CompTIA Security+ Contracts in the West Midlands

CompTIA Security+
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 139 173
Rank change year-on-year +39 +34 -47
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 12 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.62% 0.042% 0.028%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.89% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile £601 - -
25th Percentile £608 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.03%
75th Percentile £635 - £525
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £600 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% +22.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 634 641 706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.66% 26.89% 19.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 401 394 492
10th Percentile £263 £313 £306
25th Percentile £358 £413 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £528 £469
Median % change year-on-year -14.69% +12.53% +14.33%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £563
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 27 15
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.60 £10.95
25th Percentile £22.16 £13.31 £13.25
Median hourly rate £28.50 £19.00 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% +1.33% +14.89%
75th Percentile £49.38 £24.16 £20.26
90th Percentile £58.75 £60.90 £21.55
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.66% +39.73% -3.75%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the West Midlands

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the West Midlands

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
Birmingham - 2 £600 - 2
CompTIA Security+
England

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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