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 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 336 390 485
Rank change year-on-year +54 +95 +111
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 25 12 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.069% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.72% 0.29% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 2
10th Percentile £313 £225 £374
25th Percentile £388 £313 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £588
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -31.91% +17.50%
75th Percentile £531 £572 £722
90th Percentile £559 £738 £791
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 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 3,472 4,111 5,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.60% 23.71% 21.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,343 2,843 3,819
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £661 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £773 £799
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 100 85
10th Percentile £18.82 £16.25 £18.89
25th Percentile £25.07 £20.86 £30.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £26.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% -51.85% +28.57%
75th Percentile £46.88 £43.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £63.70 £68.75 £87.50
England median hourly rate £27.45 £43.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -36.16% -21.82% +32.53%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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
South London - 1 - - 10
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:

Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (40.00%) Azure
2 5 (20.00%) AWS
3 4 (16.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (12.00%) GCP
5 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (56.00%) Firewall
2 6 (24.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (20.00%) DNS
3 5 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 4 (16.00%) Network Security
5 3 (12.00%) HTTP
5 3 (12.00%) SMTP
6 1 (4.00%) DHCP
6 1 (4.00%) SSL
6 1 (4.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (28.00%) Finance
4 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (8.00%) Legal
4 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Analyst
2 9 (36.00%) Security Analyst
3 8 (32.00%) SOC Analyst
4 7 (28.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Security Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Junior
6 2 (8.00%) Junior Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Junior Security Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Security Specialist
7 1 (4.00%) Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Desktop Support
7 1 (4.00%) Incident Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) Network Project Manager
7 1 (4.00%) Network Security Manager
7 1 (4.00%) Project Manager
7 1 (4.00%) Security Manager
7 1 (4.00%) Security Project Manager
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 4 (16.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 4 (16.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (8.00%) e-Learning
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (4.00%) CMDB
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.00%) Linux
3 1 (4.00%) Unix
3 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (72.00%) Incident Response
3 13 (52.00%) Security Operations
3 13 (52.00%) SIEM
4 12 (48.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 10 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 10 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (28.00%) Computer Science
6 7 (28.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 6 (24.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 6 (24.00%) Digital Forensics
7 6 (24.00%) Information Security
8 5 (20.00%) Cloud Security
8 5 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (20.00%) Security Architecture
8 5 (20.00%) Threat Detection
9 4 (16.00%) Security Monitoring
9 4 (16.00%) SOAR
9 4 (16.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 4 (16.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 11 (44.00%) PowerShell
2 10 (40.00%) Python
3 6 (24.00%) Bash
4 4 (16.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (48.00%) CISSP
2 9 (36.00%) Degree
3 8 (32.00%) CEH
4 7 (28.00%) GCIH
5 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
5 6 (24.00%) Security Cleared
6 5 (20.00%) GCIA
6 5 (20.00%) GIAC
6 5 (20.00%) OSCP
7 4 (16.00%) CCNA
7 4 (16.00%) CCSP
7 4 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (16.00%) CISM
7 4 (16.00%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (16.00%) SSCP
8 3 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (12.00%) GCFA
9 2 (8.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (36.00%) NIST
2 7 (28.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (16.00%) GDPR
4 2 (8.00%) HIPAA
4 2 (8.00%) NCSC
4 2 (8.00%) NIST 800
5 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) CSIRT
2 1 (4.00%) CASB
2 1 (4.00%) Nessus
2 1 (4.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) ServiceNow
3 5 (20.00%) Splunk
4 3 (12.00%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (12.00%) Google
4 3 (12.00%) Oracle
4 3 (12.00%) Salesforce
4 3 (12.00%) SAP
5 2 (8.00%) Darktrace
5 2 (8.00%) Remedy
6 1 (4.00%) BMC
6 1 (4.00%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.00%) Cisco
6 1 (4.00%) Citrix
6 1 (4.00%) CyberArk
6 1 (4.00%) Forcepoint
6 1 (4.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.00%) LogRhythm
6 1 (4.00%) Tenable