CCSK Contracts with Work from Home Options

Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for CCSK qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 442 601
Rank change year-on-year +108 +159 -123
Contract jobs citing CCSK 3 25 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% 0.098% 0.054%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.072% 0.38% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 15 15
10th Percentile £583 £645 £545
25th Percentile £594 - £631
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £750 £760
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -1.32% +38.18%
75th Percentile £719 - £770
90th Percentile £738 £795 £773
UK median daily rate £600 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,158 6,516 8,836
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.45% 25.48% 19.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,617 4,383 6,202
10th Percentile £325 £380 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £730 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 288 224
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.43 £19.40
25th Percentile £24.25 £42.50 £38.38
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +32.65% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £65.54
90th Percentile £82.13 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.82%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CCSK as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CCSK trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CCSK.

CCSK daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) IaaS
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Cloud Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) SABSA
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Business Case
3 1 (33.33%) Business Impact Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Management
3 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (66.67%) CISA
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCSP
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (33.33%) CRISC
3 1 (33.33%) FFIEC
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (33.33%) NCSC
2 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft