) PKI
6 3 (4.84%) Virtual Team
7 2 (3.23%) IoT
7 2 (3.23%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.61%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (90.32%) Information Security
2 47 (75.81%) Security Architecture
3 34 (54.84%) Secure Coding
4 33 (53.23%) Application Security
4 33 (53.23%) Identity Management
4 33 (53.23%) OWASP
5 31 (50.00%) CI/CD
6 16 (25.81%) Incident Response
6 16 (25.81%) Security Management
7 15 (24.19%) Cloud Security
8 14 (22.58%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (19.35%) Risk Management
10 11 (17.74%) Decision-Making
10 11 (17.74%) Regulatory Compliance
10 11 (17.74%) Technical Architecture
11 9 (14.52%) Mentoring
12 8 (12.90%) Agile
12 8 (12.90%) Data Loss Prevention
12 8 (12.90%) Data Security
13 6 (9.68%) GAP Analysis
Qualifications
1 60 (96.77%) CISSP
2 55 (88.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 55 (88.71%) CCSP
2 55 (88.71%) Cisco Certification
3 36 (58.06%) CISM
4 34 (54.84%) Azure Certification
5 33 (53.23%) AWS Certification
6 15 (24.19%) Degree
7 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (4.84%) CISA
9 2 (3.23%) CEH
10 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.61%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (93.55%) NIST
2 24 (38.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (22.58%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (19.35%) GDPR
5 11 (17.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (11.29%) NIST 800
7 6 (9.68%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 34 (54.84%) Docker
2 5 (8.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.61%) LXC
Systems Management
1 38 (61.29%) Single Sign-On
2 34 (54.84%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.84%) CASB
4 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (27.42%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.06%) CA
3 3 (4.84%) Netskope
3 3 (4.84%) Symantec
3 3 (4.84%) Zscaler