CCSK Contract Job Trends 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 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 480 512
Rank change year-on-year -74 +32 +161
Contract jobs citing CCSK 6 5 33
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.017% 0.020% 0.087%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.049% 0.064% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 21
10th Percentile £540 £475 £550
25th Percentile £579 £513 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £575 £638
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% -9.80% -8.93%
75th Percentile £696 £638 £750
90th Percentile £710 £675 £775
UK median daily rate £638 £575 £631
% change year-on-year +10.87% -8.91% -9.82%

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 12,145 7,790 11,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.30% 30.51% 31.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,076 4,813 7,260
10th Percentile £325 £285 £290
25th Percentile £422 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.52% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 944 395 918
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.19 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.34 £25.26 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £41.37
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% +20.88% -13.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £82.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £42.21 £40.94
% change year-on-year -38.94% +3.09% -16.45%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

CCSK job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing CCSK

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSK in England over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

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 1 March 2026. 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
Yorkshire - 3 £600 -
North of England - 3 £600 -
London -41 2 £675 -3.57% 2
South East -35 1 - - 2
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) AWS
2 4 (66.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Legal
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Security Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Applications Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Information Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Network Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Flash
1 2 (33.33%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (16.67%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Blockchain
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) IoT
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cloud Security
1 5 (83.33%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (50.00%) Application Security
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Data Security
2 3 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (50.00%) Software Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) AI
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Cryptography
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (33.33%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Rust
1 2 (33.33%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) CISM
1 5 (83.33%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) CCSP
3 2 (33.33%) CEH
3 2 (33.33%) CISA
3 2 (33.33%) OSCP
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) CGEIT
4 1 (16.67%) CRISC
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (33.33%) GDPR
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 2 (33.33%) SOC 2
3 1 (16.67%) GRC
3 1 (16.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (16.67%) RMADS
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft