CompTIA Security+ Contract Job Trends in Scotland

CompTIA Security+
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 113 141
Rank change year-on-year +12 +28 +29
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 9 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.59% 0.18% 0.042%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.43% 0.78% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 1
10th Percentile £434 £473 -
25th Percentile £551 £488 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year +11.10% +20.00% -41.67%
75th Percentile £611 £544 £444
90th Percentile £624 £548 -
UK median daily rate £520 £628 £635
% change year-on-year -17.13% -1.18% +5.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 370 386 719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 24.17% 23.06% 30.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 232 412
10th Percentile £181 £200 £182
25th Percentile £358 £359 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £600
90th Percentile £651 £649 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 19 30
10th Percentile £19.23 £16.40 £22.81
25th Percentile £19.38 £19.07 £51.86
Median hourly rate £22.27 £23.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% -61.67% +141.50%
75th Percentile £25.15 £28.07 £62.25
90th Percentile £28.76 £48.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -23.81% +16.67%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

CompTIA Security+ job vacancy trend in Scotland

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in Scotland over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA Security+ in Scotland

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
Glasgow +6 5 £575 +9.52% 6
South Lanarkshire - 3 £632 -
Edinburgh - 1 £250 - 3
CompTIA Security+
UK

CompTIA Security+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) DNS
1 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) Intranet
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Architect
3 3 (33.33%) Security Architect
4 2 (22.22%) IT Architect
4 2 (22.22%) IT Security Architect
4 2 (22.22%) Lead
5 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Senior
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) SIEM Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Splunk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Cyberattack
1 5 (55.56%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (11.11%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 6 (66.67%) SIEM
3 5 (55.56%) Incident Response
3 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) Security Operations
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
6 1 (11.11%) Active Listening
6 1 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (11.11%) ArchiMate
6 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
6 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
6 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) Functional Testing
6 1 (11.11%) ISMS
6 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 6 (66.67%) CompTIA CySA+
3 5 (55.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (44.44%) CISSP
5 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
5 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 3 (33.33%) SSCP
6 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
7 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
7 1 (11.11%) CEH
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Splunk
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft