CompTIA Security+ Contracts in England

CompTIA Security+
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 624 728
Rank change year-on-year +135 +104 -109
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 42 16 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.033% 0.058%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.12% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 6 32
10th Percentile £353 £291 £414
25th Percentile £425 £331 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 £550
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -25.00% +30.95%
75th Percentile £633 £516 £675
90th Percentile £641 £681 £721
UK median daily rate £513 £444 £538
% change year-on-year +15.56% -17.49% +23.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.74 - -
UK median hourly rate £20.74 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CompTIA Security+ 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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,220 13,267 15,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.80% 27.53% 21.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,953 8,906 10,133
10th Percentile £313 £333 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 970 672 677
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.53 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.91 £20.87 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.93 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -24.42% +27.98% +10.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.23 £68.48
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.99 £43.95
% change year-on-year -27.26% +25.12% +20.41%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CompTIA Security+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in England.

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in England.

Hourly rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CompTIA Security+ within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
London +103 13 £500 +42.86% 11
South West +17 11 £500 - 6
North of England - 11 £450 - 15
North West - 9 £450 - 4
West Midlands +26 4 £618 - 1
Midlands +22 4 £618 +41.14% 2
South East +34 2 £613 +28.95% 8
Yorkshire - 2 £200 - 11
CompTIA Security+
UK

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (33.33%) Azure
2 12 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (4.76%) AWS
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.38%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) Firewall
2 4 (9.52%) Network Security
3 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
General
1 12 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 8 (19.05%) Manufacturing
4 6 (14.29%) Finance
5 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.76%) Retail
7 1 (2.38%) Advertising
7 1 (2.38%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (2.38%) Law
7 1 (2.38%) Police
Job Titles
1 10 (23.81%) Architect
1 10 (23.81%) Security Engineer
2 8 (19.05%) Analyst
2 8 (19.05%) Lead
2 8 (19.05%) Lead Architect
3 7 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 4 (9.52%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (7.14%) Consultant
5 3 (7.14%) Network Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Security Consultant
6 2 (4.76%) Senior
6 2 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) SOC Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) Regular Expression
2 1 (2.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.81%) Security Posture
2 8 (19.05%) CESG
3 5 (11.90%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.14%) Cyberattack
5 2 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.76%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (4.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.76%) Insider Threat
5 2 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (4.76%) Taxonomies
6 1 (2.38%) CCTV
6 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.90%) Linux
2 4 (9.52%) Windows
3 2 (4.76%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (30.95%) SIEM
3 12 (28.57%) Information Security
4 11 (26.19%) Incident Response
4 11 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (26.19%) Security Operations
5 8 (19.05%) Information Assurance
6 7 (16.67%) ITIL
6 7 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (16.67%) Threat Detection
6 7 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
7 6 (14.29%) Cloud Security
7 6 (14.29%) Computer Science
7 6 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 4 (9.52%) Analytics
8 4 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (9.52%) High Availability
8 4 (9.52%) Log Aggregation
8 4 (9.52%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (9.52%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.43%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (7.14%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.38%) Bash
3 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.38%) Python
3 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (78.57%) CISSP
2 27 (64.29%) CISM
3 14 (33.33%) CEH
4 13 (30.95%) CISA
4 13 (30.95%) SC Cleared
4 13 (30.95%) Security Cleared
5 9 (21.43%) SSCP
6 8 (19.05%) CISMP
6 8 (19.05%) Degree
6 8 (19.05%) ISACA
7 6 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (11.90%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (7.14%) Azure Certification
10 3 (7.14%) CCNA
10 3 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (4.76%) BC Cleared
11 2 (4.76%) CASP
11 2 (4.76%) GCED
11 2 (4.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (33.33%) NIST
3 12 (28.57%) GDPR
4 11 (26.19%) PCI DSS
5 9 (21.43%) HIPAA
6 2 (4.76%) COBIT
6 2 (4.76%) COSO
7 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (2.38%) NCSC
7 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.38%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (9.52%) QRadar
2 1 (2.38%) Nagios
2 1 (2.38%) Nessus
2 1 (2.38%) Terraform
2 1 (2.38%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 18 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.76%) Citrix
2 2 (4.76%) LogRhythm
2 2 (4.76%) Palo Alto
2 2 (4.76%) Rapid7
2 2 (4.76%) Splunk
2 2 (4.76%) TippingPoint
2 2 (4.76%) Trend Micro
3 1 (2.38%) Apple
3 1 (2.38%) Cisco
3 1 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.38%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.38%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.38%) SAP
3 1 (2.38%) VMware