CompTIA Security+ Contracts with Work from Home Options

CompTIA Security+
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 331 438 591
Rank change year-on-year +107 +153 -108
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 14 16 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.095% 0.065% 0.048%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.36% 0.26% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 17
10th Percentile £125 £406 £425
25th Percentile £263 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £444 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% -11.30% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £638
90th Percentile £638 £617 £710
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,932 6,241 8,772
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.64% 25.33% 19.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,519 4,218 6,182
10th Percentile £335 £381 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 255 225
10th Percentile £14.79 £19.10 £20.54
25th Percentile £24.06 £42.50 £39.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £63.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% +28.57% +25.83%
75th Percentile £68.52 £71.63 £66.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.99 £43.95
% change year-on-year -27.26% +25.12% +20.41%

CompTIA Security+
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CompTIA Security+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CompTIA Security+ trend for jobs with a WFH option

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing CompTIA Security+.

CompTIA Security+ daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing CompTIA Security+ over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

CompTIA Security+ daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.14%) AWS
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (7.14%) Police
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Security Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) 1st Line Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Monitoring Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) Data Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Security Technical Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Security Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Threat Hunter
4 1 (7.14%) Voice Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Security Posture
2 2 (14.29%) Cyberattack
2 2 (14.29%) Insider Threat
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (28.57%) Log Aggregation
3 4 (28.57%) SIEM
3 4 (28.57%) Threat Detection
4 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) Cloud Security
4 3 (21.43%) Incident Response
5 2 (14.29%) Advanced Persistent Threat
5 2 (14.29%) Analytics
5 2 (14.29%) Data Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) DevSecOps
5 2 (14.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Security Hardening
5 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
6 1 (7.14%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) CISM
2 9 (64.29%) CISSP
3 4 (28.57%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (21.43%) CCNA
4 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (14.29%) Degree
6 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
6 1 (7.14%) CCSK
6 1 (7.14%) CISA
6 1 (7.14%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (7.14%) GCIH
6 1 (7.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) COBIT
1 2 (14.29%) COSO
1 2 (14.29%) GDPR
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
1 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
1 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) QRadar
2 1 (7.14%) Nagios
2 1 (7.14%) Nessus
2 1 (7.14%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco
3 1 (7.14%) CyberArk
3 1 (7.14%) ForeScout
3 1 (7.14%) Splunk
3 1 (7.14%) VMware