CompTIA Security+ Contracts

CompTIA Security+
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 498 527 650
Rank change year-on-year +29 +123 +171
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 52 47 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.11% 0.051%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.53% 0.36% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 38 14
10th Percentile £304 £225 £369
25th Percentile £414 £416 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £466
Median % change year-on-year - +7.30% -6.80%
75th Percentile £534 £635 £572
90th Percentile £644 £636 £591
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £457
% change year-on-year - +9.41% -22.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 £20.74 -
Median % change year-on-year +162.78% - -
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £20.74 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,820 12,922 15,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.88% 29.81% 26.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,076 8,015 10,048
10th Percentile £275 £310 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.81% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £703 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £527 £525
% change year-on-year -5.12% +0.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 657 1,098 739
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £15.24
25th Percentile £20.15 £20.12 £22.51
Median hourly rate £27.53 £40.97 £55.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.80% -25.85% +24.16%
75th Percentile £59.00 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.23 £43.00 £53.35
% change year-on-year -41.34% -19.40% +51.99%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CompTIA Security+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA Security+ in the UK

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+.

Hourly rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK

CompTIA Security+
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 July 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
England +54 41 £500 - 413
UK excluding London +37 22 £500 - 333
London +52 21 £500 - 141
Work from Home +29 13 £500 +5.26% 212
South East +41 8 £450 -26.53% 70
Midlands +9 5 £400 -37.01% 56
West Midlands +7 5 £400 -37.01% 29
South West +30 3 £475 -5.00% 34
Scotland +4 2 £526 +23.76% 22
North of England -3 2 £534 +18.67% 89
Channel Islands - 2 £725 -
East of England - 2 - - 40
North East - 2 £534 - 10

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (42.31%) Azure
2 8 (15.38%) Azure Sentinel
3 7 (13.46%) AWS
4 5 (9.62%) IaaS
4 5 (9.62%) PaaS
4 5 (9.62%) SaaS
5 4 (7.69%) GCP
6 2 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (26.92%) Firewall
2 7 (13.46%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (11.54%) Network Security
4 3 (5.77%) DNS
4 3 (5.77%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.85%) FTP
5 2 (3.85%) HTTP
5 2 (3.85%) LAN
5 2 (3.85%) SMTP
5 2 (3.85%) VSAN
5 2 (3.85%) WAN
6 1 (1.92%) DHCP
6 1 (1.92%) Kerberos
6 1 (1.92%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 23 (44.23%) Social Skills
2 21 (40.38%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (17.31%) Finance
4 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (5.77%) Local Government
5 3 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Legal
7 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (46.15%) Analyst
2 16 (30.77%) SOC Analyst
3 8 (15.38%) Security Analyst
4 7 (13.46%) Architect
5 6 (11.54%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (9.62%) Senior
7 4 (7.69%) Junior
7 4 (7.69%) Junior Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) Security Architect
7 4 (7.69%) Security Engineer
8 3 (5.77%) Consultant
8 3 (5.77%) Lead
8 3 (5.77%) Security Specialist
8 3 (5.77%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 2 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (3.85%) Junior Security Analyst
9 2 (3.85%) Lead Systems Engineer
9 2 (3.85%) Project Consultant
9 2 (3.85%) Senior Project Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.77%) Apache Axis
2 1 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 13 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 9 (17.31%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (15.38%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (5.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (5.77%) Onboarding
4 3 (5.77%) PKI
5 2 (3.85%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.85%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.85%) e-Learning
5 2 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.85%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.92%) CCTV
6 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.92%) CMDB
6 1 (1.92%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.92%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.92%) NHS
6 1 (1.92%) Replication
6 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (23.08%) Windows
2 9 (17.31%) Windows Server
3 7 (13.46%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (7.69%) Linux
5 3 (5.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.92%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (67.31%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (48.08%) Incident Response
3 22 (42.31%) SIEM
4 19 (36.54%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (30.77%) Security Operations
6 13 (25.00%) ITIL
7 12 (23.08%) Information Security
7 12 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
8 11 (21.15%) Security Monitoring
8 11 (21.15%) Threat Intelligence
9 10 (19.23%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 10 (19.23%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 10 (19.23%) Threat Detection
10 9 (17.31%) Computer Science
10 9 (17.31%) Penetration Testing
10 9 (17.31%) Threat Modelling
11 8 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (11.54%) Cloud Security
12 6 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 5 (9.62%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 15 (28.85%) PowerShell
1 15 (28.85%) Python
2 7 (13.46%) SQL
3 6 (11.54%) Bash
4 4 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (5.77%) C#
5 3 (5.77%) Java
5 3 (5.77%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 25 (48.08%) CISSP
2 17 (32.69%) Security Cleared
3 16 (30.77%) SC Cleared
4 15 (28.85%) CEH
5 12 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (21.15%) Degree
7 9 (17.31%) GCIA
8 8 (15.38%) CISM
9 7 (13.46%) Azure Certification
9 7 (13.46%) GIAC
10 6 (11.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (11.54%) GCIH
10 6 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (9.62%) CCNA
11 5 (9.62%) CCSP
11 5 (9.62%) CRISC
12 4 (7.69%) OSCP
12 4 (7.69%) SSCP
12 4 (7.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (5.77%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (28.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (19.23%) NIST
3 9 (17.31%) GDPR
4 4 (7.69%) NCSC
4 4 (7.69%) QA
5 3 (5.77%) HIPAA
6 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.85%) NIST 800
6 2 (3.85%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (13.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.92%) Docker
3 1 (1.92%) NFS
3 1 (1.92%) Samba
Systems Management
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.77%) QRadar
2 3 (5.77%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.85%) CSIRT
3 2 (3.85%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.92%) Ansible
4 1 (1.92%) CASB
4 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.92%) Nagios
4 1 (1.92%) SELinux
4 1 (1.92%) Terraform
4 1 (1.92%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 26 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (17.31%) Splunk
3 5 (9.62%) Cisco
3 5 (9.62%) Oracle
3 5 (9.62%) ServiceNow
4 4 (7.69%) VMware
5 3 (5.77%) Google
5 3 (5.77%) Red Hat
5 3 (5.77%) Salesforce
5 3 (5.77%) SAP
6 2 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (3.85%) Dell
6 2 (3.85%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.85%) Veeam
7 1 (1.92%) BMC
7 1 (1.92%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.92%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.92%) Forcepoint
7 1 (1.92%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.92%) Remedy