CCSK Contracts in England

Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CCSK qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 521 595 728
Rank change year-on-year +74 +133 -116
Contract jobs citing CCSK 20 50 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.055% 0.10% 0.058%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.37% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 30 28
10th Percentile £530 £623 £546
25th Percentile £575 £625 £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +5.47%
75th Percentile £665 £750 £763
90th Percentile £748 £754 £770
UK median daily rate £600 £700 £675
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,345 13,572 15,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.03% 27.59% 21.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,976 9,091 10,137
10th Percentile £313 £334 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £718
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 975 706 690
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.22 £19.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +3.95%
75th Percentile £62.03 £67.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.00 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +24.14% +14.47%

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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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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSK in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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 13 May 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
London +61 16 £600 -14.29% 1
South East +19 3 £600 +20.00% 1
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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 7 (35.00%) Azure
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (10.00%) IaaS
3 2 (10.00%) SaaS
4 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Firewall
2 2 (10.00%) DNS
2 2 (10.00%) SNMP
3 1 (5.00%) Internet
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Local Government
3 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.00%) Finance
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Architect
1 13 (65.00%) Security Architect
2 5 (25.00%) Senior
2 5 (25.00%) Senior Architect
2 5 (25.00%) Senior Security Architect
3 4 (20.00%) Information Officer
3 4 (20.00%) Information Security Officer
3 4 (20.00%) Security Officer
4 2 (10.00%) IT Architect
4 2 (10.00%) IT Security Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Operational Security Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Operations Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Security Consultant
5 1 (5.00%) Security Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Cloud Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (20.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (10.00%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (10.00%) IoT
3 2 (10.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.00%) BBC
4 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) SABSA
2 11 (55.00%) Information Security
2 11 (55.00%) Security Architecture
3 10 (50.00%) Cloud Security
4 9 (45.00%) TOGAF
5 7 (35.00%) Risk Management
6 6 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (20.00%) Business Case
7 4 (20.00%) Business Impact Analysis
7 4 (20.00%) Business Strategy
7 4 (20.00%) Customer Service
7 4 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
8 3 (15.00%) Data Protection
8 3 (15.00%) Ethical Hacking
8 3 (15.00%) Performance Management
8 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
9 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
9 2 (10.00%) Presales
9 2 (10.00%) Security Management
9 2 (10.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 19 (95.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 19 (95.00%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (90.00%) CISSP
3 9 (45.00%) CISA
3 9 (45.00%) CISM
4 7 (35.00%) CCSP
5 6 (30.00%) CRISC
5 6 (30.00%) GIAC
6 5 (25.00%) CEH
7 4 (20.00%) CCNP
7 4 (20.00%) SANS
8 3 (15.00%) Degree
9 2 (10.00%) FFIEC
9 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
10 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
10 1 (5.00%) CCA
10 1 (5.00%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (5.00%) GCIA
10 1 (5.00%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (65.00%) NIST
2 12 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 6 (30.00%) NIST 800
4 5 (25.00%) NCSC
5 3 (15.00%) ISO 22301
5 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (10.00%) GDPR
6 2 (10.00%) GRC
7 1 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Cisco