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

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 326 447
Rank change year-on-year +27 +121 +157
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 11 15 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.10% 0.072%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.39% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 11
10th Percentile £388 £129 -
25th Percentile £463 £300 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £457
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.94% -8.60%
75th Percentile - £628 £588
90th Percentile £552 £708 £593
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £466
% change year-on-year - +7.30% -6.80%
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 2,842 3,798 5,893
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 29.04% 25.85% 24.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,864 2,437 3,981
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £425 £434 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.47%
75th Percentile £613 £637 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £745
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 258 239
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.56 £19.00
25th Percentile £27.14 £23.81 £42.50
Median hourly rate £53.50 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.42% -28.33% +21.21%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £29.26 £40.29 £55.00
% change year-on-year -27.37% -26.75% +23.60%

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 23 June 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 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (9.09%) IaaS
3 1 (9.09%) PaaS
3 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
1 3 (27.27%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (27.27%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) DNS
2 1 (9.09%) HTTP
2 1 (9.09%) Kerberos
2 1 (9.09%) SMTP
2 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Local Government
4 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Incident Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Information Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Information Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Linux Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Security Officer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (54.55%) Incident Response
3 5 (45.45%) Information Security
3 5 (45.45%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (36.36%) Security Monitoring
5 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
5 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (27.27%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (27.27%) SIEM
5 3 (27.27%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 3 (27.27%) Threat Modelling
6 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
6 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (18.18%) Machine Learning
6 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Bash
1 2 (18.18%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) CISSP
2 4 (36.36%) CEH
2 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (18.18%) CCSP
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 1 (9.09%) CCNA
4 1 (9.09%) CISM
4 1 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (9.09%) CRISC
4 1 (9.09%) GIAC
4 1 (9.09%) Linux+ Certification
4 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
4 1 (9.09%) OSCP
4 1 (9.09%) RHCE
4 1 (9.09%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) NCSC
3 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
3 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
3 1 (9.09%) NIST
3 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
1 1 (9.09%) NFS
1 1 (9.09%) Samba
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) QRadar
2 1 (9.09%) Ansible
2 1 (9.09%) CSIRT
2 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (9.09%) Nagios
2 1 (9.09%) SELinux
2 1 (9.09%) Terraform
2 1 (9.09%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Splunk
3 1 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (9.09%) Darktrace
3 1 (9.09%) Google
3 1 (9.09%) Red Hat