CompTIA Security+ Contracts in Berkshire

CompTIA Security+
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 122 114
Rank change year-on-year +34 -8 +19
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.43% 0.10% 0.055%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.18% 0.22% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile - £579 -
25th Percentile - £584 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £613 £450
Median % change year-on-year -26.53% +36.11% +100.00%
75th Percentile £499 £634 £475
90th Percentile £587 £636 -
South East median daily rate £500 £613 £463
% change year-on-year -18.37% +32.43% -5.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

CompTIA Security+ falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 423 893 581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.06% 45.01% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 431 341
10th Percentile £313 £206 £349
25th Percentile £450 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £656 £625 £635
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 82 39
10th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £20.70
25th Percentile £59.44 £52.90 £50.45
Median hourly rate £66.87 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.56% -5.23% +208.79%
75th Percentile £79.30 £75.24 £75.38
90th Percentile £88.73 £87.46 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in Berkshire

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in Berkshire

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA Security+ in Berkshire

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Wokingham - 4 £450 -
Slough - 1 £630 - 3
CompTIA Security+
South East

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Security Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Applications Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Information Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (20.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (40.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) SOA
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
1 2 (40.00%) Java
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Python
1 2 (40.00%) Ruby
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) CEH
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (20.00%) CCSK
4 1 (20.00%) CISA
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) GIAC
4 1 (20.00%) SANS
4 1 (20.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (40.00%) NIST
3 1 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (20.00%) NIST 800
3 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (20.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (20.00%) Forcepoint
1 1 (20.00%) Google