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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 157 206
Rank change year-on-year +30 +49 -58
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 12 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.44% 0.15% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.35% 0.51% 0.100%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 1
10th Percentile £601 £368 -
25th Percentile £608 £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 £600 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% +22.35%

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 890 974 1,001
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.62% 28.31% 19.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 620 672
10th Percentile £225 £250 £210
25th Percentile £325 £400 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £509 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.55% +13.06% +11.80%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 75 37
10th Percentile £13.25 £11.32 £11.05
25th Percentile £17.00 £14.75 £13.73
Median hourly rate £24.65 £18.75 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.47% -6.25% +20.19%
75th Percentile £43.13 £26.81 £24.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

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 27 April 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 +41 12 £618 - 2
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 6 (50.00%) Azure
1 6 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Firewall
1 7 (58.33%) Network Security
General
1 8 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) SOC Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Splunk Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Data Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 10 (83.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (75.00%) Security Posture
3 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
4 2 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
4 2 (16.67%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 12 (100.00%) SIEM
2 10 (83.33%) Computer Science
2 10 (83.33%) Security Operations
3 9 (75.00%) Analytics
3 9 (75.00%) Incident Response
4 7 (58.33%) Cloud Security
5 5 (41.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 5 (41.67%) Data Analytics
5 5 (41.67%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (41.67%) Threat Detection
5 5 (41.67%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (33.33%) Event Correlation
6 4 (33.33%) Log Analytics
7 2 (16.67%) High Availability
7 2 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 2 (16.67%) Network Architecture
7 2 (16.67%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (83.33%) CISSP
2 10 (83.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (83.33%) Degree
3 6 (50.00%) Azure Certification
3 6 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (16.67%) BC Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (16.67%) CASP
4 2 (16.67%) GCED
4 2 (16.67%) GIAC
4 2 (16.67%) GSEC
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Splunk
3 2 (16.67%) Citrix
3 2 (16.67%) LogRhythm
3 2 (16.67%) Palo Alto
3 2 (16.67%) TippingPoint
3 2 (16.67%) Trend Micro