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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 490 627 751
Rank change year-on-year +137 +124 -145
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 48 21 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.042% 0.053%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% 0.15% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 10 30
10th Percentile £381 £318 £358
25th Percentile £425 £369 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -1.96% +20.00%
75th Percentile £635 £717 £663
90th Percentile £638 £793 £680
UK median daily rate £600 £531 £500
% change year-on-year +12.94% +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 11,509 13,878 15,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.22% 27.75% 21.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,093 9,286 10,105
10th Percentile £310 £331 £319
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.60%
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 983 746 688
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.07 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £38.90
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +34.98% +2.36%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.25 £55.88
90th Percentile £76.64 £80.25 £67.59
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.82%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +101 13 £500 -22.33% 14
Midlands +35 11 £618 +41.14% 2
West Midlands +35 11 £618 - 1
South West +33 11 £618 - 5
North of England - 11 £450 - 9
North West - 9 £450 - 5
South East +22 2 £613 +32.43% 5
Yorkshire - 2 £200 - 4
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 16 (33.33%) Azure
2 14 (29.17%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (4.17%) AWS
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.08%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.67%) Firewall
2 6 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
General
1 15 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (29.17%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 6 (12.50%) Finance
5 3 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.17%) Retail
7 1 (2.08%) Advertising
7 1 (2.08%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (2.08%) Law
7 1 (2.08%) Police
Job Titles
1 10 (20.83%) Architect
1 10 (20.83%) Security Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Analyst
2 8 (16.67%) Lead
2 8 (16.67%) Lead Architect
3 7 (14.58%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 6 (12.50%) SOC Engineer
5 4 (8.33%) SOC Analyst
5 4 (8.33%) Splunk Engineer
6 3 (6.25%) Network Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Applications Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Consultant
7 2 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Data Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) IT Manager
7 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Security Architect
7 2 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.17%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 15 (31.25%) Security Posture
2 9 (18.75%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (16.67%) CESG
4 7 (14.58%) Management Information System
5 3 (6.25%) Cyberattack
5 3 (6.25%) Onboarding
6 2 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (4.17%) Cloud Native
6 2 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (4.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (4.17%) Insider Threat
6 2 (4.17%) Taxonomies
7 1 (2.08%) CCTV
7 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
7 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.42%) Linux
2 4 (8.33%) Windows
3 2 (4.17%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (72.92%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (41.67%) SIEM
3 18 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (37.50%) Security Operations
4 17 (35.42%) Incident Response
5 13 (27.08%) Computer Science
6 12 (25.00%) Information Security
7 10 (20.83%) Analytics
8 9 (18.75%) Threat Detection
8 9 (18.75%) Threat Intelligence
9 8 (16.67%) Information Assurance
10 7 (14.58%) Cloud Security
10 7 (14.58%) ITIL
10 7 (14.58%) Penetration Testing
11 6 (12.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 5 (10.42%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 4 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
13 4 (8.33%) Event Correlation
13 4 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
13 4 (8.33%) Log Aggregation
Programming Languages
1 12 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.08%) Bash
3 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.08%) Python
3 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (81.25%) CISSP
2 26 (54.17%) CISM
3 20 (41.67%) SC Cleared
3 20 (41.67%) Security Cleared
4 15 (31.25%) Degree
5 14 (29.17%) CEH
6 13 (27.08%) CISA
6 13 (27.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (18.75%) SSCP
8 8 (16.67%) CISMP
8 8 (16.67%) ISACA
9 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (12.50%) Azure Certification
11 4 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (6.25%) CCNA
12 3 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (4.17%) BC Cleared
13 2 (4.17%) GCED
13 2 (4.17%) GIAC
13 2 (4.17%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (27.08%) NIST
3 11 (22.92%) GDPR
4 10 (20.83%) PCI DSS
5 9 (18.75%) HIPAA
6 1 (2.08%) COBIT
6 1 (2.08%) COSO
6 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (2.08%) NCSC
6 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.33%) QRadar
2 1 (2.08%) Nagios
2 1 (2.08%) Nessus
2 1 (2.08%) Terraform
2 1 (2.08%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 21 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.42%) Splunk
3 2 (4.17%) Citrix
3 2 (4.17%) LogRhythm
3 2 (4.17%) Palo Alto
3 2 (4.17%) Rapid7
3 2 (4.17%) TippingPoint
3 2 (4.17%) Trend Micro
4 1 (2.08%) Apple
4 1 (2.08%) Cisco
4 1 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.08%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.08%) SAP
4 1 (2.08%) VMware