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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 380 421
Rank change year-on-year +46 +41 +67
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 23 25 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.12% 0.096%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.48% 0.33% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 17 11
10th Percentile £300 £420 -
25th Percentile £450 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £457
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.53% -22.21%
75th Percentile £535 £600 £556
90th Percentile £738 £635 £588
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £466
% change year-on-year - +7.30% -6.80%
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 4,812 7,595 7,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.51% 35.77% 32.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,862 4,381 4,921
10th Percentile £200 £285 £313
25th Percentile £375 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £533 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% +0.57% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £675 £713 £715
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 492 977 559
10th Percentile £17.45 £13.69 £13.90
25th Percentile £18.87 £18.32 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.85 £42.50 £53.67
Median % change year-on-year -34.47% -20.80% +53.33%
75th Percentile £64.50 £65.00 £68.56
90th Percentile £76.25 £77.50 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £29.25 £40.33 £55.13
% change year-on-year -27.46% -26.85% +23.88%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +53 8 £450 -26.53% 83
Midlands +12 6 £425 -33.07% 52
West Midlands +8 6 £425 -33.07% 26
South West +32 3 £475 -5.00% 36
North of England +19 2 £534 +18.67% 89
Scotland +3 2 £526 +23.76% 23
Channel Islands - 2 £725 -
East of England - 2 - - 29
North East - 2 £534 - 9
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 8 (34.78%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) Azure Sentinel
2 4 (17.39%) IaaS
2 4 (17.39%) PaaS
2 4 (17.39%) SaaS
3 2 (8.70%) AWS
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Firewall
1 2 (8.70%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (8.70%) LAN
1 2 (8.70%) Network Security
1 2 (8.70%) WAN
2 1 (4.35%) Kerberos
2 1 (4.35%) VPN
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Finance
4 3 (13.04%) Local Government
4 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Analyst
1 7 (30.43%) SOC Analyst
2 6 (26.09%) Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Senior
4 3 (13.04%) Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Security Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Administrator
5 2 (8.70%) Applications Architect
5 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Junior
5 2 (8.70%) Junior Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Project Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Project Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Information Officer
6 1 (4.35%) IT Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) IT Security Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Security Officer
6 1 (4.35%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) Apache Axis
2 1 (4.35%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Security Posture
2 4 (17.39%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (17.39%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
3 2 (8.70%) PKI
4 1 (4.35%) CCTV
4 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.35%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.35%) NHS
4 1 (4.35%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Windows
2 6 (26.09%) Windows Server
2 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (34.78%) Incident Response
2 8 (34.78%) ITIL
3 7 (30.43%) Security Monitoring
3 7 (30.43%) SIEM
4 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (26.09%) Penetration Testing
4 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (21.74%) Information Security
5 5 (21.74%) Threat Detection
5 5 (21.74%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
6 4 (17.39%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (17.39%) Remediation Plan
6 4 (17.39%) Security Operations
6 4 (17.39%) Threat Analysis
6 4 (17.39%) Threat Intelligence
7 3 (13.04%) Design Patterns
7 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) Python
2 5 (21.74%) PowerShell
3 3 (13.04%) C#
3 3 (13.04%) Java
3 3 (13.04%) Ruby
3 3 (13.04%) SQL
4 2 (8.70%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (4.35%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) CISSP
2 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
3 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
4 6 (26.09%) CEH
4 6 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (21.74%) Degree
6 4 (17.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (17.39%) CISM
6 4 (17.39%) CRISC
7 3 (13.04%) Azure Certification
8 2 (8.70%) CCNP
8 2 (8.70%) GCIA
8 2 (8.70%) GIAC
8 2 (8.70%) Master's Degree
8 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (8.70%) SANS
8 2 (8.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (4.35%) CCSP
9 1 (4.35%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (4.35%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (39.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (21.74%) GDPR
3 4 (17.39%) QA
4 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (8.70%) NCSC
4 2 (8.70%) NIST
5 1 (4.35%) HIPAA
5 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Docker
2 1 (4.35%) NFS
2 1 (4.35%) Samba
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (13.04%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (8.70%) QRadar
3 1 (4.35%) Ansible
3 1 (4.35%) CASB
3 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.35%) Nagios
3 1 (4.35%) SELinux
3 1 (4.35%) Terraform
3 1 (4.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.04%) Splunk
3 2 (8.70%) Cisco
3 2 (8.70%) VMware
4 1 (4.35%) CyberArk
4 1 (4.35%) Forcepoint
4 1 (4.35%) Google
4 1 (4.35%) Red Hat