CCSK Contracts in England

Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCSK qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 522 604
Rank change year-on-year +43 +82 +138
Contract jobs citing CCSK 6 20 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.054% 0.097%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.079% 0.17% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 29
10th Percentile - £530 £620
25th Percentile - £575 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile - £670 £750
90th Percentile - £773 £758
UK median daily rate £450 £600 £700
% change year-on-year -25.00% -14.29% +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CCSK in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for CCSK in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCSK within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +27 5 - - 9
South East +44 1 £450 -25.00%
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) VPN
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Security Architect
2 4 (66.67%) Senior
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Architect
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Security Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (16.67%) Cyberattack
1 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (16.67%) PKI
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Risk Management
1 5 (83.33%) SABSA
1 5 (83.33%) Security Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Application Security
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Advanced Persistent Threat
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
3 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Log Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (16.67%) SOAR
3 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
1 6 (100.00%) GIAC
1 6 (100.00%) SANS
2 5 (83.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 5 (83.33%) CISA
2 5 (83.33%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (83.33%) CRISC
3 1 (16.67%) CEH
3 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
2 5 (83.33%) NIST 800
3 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) CyberArk
1 1 (16.67%) Forcepoint
1 1 (16.67%) Google