CompTIA Security+ Contracts in London

CompTIA Security+
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 378 480
Rank change year-on-year +52 +102 +97
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 27 13 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.22% 0.073% 0.048%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.84% 0.30% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 6
10th Percentile £313 £263 £291
25th Percentile £322 £381 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £644
Median % change year-on-year - -22.33% +28.75%
75th Percentile £559 £619 £784
90th Percentile £625 £638 £813
England median daily rate £500 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £54.50 £20.74 -
% change year-on-year +162.78% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in London

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in London

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA Security+ in London

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London -1 1 £725 +48.72%
South London - 1 - -
CompTIA Security+
England

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (14.81%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 11 (40.74%) Azure
2 6 (22.22%) AWS
3 5 (18.52%) GCP
4 4 (14.81%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (40.74%) Firewall
1 11 (40.74%) Network Security
2 5 (18.52%) DNS
2 5 (18.52%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (14.81%) TCP/IP
4 3 (11.11%) HTTP
4 3 (11.11%) SMTP
5 2 (7.41%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) JIRA
General
1 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 11 (40.74%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Finance
4 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Banking
6 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (70.37%) Analyst
2 9 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) SOC Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Business Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Security Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
7 2 (7.41%) Junior
7 2 (7.41%) Junior Analyst
7 2 (7.41%) Junior Security Analyst
7 2 (7.41%) Security Specialist
8 1 (3.70%) Active Directory Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Architect
8 1 (3.70%) Desktop Support
8 1 (3.70%) Incident Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Security Architect
8 1 (3.70%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (3.70%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (14.81%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (11.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (7.41%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.70%) CMDB
4 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.70%) Replication
4 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.70%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (70.37%) Incident Response
3 14 (51.85%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (48.15%) SIEM
5 9 (33.33%) Security Operations
6 8 (29.63%) Cloud Security
7 7 (25.93%) Computer Science
8 6 (22.22%) Digital Forensics
8 6 (22.22%) Threat Detection
8 6 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
9 5 (18.52%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 5 (18.52%) Risk Assessment
9 5 (18.52%) Security Architecture
9 5 (18.52%) Threat Modelling
10 4 (14.81%) Agile
10 4 (14.81%) Business Analysis
10 4 (14.81%) Forensic Analysis
10 4 (14.81%) Security Monitoring
10 4 (14.81%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 4 (14.81%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 10 (37.04%) PowerShell
2 8 (29.63%) Python
3 3 (11.11%) Bash
4 2 (7.41%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 16 (59.26%) CISSP
2 11 (40.74%) Degree
2 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
3 9 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 8 (29.63%) CEH
5 7 (25.93%) GCIH
6 6 (22.22%) CISM
6 6 (22.22%) DV Cleared
7 5 (18.52%) GCIA
7 5 (18.52%) GIAC
8 4 (14.81%) CBAP
8 4 (14.81%) CCNA
8 4 (14.81%) CCSP
8 4 (14.81%) CISA
8 4 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (14.81%) CompTIA CySA+
8 4 (14.81%) OSCP
9 3 (11.11%) GCFA
10 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (51.85%) NIST
2 11 (40.74%) GDPR
3 10 (37.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (18.52%) HIPAA
5 4 (14.81%) PCI DSS
5 4 (14.81%) SOC 2
6 2 (7.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (7.41%) NCSC
6 2 (7.41%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) CSIRT
2 1 (3.70%) QRadar
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (11.11%) Google
3 2 (7.41%) Darktrace
3 2 (7.41%) Tenable
4 1 (3.70%) BMC
4 1 (3.70%) LogRhythm
4 1 (3.70%) Remedy
4 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.70%) Splunk