Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CCSK qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 570 653 813
Rank change year-on-year +83 +160 -130
Contract jobs citing CCSK 16 54 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.095% 0.051%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.12% 0.35% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 29 30
10th Percentile £525 £620 £549
25th Percentile £581 £625 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £675
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £733 £750 £763
90th Percentile £769 - £771
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £650
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,805 15,431 19,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.96% 27.20% 21.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,996 10,294 12,712
10th Percentile £310 £335 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £631
90th Percentile £738 £740 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,072 753 777
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +27.14%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.56 £58.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.64 £67.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £51.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.50% +47.14% +9.38%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CCSK as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CCSK in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CCSK.

Daily rate trend for CCSK in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CCSK over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CCSK in the UK

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Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CCSK within the UK over the 6 months to 27 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +67 16 £650 -7.14% 5
London +63 12 £715 +2.14% 2
UK excluding London +45 3 £600 - 5
South East +18 3 £600 +20.00% 2
Work from Home +95 2 £700 -6.67% 5

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (25.00%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (12.50%) IaaS
3 2 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) DNS
2 2 (12.50%) SNMP
3 1 (6.25%) Internet
General
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Architect
1 9 (56.25%) Security Architect
2 5 (31.25%) Senior
2 5 (31.25%) Senior Architect
2 5 (31.25%) Senior Security Architect
3 4 (25.00%) Information Officer
3 4 (25.00%) Information Security Officer
3 4 (25.00%) Security Officer
4 2 (12.50%) IT Architect
4 2 (12.50%) IT Security Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Operational Security Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Operations Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Security Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Cloud Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Senior Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Management Information System
2 4 (25.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (12.50%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (12.50%) IoT
3 2 (12.50%) Security Posture
4 1 (6.25%) BBC
4 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) SABSA
2 8 (50.00%) Information Security
3 7 (43.75%) Cloud Security
3 7 (43.75%) Risk Management
4 6 (37.50%) Security Architecture
5 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (31.25%) TOGAF
6 3 (18.75%) Data Protection
6 3 (18.75%) Ethical Hacking
7 2 (12.50%) Adaptive Security
7 2 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (12.50%) DevOps
7 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (12.50%) Investment Management
7 2 (12.50%) Migration
7 2 (12.50%) Presales
7 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 2 (12.50%) Security Management
7 2 (12.50%) Time Management
7 2 (12.50%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 15 (93.75%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (87.50%) CISSP
3 10 (62.50%) CISM
4 9 (56.25%) CISA
5 7 (43.75%) CCSP
6 6 (37.50%) CRISC
6 6 (37.50%) GIAC
7 5 (31.25%) CEH
8 4 (25.00%) CCNP
8 4 (25.00%) SANS
9 2 (12.50%) Azure Certification
9 2 (12.50%) Degree
9 2 (12.50%) FFIEC
9 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
10 1 (6.25%) CCA
10 1 (6.25%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (6.25%) GCIA
10 1 (6.25%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (56.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (50.00%) NIST
3 6 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 6 (37.50%) NIST 800
4 2 (12.50%) GDPR
4 2 (12.50%) GRC
5 1 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Cisco
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft