CompTIA Security+ Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

CompTIA Security+
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.51% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £545 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +11.79% -2.50% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 183 119 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 46.92% 48.97% 58.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 85 145
10th Percentile £227 £225 £435
25th Percentile £380 £425 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £606 £700 £660
90th Percentile £650 £815 £725
South West median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 17
10th Percentile £31.60 £27.02 -
25th Percentile £37.00 £27.28 £15.75
Median hourly rate £57.25 £54.99 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.11% +83.30% -61.54%
75th Percentile £76.75 £75.00 £40.00
90th Percentile - - £68.75
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £25.72 £65.00
% change year-on-year +123.02% -60.44% -3.70%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

CompTIA Security+ job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
Gloucester - 1 £525 - 2
CompTIA Security+
South West

CompTIA Security+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (50.00%) Datadog
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Auditor
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Auditor
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (50.00%) Spring
1 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (50.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (50.00%) GitOps
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CISMP
2 1 (50.00%) CRISC
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) Grafana
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform