CompTIA Security+ Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

CompTIA Security+
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.67% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £627 - -
25th Percentile £638 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £655 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £643 £700 £570
% change year-on-year -8.21% +22.81% +16.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 186 125 239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 41.24% 42.23% 42.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 94 200
10th Percentile £333 £210 £309
25th Percentile £463 £326 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £450 £528
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% -14.69% +17.22%
75th Percentile £599 £560 £638
90th Percentile £640 £630 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 3 4
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.34 £15.90
25th Percentile £19.34 £15.35 £15.96
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.70 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.49% +3.89% +9.09%
75th Percentile £29.61 £28.35 £32.50
90th Percentile - £34.14 £55.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CompTIA Security+ relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

CompTIA Security+ job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 20 January 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 3 £655 - 7
CompTIA Security+
South East

CompTIA Security+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 2 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Splunk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk