Hybrid/Remote CCSM Contract Job Trends

Check Point Security Master (CCSM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for CCSM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CCSM 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.017% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.047% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £456 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £463 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CCSM 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 4,260 2,775 4,249
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 35.41% 27.79% 27.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,967 1,871 2,651
10th Percentile £352 £350 £331
25th Percentile £425 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £603 £613 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -1.43% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 107 260
10th Percentile £21.66 £19.70 £15.75
25th Percentile £39.08 £26.25 £24.19
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.25 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +28.49% -33.85%
75th Percentile £82.25 £68.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £94.63 £86.00 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £47.00 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +10.59% +6.25% -25.93%

CCSM
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CCSM and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

CCSM job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

CCSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (100.00%) VSAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) NOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Presales
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) CCSE
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (100.00%) VMware