CompTIA Security+ Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

CompTIA Security+
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 330 458
Rank change year-on-year +43 +128 +158
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 17 15 19
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.098% 0.073%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.62% 0.35% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 15
10th Percentile £428 £129 £413
25th Percentile £463 £303 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £608 £575
Median % change year-on-year -17.70% +5.65% +15.00%
75th Percentile £530 £634 £688
90th Percentile £644 £673 £818
UK median daily rate £500 £615 £531
% change year-on-year -18.70% +15.76% +6.25%
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 median hourly rate £54.50 £20.74 -
% change year-on-year +162.78% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CompTIA Security+
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CompTIA Security+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CompTIA Security+ trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CompTIA Security+.

CompTIA Security+ daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CompTIA Security+ over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

CompTIA Security+ daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (35.29%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) AWS
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.88%) IaaS
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (5.88%) PaaS
3 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) Firewall
1 6 (35.29%) Network Security
2 3 (17.65%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (5.88%) DNS
3 1 (5.88%) HTTP
3 1 (5.88%) Kerberos
3 1 (5.88%) SMTP
3 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Local Government
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Analyst
2 5 (29.41%) Security Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Security Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Information Security Specialist
5 2 (11.76%) Information Specialist
5 2 (11.76%) Security Specialist
5 2 (11.76%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Administrator
6 1 (5.88%) Architect
6 1 (5.88%) Incident Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Information Assurance Specialist
6 1 (5.88%) Information Officer
6 1 (5.88%) Information Security Officer
6 1 (5.88%) Lead
6 1 (5.88%) Linux Administrator
6 1 (5.88%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 1 (5.88%) Security Officer
6 1 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Security Posture
2 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Operational Technology
2 2 (11.76%) PKI
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (5.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (64.71%) Incident Response
3 7 (41.18%) Information Security
3 7 (41.18%) SIEM
3 7 (41.18%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (35.29%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (29.41%) Threat Modelling
6 4 (23.53%) Cloud Security
6 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
6 4 (23.53%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (17.65%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (17.65%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 3 (17.65%) Threat Intelligence
7 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 2 (11.76%) Forensic Analysis
8 2 (11.76%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) Bash
2 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.88%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (82.35%) CISSP
2 8 (47.06%) CEH
3 6 (35.29%) Degree
3 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
4 5 (29.41%) CISM
5 3 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (11.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (11.76%) CCSP
6 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (11.76%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
6 2 (11.76%) Master's Degree
6 2 (11.76%) SSCP
7 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
7 1 (5.88%) CCNA
7 1 (5.88%) CISA
7 1 (5.88%) GCIH
7 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (5.88%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (29.41%) GDPR
2 5 (29.41%) NIST
3 3 (17.65%) HIPAA
3 3 (17.65%) PCI DSS
4 2 (11.76%) NCSC
5 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
5 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (5.88%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
1 1 (5.88%) NFS
1 1 (5.88%) Samba
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) QRadar
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
2 1 (5.88%) CASB
2 1 (5.88%) CSIRT
2 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) Nagios
2 1 (5.88%) SELinux
2 1 (5.88%) Terraform
2 1 (5.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Splunk
2 2 (11.76%) Tenable
3 1 (5.88%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.88%) Darktrace
3 1 (5.88%) Forcepoint
3 1 (5.88%) Google
3 1 (5.88%) Red Hat