Hybrid/Remote CCSAM Job Trends

CREST Certified Simulated Attack Manager (CC SAM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for CCSAM qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CCSAM 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.006% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.021% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary - £105,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +50.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

CCSAM 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,682 3,929 8,041
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.77% 29.30% 26.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,600 2,443 5,851
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,500 £59,063 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.03% +7.39% -4.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

CCSAM job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Testing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Red Team
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Tradecraft
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (100.00%) Perl
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GPEN
1 1 (100.00%) GXPN
1 1 (100.00%) OSCE
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations