CCSK Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for CCSK qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CCSK 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.30% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

CCSK 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 in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 131 115 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.79% 18.79% 19.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 75 88
10th Percentile £193 £210 £155
25th Percentile £405 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.94% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £561 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £588 £640
Scotland median daily rate £449 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -0.28% -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 19
10th Percentile £36.89 £21.00 £15.66
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.92 £16.38
Median hourly rate £64.00 £23.59 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +171.30% +31.06% -65.38%
75th Percentile £75.00 £25.59 £52.50
90th Percentile £81.24 £28.38 £61.70
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £23.00 £40.94
% change year-on-year +117.39% -43.82% +90.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCSK relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

CCSK job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing CCSK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing CCSK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST