CompTIA Security+ Contract Job Trends 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 2 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 101 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.34% 0.12% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.96% 0.27% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £350 £579 -
25th Percentile £388 £584 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £613 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.53% - -
75th Percentile - £634 -
90th Percentile - £636 -
South East median daily rate £475 £613 £570
% change year-on-year -22.45% +7.46% +52.51%

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 415 754 665
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.23% 44.07% 37.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 405 389
10th Percentile £313 £334 £265
25th Percentile £425 £458 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £601 £663 £623
90th Percentile £700 £738 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 68 42
10th Percentile £26.27 £41.50 £26.12
25th Percentile £32.05 £56.65 £51.10
Median hourly rate £54.49 £63.15 £63.84
Median % change year-on-year -13.72% -1.08% +203.63%
75th Percentile £82.94 £85.75 £74.19
90th Percentile £88.87 £98.25 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% -4.42% +33.33%

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+
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CompTIA Security+.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing CompTIA Security+

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 September 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 2 September 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 - 3 £450 -
Reading - 1 £325 - 8
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Applications Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support
2 1 (25.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Clustering
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) SOA
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) CEH
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (25.00%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) FireEye
1 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (25.00%) Tanium