CompTIA Security+ Contracts in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 363 424
Rank change year-on-year +50 +61 +71
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 26 36 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.17% 0.096%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.57% 0.47% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 26 14
10th Percentile £310 - £413
25th Percentile £450 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £608 £466
Median % change year-on-year -16.30% +30.36% -15.27%
75th Percentile £634 £633 £588
90th Percentile £725 £636 £598
UK median daily rate £500 £615 £531
% change year-on-year -18.70% +15.76% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.74 -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £20.74 -
% change year-on-year +162.78% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,681 7,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.51% 37.01% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,777 4,413 5,341
10th Percentile £212 £269 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £535 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +0.94% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £725 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 408 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.58 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -18.12% +54.46%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.29 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.25 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +0.63% -25.93% +29.16%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CompTIA Security+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +56 12 £500 -18.37% 15
Midlands +13 6 £425 -31.17% 11
West Midlands +9 6 £425 -31.17% 8
South West +35 3 £538 -20.37% 2
Scotland +15 3 £517 +21.65% 2
North of England +14 2 £534 +18.67% 13
East of England - 2 - - 5
North East - 2 £534 - 1
CompTIA Security+
UK

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (34.62%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (15.38%) IaaS
3 4 (15.38%) PaaS
3 4 (15.38%) SaaS
4 2 (7.69%) AWS
4 2 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.85%) GCP
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Firewall
1 3 (11.54%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (11.54%) Network Security
2 2 (7.69%) LAN
2 2 (7.69%) WAN
3 1 (3.85%) Kerberos
3 1 (3.85%) VPN
General
1 15 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Local Government
5 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Architect
2 5 (19.23%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Senior
4 3 (11.54%) Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Security Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Administrator
5 2 (7.69%) Applications Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Junior
5 2 (7.69%) Junior Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Project Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Project Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Information Assurance Specialist
6 1 (3.85%) Information Officer
6 1 (3.85%) Information Specialist
6 1 (3.85%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) Apache Axis
2 1 (3.85%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Security Posture
2 6 (23.08%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (15.38%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
4 3 (11.54%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
5 2 (7.69%) Operational Technology
5 2 (7.69%) PKI
5 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (3.85%) CCTV
6 1 (3.85%) CESG
6 1 (3.85%) Cloud Native
6 1 (3.85%) Cyberattack
6 1 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (3.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Windows
2 6 (23.08%) Windows Server
2 6 (23.08%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (11.54%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (61.54%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (42.31%) Incident Response
3 8 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (30.77%) Information Security
4 7 (26.92%) ITIL
4 7 (26.92%) Security Monitoring
4 7 (26.92%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (23.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 6 (23.08%) SIEM
5 6 (23.08%) Threat Intelligence
5 6 (23.08%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (19.23%) Computer Science
6 5 (19.23%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (19.23%) Security Operations
7 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (15.38%) Remediation Plan
7 4 (15.38%) Roadmaps
7 4 (15.38%) Threat Analysis
8 3 (11.54%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) Python
2 3 (11.54%) C#
2 3 (11.54%) Java
2 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.54%) Ruby
2 3 (11.54%) SQL
3 1 (3.85%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (69.23%) CISSP
2 13 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 11 (42.31%) SC Cleared
4 10 (38.46%) CISM
4 10 (38.46%) Degree
5 6 (23.08%) CEH
5 6 (23.08%) SSCP
6 4 (15.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (15.38%) Azure Certification
6 4 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (15.38%) CRISC
7 3 (11.54%) ISSEP
7 3 (11.54%) Master's Degree
7 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (11.54%) SANS
8 2 (7.69%) CISA
8 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
8 2 (7.69%) GCIA
8 2 (7.69%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (46.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (19.23%) NIST
3 4 (15.38%) GDPR
3 4 (15.38%) QA
4 2 (7.69%) HIPAA
4 2 (7.69%) NIST 800
5 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.85%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Docker
2 1 (3.85%) NFS
2 1 (3.85%) Samba
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (11.54%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (7.69%) CASB
2 2 (7.69%) QRadar
3 1 (3.85%) Ansible
3 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.85%) Nagios
3 1 (3.85%) OPNET
3 1 (3.85%) SELinux
3 1 (3.85%) Terraform
3 1 (3.85%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Splunk
3 2 (7.69%) Forcepoint
4 1 (3.85%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.85%) Google
4 1 (3.85%) Red Hat