CCSK Job Trends in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CCSK qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 326 - 343
Rank change year-on-year - - -29
Permanent jobs citing CCSK 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.017% - 0.022%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.084% - 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73,750 - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - £70,000
75th Percentile £81,250 - £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £82,500 £95,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -13.16% +15.15% -21.43%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,569 3,661 4,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.30% 40.37% 31.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,117 1,688 2,536
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,250 £53,156
Median % change year-on-year +19.40% -5.47% +1.25%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

CCSK job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CCSK.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CCSK

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CCSK within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire - 3 £77,500 - 2
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England

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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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Military
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 3 (100.00%) ISMS
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Security Management
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST