CCSK Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 110 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CCSK 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.12% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.54% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £600 £450 £613
% change year-on-year +33.33% -26.53% -12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 372 355 656
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 22.36% 21.45% 28.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 223 354
10th Percentile £263 £193 £179
25th Percentile £338 £361 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.28% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £600
90th Percentile £675 £598 £671
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.60% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 23 49
10th Percentile £16.12 £18.13 £13.27
25th Percentile £17.23 £20.94 £16.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.00 £40.94
Median % change year-on-year +117.39% -43.82% +90.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £26.21 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.24 £57.68 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £43.00 £37.83
% change year-on-year -13.95% +13.67% -27.95%

CCSK
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

CCSK job vacancy trend in Scotland

CCSK
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CCSK

CCSK
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCSK within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 April 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
Edinburgh - 2 - -
CCSK
UK

CCSK
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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