CompTIA Security+ Contracts in the Midlands

CompTIA Security+
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 131 153 196
Rank change year-on-year +22 +43 -45
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 4 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.15% 0.15% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 0.55% 0.100%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £600 £368 -
25th Percentile £600 £394 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +41.14% -12.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £635 £481 £525
90th Percentile - £508 -
England median daily rate £500 £413 £550
% change year-on-year +21.21% -25.00% +30.95%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 859 908 1,005
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 31.92% 27.68% 20.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 536 582 679
10th Percentile £230 £271 £200
25th Percentile £325 £404 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £550
90th Percentile £684 £700 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 58 36
10th Percentile £13.20 £10.75 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.00 £13.31 £13.75
Median hourly rate £24.65 £19.64 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.51% -1.80% +25.00%
75th Percentile £42.50 £33.50 £25.47
90th Percentile £56.75 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.93 £41.36
% change year-on-year -24.42% +27.98% +10.28%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the Midlands

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the Midlands

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands +26 4 £618 - 1
CompTIA Security+
England

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Data Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) SOC Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
1 2 (50.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Change Control
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Offensive Security
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (50.00%) BC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CASP
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) GCED
2 2 (50.00%) GIAC
2 2 (50.00%) GSEC
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
1 2 (50.00%) LogRhythm
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (50.00%) TippingPoint
1 2 (50.00%) Trend Micro