CompTIA Security+ Contracts in the South East

CompTIA Security+
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 194 214
Rank change year-on-year +39 +20 +49
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 8 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.037% 0.017%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.58% 0.081% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £375 £579 -
25th Percentile - £584 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £613 £475
Median % change year-on-year -26.53% +28.95% +112.29%
75th Percentile £500 £634 £488
90th Percentile £620 £636 -
England median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,374 2,462 2,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.06% 45.06% 36.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 886 1,479 1,333
10th Percentile £255 £351 £305
25th Percentile £413 £450 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +2.94%
75th Percentile £600 £646 £623
90th Percentile £663 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 216 131
10th Percentile - £17.80 £19.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £26.93 £47.13
Median hourly rate £32.41 £57.35 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year -43.50% -6.94% +36.96%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.39 £72.42
90th Percentile £84.22 £87.46 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.80 £43.00 £56.35
% change year-on-year -40.00% -23.68% +36.25%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the South East

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the South East

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the South East over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA Security+ in the South East

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Thames Valley +26 6 £450 -26.53% 21
Berkshire +26 4 £450 -26.53% 11
Buckinghamshire - 2 £500 - 5
Hampshire - 1 £700 - 8
Kent - 1 £275 - 4
CompTIA Security+
England

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Local Government
2 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Security Architect
1 3 (37.50%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Applications Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Information Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
2 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (12.50%) Cyberattack
3 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (12.50%) NHS
3 1 (12.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Security Monitoring
2 3 (37.50%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (25.00%) Microservices
3 2 (25.00%) SOA
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C#
1 2 (25.00%) Java
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) Ruby
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) CISSP
2 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) CEH
3 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Degree
5 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
6 1 (12.50%) CCSK
6 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) GIAC
6 1 (12.50%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) GDPR
3 1 (12.50%) HIPAA
3 1 (12.50%) NIST
3 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) QRadar
1 2 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (12.50%) CASB
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Splunk
2 1 (12.50%) CyberArk
2 1 (12.50%) Forcepoint
2 1 (12.50%) Google