CompTIA Security+ Contracts in the North West

CompTIA Security+
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 124 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 3 9 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.14% 0.34% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.42% 1.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 0
10th Percentile £596 - -
25th Percentile £602 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £612 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% - -
75th Percentile £630 £475 -
90th Percentile £639 £525 -
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 719 753 916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 33.44% 28.36% 30.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 421 597
10th Percentile £289 £240 £363
25th Percentile £405 £405 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £611 £600 £611
90th Percentile £717 £695 £700
England median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.32% -2.28% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 128 66
10th Percentile £17.44 £10.95 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.16 £13.50 £23.03
Median hourly rate £31.00 £17.25 £40.59
Median % change year-on-year +79.71% -57.50% +11.98%
75th Percentile £59.98 £43.26 £49.14
90th Percentile £74.77 £62.50 £56.95
England median hourly rate £26.50 £43.00 £55.29
% change year-on-year -38.37% -22.22% +33.45%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the North West

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the North West.

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the North West

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Cheshire -11 2 £617 +20.93% 6
Manchester +10 1 £612 +36.00% 16
CompTIA Security+
England

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) SSL
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Unix
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Log Correlation
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Ticket Management
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) MCSA
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) CASB
1 3 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 3 (100.00%) Remedy
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
1 3 (100.00%) Tenable
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft