CompTIA Security+ Contracts in England

CompTIA Security+
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 634 743
Rank change year-on-year +145 +109 -143
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 49 21 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.042% 0.058%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% 0.15% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 10 33
10th Percentile £385 £318 £357
25th Percentile £425 £369 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% +22.35%
75th Percentile £635 £717 £675
90th Percentile £653 £793 -
UK median daily rate £615 £531 £500
% change year-on-year +15.76% +6.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.74 - -
UK median hourly rate £20.74 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,584 14,001 15,355
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 27.74% 21.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,111 9,375 10,071
10th Percentile £300 £330 £315
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 980 748 693
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.15 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.66% +39.73% -3.75%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.04 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +5.73%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in England.

Hourly rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 28 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
London +107 13 £500 -22.33% 16
West Midlands +42 12 £618 - 2
Midlands +34 12 £618 +41.14% 4
South West +25 11 £675 - 6
North of England - 11 £450 - 8
North West - 9 £450 - 6
South East +20 2 £613 +32.43% 6
Yorkshire - 2 £200 - 2
CompTIA Security+
UK

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 18 (36.73%) Azure
2 15 (30.61%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (6.12%) AWS
4 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.04%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (18.37%) Firewall
2 8 (16.33%) Network Security
3 1 (2.04%) Junos
3 1 (2.04%) SDH
3 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.04%) Unified Communications
General
1 16 (32.65%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.33%) Manufacturing
4 6 (12.24%) Finance
5 4 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.08%) Retail
7 1 (2.04%) Advertising
7 1 (2.04%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (2.04%) Law
7 1 (2.04%) Police
Job Titles
1 11 (22.45%) Architect
2 10 (20.41%) Security Engineer
3 8 (16.33%) Analyst
3 8 (16.33%) Lead
3 8 (16.33%) Lead Architect
4 7 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 7 (14.29%) SOC Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) SOC Analyst
5 4 (8.16%) Splunk Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Network Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Data Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) IT Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Security Architect
7 2 (4.08%) Senior
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 16 (32.65%) Security Posture
2 10 (20.41%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (16.33%) CESG
3 8 (16.33%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.12%) Cyberattack
4 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.08%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (4.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.08%) Insider Threat
5 2 (4.08%) Taxonomies
6 1 (2.04%) CCTV
6 1 (2.04%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Linux
2 4 (8.16%) Windows
3 2 (4.08%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.04%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (73.47%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (42.86%) SIEM
3 19 (38.78%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (38.78%) Security Operations
4 18 (36.73%) Incident Response
5 14 (28.57%) Computer Science
6 12 (24.49%) Information Security
7 11 (22.45%) Analytics
8 10 (20.41%) Threat Detection
8 10 (20.41%) Threat Intelligence
9 8 (16.33%) Information Assurance
9 8 (16.33%) ITIL
10 7 (14.29%) Cloud Security
10 7 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
11 6 (12.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 6 (12.24%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 5 (10.20%) Data Analytics
12 5 (10.20%) Identity Access Management
13 4 (8.16%) High Availability
13 4 (8.16%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.53%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.04%) Bash
3 1 (2.04%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.04%) Python
3 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (79.59%) CISSP
2 25 (51.02%) CISM
3 22 (44.90%) SC Cleared
3 22 (44.90%) Security Cleared
4 16 (32.65%) Degree
5 14 (28.57%) CEH
5 14 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (26.53%) CISA
7 9 (18.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (18.37%) SSCP
8 8 (16.33%) Azure Certification
8 8 (16.33%) CISMP
8 8 (16.33%) ISACA
9 4 (8.16%) CCNA
9 4 (8.16%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (8.16%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (4.08%) BC Cleared
10 2 (4.08%) GCED
10 2 (4.08%) GIAC
10 2 (4.08%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (36.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (24.49%) NIST
3 10 (20.41%) GDPR
4 9 (18.37%) HIPAA
4 9 (18.37%) PCI DSS
5 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (2.04%) NCSC
5 1 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) QRadar
2 1 (2.04%) Nagios
2 1 (2.04%) Nessus
2 1 (2.04%) Terraform
2 1 (2.04%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 23 (46.94%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.20%) Splunk
3 3 (6.12%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.08%) Cisco
4 2 (4.08%) Citrix
4 2 (4.08%) LogRhythm
4 2 (4.08%) Rapid7
4 2 (4.08%) TippingPoint
4 2 (4.08%) Trend Micro
4 2 (4.08%) VMware
5 1 (2.04%) Apple
5 1 (2.04%) Ciena
5 1 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (2.04%) EMC
5 1 (2.04%) Google
5 1 (2.04%) Juniper
5 1 (2.04%) Nokia
5 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.04%) SAP