CompTIA Security+ Contracts in the Thames Valley

CompTIA Security+
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 143 149
Rank change year-on-year +48 +6 +16
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 7 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.46% 0.074% 0.068%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.28% 0.18% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile - £579 £429
25th Percentile £450 £584 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £613 £463
Median % change year-on-year -22.45% +32.43% +105.56%
75th Percentile £500 £634 £484
90th Percentile £573 £636 £486
South East median daily rate £500 £613 £463
% change year-on-year -18.37% +32.43% -5.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 547 1,103 1,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.20% 41.06% 34.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 588 696
10th Percentile £313 £213 £319
25th Percentile £436 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £620 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £690
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 107 45
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.30 £20.10
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £58.30 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -9.86% +207.61%
75th Percentile £71.38 £70.44 £74.79
90th Percentile £87.46 £87.18 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the Thames Valley

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the Thames Valley

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA Security+ in the Thames Valley

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +34 5 £450 -26.53% 10
Buckinghamshire - 2 £500 - 6
CompTIA Security+
South East

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Security Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Applications Architect
2 2 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Information Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (14.29%) Cyberattack
3 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
3 1 (14.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) SIEM
2 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Cost Reduction
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (28.57%) Microservices
3 2 (28.57%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (28.57%) SOA
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) Java
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) Ruby
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CISSP
2 4 (57.14%) CEH
3 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Master's Degree
5 1 (14.29%) CCSK
5 1 (14.29%) CISA
5 1 (14.29%) CISM
5 1 (14.29%) GIAC
5 1 (14.29%) SANS
5 1 (14.29%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) GDPR
3 1 (14.29%) NIST 800
3 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) QRadar
1 2 (28.57%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (14.29%) CASB
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Splunk
2 1 (14.29%) CyberArk
2 1 (14.29%) Forcepoint
2 1 (14.29%) Google