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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 425 497
Rank change year-on-year +60 +72 -70
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 31 22 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.094% 0.049%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 0.28% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 11 15
10th Percentile - - £344
25th Percentile £425 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £457 £550
Median % change year-on-year +14.88% -16.91% +33.33%
75th Percentile £625 £556 £675
90th Percentile £635 £588 £729
UK median daily rate £600 £466 £500
% change year-on-year +28.75% -6.80% +9.89%
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 7,550 7,726 7,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.86% 32.93% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,354 5,173 5,169
10th Percentile £270 £287 £255
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £600
90th Percentile £725 £712 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 644 522
10th Percentile £13.52 £13.94 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £16.52
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £31.89
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +56.79% -7.67%
75th Percentile £63.29 £65.75 £55.96
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

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 9 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 9 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
North of England - 11 £450 - 11
South West +24 10 £700 - 5
North West - 9 £450 - 3
Midlands +37 7 £615 +40.57% 6
West Midlands +28 7 £615 - 3
South East +26 2 £613 +28.95% 7
Yorkshire - 2 £200 - 7
Scotland +28 1 £425 -4.17% 4
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 (35.48%) Azure
1 11 (35.48%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.23%) AWS
2 1 (3.23%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (22.58%) Firewall
2 5 (16.13%) Network Security
3 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (25.81%) Manufacturing
1 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.90%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.45%) Finance
5 1 (3.23%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (3.23%) Law
5 1 (3.23%) Police
Job Titles
1 8 (25.81%) Architect
1 8 (25.81%) Lead
1 8 (25.81%) Lead Architect
2 7 (22.58%) Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Security Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) SOC Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) SOC Engineer
5 3 (9.68%) Network Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Data Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Senior
6 2 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Splunk Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) Data Network Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) IT Analyst
7 1 (3.23%) IT Engineer
7 1 (3.23%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) Security Posture
2 8 (25.81%) CESG
3 6 (19.35%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (16.13%) Management Information System
5 3 (9.68%) Cyberattack
6 2 (6.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
6 2 (6.45%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (6.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (6.45%) Insider Threat
6 2 (6.45%) Taxonomies
7 1 (3.23%) CCTV
7 1 (3.23%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Linux
2 3 (9.68%) Windows
3 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (67.74%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (48.39%) Security Operations
3 14 (45.16%) Incident Response
4 10 (32.26%) Information Security
4 10 (32.26%) SIEM
5 9 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (25.81%) Information Assurance
6 8 (25.81%) Threat Intelligence
7 7 (22.58%) Analytics
7 7 (22.58%) Cloud Security
8 6 (19.35%) ITIL
8 6 (19.35%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 5 (16.13%) Computer Science
9 5 (16.13%) Penetration Testing
10 4 (12.90%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 4 (12.90%) Test Strategy
10 4 (12.90%) Threat Detection
11 3 (9.68%) Data Analytics
11 3 (9.68%) Identity Access Management
11 3 (9.68%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 10 (32.26%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.23%) Bash
3 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.23%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (74.19%) CISSP
2 18 (58.06%) CISM
3 16 (51.61%) SC Cleared
3 16 (51.61%) Security Cleared
4 9 (29.03%) SSCP
5 8 (25.81%) CEH
5 8 (25.81%) CISA
5 8 (25.81%) CISMP
5 8 (25.81%) Degree
5 8 (25.81%) ISACA
6 5 (16.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (9.68%) Azure Certification
7 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (9.68%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (6.45%) BC Cleared
8 2 (6.45%) CASP
8 2 (6.45%) CCNA
8 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (6.45%) GIAC
8 2 (6.45%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (54.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (32.26%) GDPR
2 10 (32.26%) NIST
2 10 (32.26%) PCI DSS
3 9 (29.03%) HIPAA
4 1 (3.23%) COBIT
4 1 (3.23%) COSO
4 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (3.23%) NCSC
4 1 (3.23%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Nessus
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Citrix
2 2 (6.45%) LogRhythm
2 2 (6.45%) Palo Alto
2 2 (6.45%) Splunk
2 2 (6.45%) TippingPoint
2 2 (6.45%) Trend Micro
3 1 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.23%) ForeScout