The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 26 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
CompTIA Security+ is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications
15,909
7,883
16,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
18.70%
24.50%
20.11%
Number of daily rates quoted
10,286
5,305
10,827
10th Percentile
£313
£293
£263
25th Percentile
£413
£385
£363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£475
£463
Median % change year-on-year
+5.26%
+2.70%
+2.78%
75th Percentile
£600
£569
£563
90th Percentile
£688
£638
£648
UK excluding London median daily rate
£475
£451
£443
% change year-on-year
+5.32%
+1.90%
+6.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted
699
323
783
10th Percentile
£12.30
£15.01
£14.09
25th Percentile
£16.19
£20.79
£17.50
Median hourly rate
£30.00
£32.00
£39.50
Median % change year-on-year
-6.25%
-18.99%
+69.35%
75th Percentile
£53.75
£50.13
£50.00
90th Percentile
£66.00
£64.50
£58.70
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£27.73
£27.50
£40.00
% change year-on-year
+0.84%
-31.25%
+66.67%
CompTIA Security+ Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing CompTIA Security+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
CompTIA Security+ Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+.
CompTIA Security+ Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ over the 6 months to 26 October 2021.
CompTIA Security+ Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+.
CompTIA Security+ Top 8 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 26 October 2021. 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
For the 6 months to 26 October 2021, IT contractor jobs citing CompTIA Security+ also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for CompTIA Security+.
CompTIA Security+ Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
