(ISC)2 CCSP Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 332 408
Rank change year-on-year +33 +76 +180
Contract jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 21 11 56
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.075% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.70% 0.29% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 29
10th Percentile £526 £490 £610
25th Percentile - £550 £681
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £750
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £700 £694 -
90th Percentile £740 £720 £813
UK median daily rate £600 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £81.63 - -
90th Percentile £92.65 - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 - £80.00

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

(ISC)2 CCSP 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,989 3,731 6,008
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 29.07% 25.56% 24.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,966 2,416 4,044
10th Percentile £350 £329 £375
25th Percentile £425 £433 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -
75th Percentile £625 £637 £650
90th Percentile £713 £725 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 252 243
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.85 £19.00
25th Percentile £27.34 £25.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.25 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.16% -28.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67.38 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.38 £85.00 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.38 £40.94 £55.00
% change year-on-year -33.13% -25.56% +23.60%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing (ISC)2 CCSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

(ISC)2 CCSP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

(ISC)2 CCSP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

(ISC)2 CCSP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing (ISC)2 CCSP over the 6 months to 9 July 2025.

(ISC)2 CCSP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

(ISC)2 CCSP
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

(ISC)2 CCSP hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

(ISC)2 CCSP
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing (ISC)2 CCSP over the 6 months to 9 July 2025.

(ISC)2 CCSP hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (61.90%) Azure
2 9 (42.86%) AWS
3 8 (38.10%) GCP
4 3 (14.29%) IaaS
4 3 (14.29%) PaaS
4 3 (14.29%) SaaS
5 2 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (4.76%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (4.76%) AWS KMS
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (4.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (4.76%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) Network Security
2 3 (14.29%) DNS
2 3 (14.29%) Firewall
2 3 (14.29%) HTTP
2 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 2 (9.52%) SMTP
4 1 (4.76%) BGP
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (4.76%) LAN
4 1 (4.76%) SD-WAN
4 1 (4.76%) SSL
4 1 (4.76%) VPN
4 1 (4.76%) WAN
General
1 7 (33.33%) Finance
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) French Language
3 2 (9.52%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Architect
2 6 (28.57%) Security Architect
3 5 (23.81%) Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Lead
5 2 (9.52%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Cloud Security Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Governance Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Operational Security Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Operations Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Security Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Security Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Security Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Security Operations Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Chief Information Security Officer
6 1 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Cryptography Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Information Security Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) Information Specialist
6 1 (4.76%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) .NET
1 1 (4.76%) OpenID
1 1 (4.76%) React
1 1 (4.76%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Security Posture
2 7 (33.33%) Cloud Native
3 3 (14.29%) PKI
4 2 (9.52%) Data Centre
4 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
5 1 (4.76%) BYOD
5 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Mac OS
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (47.62%) Cloud Security
2 10 (47.62%) Threat Modelling
3 8 (38.10%) Agile
3 8 (38.10%) Security Architecture
3 8 (38.10%) SIEM
3 8 (38.10%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (33.33%) DevSecOps
5 6 (28.57%) Zero Trust
6 5 (23.81%) Data Loss Prevention
6 5 (23.81%) DevOps
6 5 (23.81%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (19.05%) Cryptography
7 4 (19.05%) Security Operations
7 4 (19.05%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
8 3 (14.29%) Incident Response
8 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (14.29%) SOAR
8 3 (14.29%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) Bash
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 3 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (4.76%) Java
3 1 (4.76%) PHP
3 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (66.67%) CISSP
3 10 (47.62%) CCSP
4 7 (33.33%) CISM
5 6 (28.57%) Azure Certification
6 4 (19.05%) AWS Certification
6 4 (19.05%) CEH
6 4 (19.05%) GCIH
7 3 (14.29%) CCNA
7 3 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (14.29%) Degree
7 3 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (14.29%) OSCP
7 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
8 2 (9.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (9.52%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (9.52%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (4.76%) CCNP
9 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (4.76%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (33.33%) NIST
3 5 (23.81%) GDPR
4 4 (19.05%) SLA
5 3 (14.29%) NCSC
5 3 (14.29%) PCI DSS
5 3 (14.29%) RMADS
6 2 (9.52%) GRC
7 1 (4.76%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (4.76%) HIPAA
7 1 (4.76%) NIST 800
7 1 (4.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (9.52%) CSIRT
3 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.76%) Istio
4 1 (4.76%) linkerd
4 1 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 7 (33.33%) Google
3 4 (19.05%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (9.52%) Darktrace
4 2 (9.52%) Zscaler
5 1 (4.76%) Cisco
5 1 (4.76%) Gemalto
5 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.76%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.76%) Splunk
5 1 (4.76%) Symantec
5 1 (4.76%) Thales