CompTIA Security+ Contract Job Trends 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 3 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 119 141
Rank change year-on-year +7 +22 -
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 6 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.37% 0.089% 0.036%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.07% 0.22% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 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% -
75th Percentile £500 £634 £488
90th Percentile - £636 -
South East median daily rate £475 £613 £570
% change year-on-year -22.45% +7.46% +52.51%

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 562 922 1,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.21% 41.11% 37.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 544 689
10th Percentile £242 £325 £300
25th Percentile £400 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £513
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +5.37% +2.50%
75th Percentile £590 £638 £615
90th Percentile £700 £735 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 74 49
10th Percentile £18.37 £30.12 £15.80
25th Percentile - £53.61 £48.40
Median hourly rate £25.15 £61.75 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.27% +4.66% +180.95%
75th Percentile £68.06 £76.59 £73.59
90th Percentile £88.87 £97.50 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% -4.42% +33.33%

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+
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CompTIA Security+.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CompTIA Security+

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 +13 4 £450 -26.53% 10
Buckinghamshire - 2 £500 - 5
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Applications Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Network Support
2 1 (16.67%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Apache Axis
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Clustering
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Cost Reduction
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (33.33%) Microservices
2 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (33.33%) SOA
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) CEH
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) QRadar
1 2 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (16.67%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Splunk
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) FireEye
2 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds
2 1 (16.67%) Tanium