CompTIA Security+ Contract Job Trends in South Wales

CompTIA Security+
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.29% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.05% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 - -
Wales median daily rate £238 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 95 140 150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 27.62% 37.43% 38.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 62 122
10th Percentile £212 £131 £183
25th Percentile £254 £193 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £520
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% -23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £600 £545 £638
90th Percentile £738 £690 £675
Wales median daily rate £414 £409 £500
% change year-on-year +1.28% -18.20% -6.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 29 12
10th Percentile - £15.20 £14.12
25th Percentile £13.08 £20.12 £21.32
Median hourly rate £22.84 £22.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.82% -38.03% +77.50%
75th Percentile £37.65 £48.75 £53.19
90th Percentile £82.50 £53.75 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £25.15 £24.42 £33.50
% change year-on-year +2.99% -27.10% +67.88%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

CompTIA Security+ job vacancy trend in South Wales

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
Cardiff - 1 £238 - 4
CompTIA Security+
Wales

CompTIA Security+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC