CompTIA Security+ Contracts in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 356 422 495
Rank change year-on-year +66 +73 -71
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 29 22 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.096% 0.053%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.29% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 15
10th Percentile £423 - £438
25th Percentile £425 £413 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £457 £625
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -26.88% +51.52%
75th Percentile £613 £556 £675
90th Percentile £636 £588 £765
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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,404 7,527 8,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.48% 32.71% 26.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,312 5,028 5,210
10th Percentile £270 £286 £260
25th Percentile £425 £422 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £600
90th Percentile £725 £709 £675
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 598 524
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.91 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.33 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% +42.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.94 £56.25
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £68.11
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
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% 9
Yorkshire - 2 £200 - 11
Scotland +28 1 £425 -4.17% 1
CompTIA Security+
UK

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (37.93%) Azure
1 11 (37.93%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.45%) AWS
2 1 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) Firewall
2 4 (13.79%) Network Security
3 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (27.59%) Manufacturing
2 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.90%) Finance
5 1 (3.45%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (3.45%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Architect
1 8 (27.59%) Lead
1 8 (27.59%) Lead Architect
2 7 (24.14%) Analyst
3 5 (17.24%) Security Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Network Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Data Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Security Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Senior
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) SOC Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) IT Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) IT Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) Regular Expression
2 1 (3.45%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) CESG
2 7 (24.14%) Security Posture
3 4 (13.79%) Management Information System
4 3 (10.34%) Cyberattack
4 3 (10.34%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (6.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
5 2 (6.90%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (6.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (6.90%) Insider Threat
5 2 (6.90%) Taxonomies
6 1 (3.45%) CCTV
6 1 (3.45%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Linux
2 3 (10.34%) Windows
3 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.90%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (41.38%) Security Operations
3 11 (37.93%) Incident Response
4 10 (34.48%) Information Security
5 8 (27.59%) Information Assurance
6 7 (24.14%) Cloud Security
6 7 (24.14%) SIEM
6 7 (24.14%) Threat Intelligence
7 6 (20.69%) ITIL
7 6 (20.69%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (17.24%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (13.79%) Analytics
9 4 (13.79%) Test Strategy
10 3 (10.34%) Agile
10 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 3 (10.34%) Incident Management
10 3 (10.34%) Runbook
10 3 (10.34%) Service Management
10 3 (10.34%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (10.34%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.45%) Bash
3 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.45%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (72.41%) CISSP
2 19 (65.52%) CISM
3 13 (44.83%) SC Cleared
3 13 (44.83%) Security Cleared
4 9 (31.03%) SSCP
5 8 (27.59%) CEH
5 8 (27.59%) CISA
5 8 (27.59%) CISMP
5 8 (27.59%) ISACA
6 5 (17.24%) Degree
7 4 (13.79%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (6.90%) CASP
8 2 (6.90%) CCNA
8 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (6.90%) GCED
8 2 (6.90%) GIAC
8 2 (6.90%) GSEC
8 2 (6.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (58.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (37.93%) GDPR
2 11 (37.93%) NIST
2 11 (37.93%) PCI DSS
3 9 (31.03%) HIPAA
4 2 (6.90%) COBIT
4 2 (6.90%) COSO
5 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.45%) NCSC
5 1 (3.45%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Nessus
Vendors
1 11 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Citrix
2 2 (6.90%) LogRhythm
2 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
2 2 (6.90%) TippingPoint
2 2 (6.90%) Trend Micro
3 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.45%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.45%) ForeScout
3 1 (3.45%) Splunk