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 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 326 451 599
Rank change year-on-year +125 +148 -137
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 15 17 16
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.100% 0.068% 0.036%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.27% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 14
10th Percentile £129 - £377
25th Percentile £300 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £457 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.94% -8.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £623 £590 £525
90th Percentile £638 £788 £655
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
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 4,100 6,366 8,706
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.20% 25.37% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,587 4,286 6,114
10th Percentile £331 £381 £369
25th Percentile £440 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 275 222
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.25 £19.37
25th Percentile £25.13 £42.50 £35.63
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.68 £48.79
Median % change year-on-year -33.51% +32.56% +21.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £65.44
90th Percentile £83.20 £83.40 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

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 9 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 (26.67%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.67%) AWS
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (6.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) Network Security
General
1 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (6.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) 1st Line Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Monitoring Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) SOC Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Data Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Security Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) Threat Hunter
4 1 (6.67%) Voice Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Voice Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (13.33%) Cyberattack
3 2 (13.33%) Insider Threat
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (40.00%) SIEM
4 5 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 5 (33.33%) Threat Detection
5 4 (26.67%) Analytics
5 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (26.67%) Log Aggregation
6 3 (20.00%) Cloud Security
6 3 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
7 2 (13.33%) Advanced Persistent Threat
7 2 (13.33%) Agile
7 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
7 2 (13.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 2 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (13.33%) Risk Analysis
7 2 (13.33%) Test Strategy
8 1 (6.67%) Information Security
8 1 (6.67%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) CISSP
2 9 (60.00%) CISM
3 4 (26.67%) Degree
4 3 (20.00%) CCNA
4 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (13.33%) Azure Certification
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
5 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
6 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (6.67%) CCSK
6 1 (6.67%) CISA
6 1 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (6.67%) GCIH
6 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.67%) COBIT
2 1 (6.67%) COSO
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
2 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
1 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) QRadar
2 1 (6.67%) Nagios
2 1 (6.67%) Nessus
2 1 (6.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco
3 1 (6.67%) ForeScout
3 1 (6.67%) Splunk
3 1 (6.67%) VMware