CompTIA Security+ Contract Job Trends in Newport

CompTIA Security+
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newport with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 2.63% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 4.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £394 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 22 50 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 57.89% 71.43% 60.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 16 50
10th Percentile £398 £226 £450
25th Percentile £519 £327 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £613
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -34.69% +7.46%
75th Percentile £713 - £650
90th Percentile £720 £419 £676
South Wales median daily rate £442 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +10.38% -23.81% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 29 8
10th Percentile £78.25 £15.20 £13.11
25th Percentile £79.38 £20.12 £19.34
Median hourly rate £82.50 £22.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +275.00% -49.71% +119.24%
75th Percentile £84.38 £48.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £84.75 £50.75 -
South Wales median hourly rate £22.84 £22.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +3.82% -38.03% +77.50%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

CompTIA Security+ job vacancy trend in Newport

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware