CCSK Contract Job Trends in the South East

Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CCSK qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 147 197
Rank change year-on-year -68 +50 +19
Contract jobs citing CCSK 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.033% 0.033% 0.052%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.073% 0.084% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £853 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +89.44% -25.00% +20.00%
England median daily rate £514 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +14.22% -25.00% -14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,724 1,194 2,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 45.22% 39.96% 44.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,841 758 1,476
10th Percentile £315 £263 £350
25th Percentile £442 £410 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £521 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -5.23% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £650
90th Percentile £725 £675 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £536
% change year-on-year - -2.05% -2.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 81 225
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.50 £17.80
25th Percentile £27.50 £25.15 £30.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £52.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.46% -4.42%
75th Percentile £84.00 £70.00 £70.39
90th Percentile £88.00 £77.19 £87.46
England median hourly rate £48.61 £32.00 £40.29
% change year-on-year +51.91% -20.57% -26.75%

CCSK
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

CCSK job vacancy trend in the South East

CCSK
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CCSK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CCSK

CCSK
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCSK within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
Hampshire - 1 £853 - 1
West Sussex - 1 - -
CCSK
England

CCSK
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Information Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SABSA
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Def Stans
2 1 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (50.00%) RMADS