CompTIA Security+ Contracts in England

CompTIA Security+
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 504 628 739
Rank change year-on-year +124 +111 -136
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 45 18 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.037% 0.057%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.13% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 8 31
10th Percentile £370 £304 £358
25th Percentile £425 £344 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +23.08%
75th Percentile £635 £605 £650
90th Percentile £638 £803 £675
UK median daily rate £587 £466 £500
% change year-on-year +26.07% -6.80% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.74 - -
UK median hourly rate £20.74 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,420 13,530 15,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.07% 27.63% 21.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,032 9,064 10,005
10th Percentile £313 £335 £320
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £717
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 980 713 679
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.22 £18.76
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.29
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +33.62% +4.77%
75th Percentile £61.82 £68.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.00 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +27.06% +13.33%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
London +97 13 £500 -6.98% 19
South West +28 11 £500 - 5
North of England - 11 £450 - 12
North West - 9 £450 - 3
Midlands +28 7 £615 +40.57% 6
West Midlands +24 7 £615 - 3
South East +22 2 £613 +28.95% 7
Yorkshire - 2 £200 - 8
CompTIA Security+
UK

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 15 (33.33%) Azure
2 13 (28.89%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (4.44%) AWS
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.22%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.22%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.56%) Firewall
2 5 (11.11%) Network Security
3 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
General
1 13 (28.89%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 8 (17.78%) Manufacturing
4 6 (13.33%) Finance
5 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.44%) Retail
7 1 (2.22%) Advertising
7 1 (2.22%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (2.22%) Law
7 1 (2.22%) Police
Job Titles
1 10 (22.22%) Architect
1 10 (22.22%) Security Engineer
2 8 (17.78%) Analyst
2 8 (17.78%) Lead
2 8 (17.78%) Lead Architect
3 7 (15.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) SOC Analyst
4 4 (8.89%) SOC Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Consultant
5 3 (6.67%) Network Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Applications Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Data Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Security Architect
6 2 (4.44%) Security Consultant
6 2 (4.44%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Splunk Engineer
6 2 (4.44%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) Regular Expression
2 1 (2.22%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.89%) Security Posture
2 8 (17.78%) CESG
3 6 (13.33%) Management Information System
4 5 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (6.67%) Cyberattack
6 2 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (4.44%) Cloud Native
6 2 (4.44%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (4.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (4.44%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (4.44%) Insider Threat
6 2 (4.44%) Onboarding
6 2 (4.44%) Taxonomies
7 1 (2.22%) CCTV
7 1 (2.22%) Mobile App
7 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Linux
2 4 (8.89%) Windows
3 2 (4.44%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (68.89%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (35.56%) SIEM
3 14 (31.11%) Incident Response
3 14 (31.11%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (31.11%) Security Operations
4 12 (26.67%) Information Security
5 9 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 8 (17.78%) Information Assurance
6 8 (17.78%) Threat Detection
6 8 (17.78%) Threat Intelligence
7 7 (15.56%) Analytics
7 7 (15.56%) Cloud Security
7 7 (15.56%) ITIL
7 7 (15.56%) Penetration Testing
8 6 (13.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 4 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (8.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 4 (8.89%) High Availability
9 4 (8.89%) Log Aggregation
9 4 (8.89%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.22%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (6.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.22%) Bash
3 1 (2.22%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.22%) Python
3 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (80.00%) CISSP
2 27 (60.00%) CISM
3 16 (35.56%) SC Cleared
3 16 (35.56%) Security Cleared
4 14 (31.11%) CEH
5 13 (28.89%) CISA
6 11 (24.44%) Degree
7 9 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (20.00%) SSCP
8 8 (17.78%) CISMP
8 8 (17.78%) ISACA
9 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (8.89%) Azure Certification
11 3 (6.67%) CCNA
11 3 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (4.44%) BC Cleared
12 2 (4.44%) GCED
12 2 (4.44%) GIAC
12 2 (4.44%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (31.11%) NIST
3 12 (26.67%) GDPR
4 11 (24.44%) PCI DSS
5 9 (20.00%) HIPAA
6 2 (4.44%) COBIT
6 2 (4.44%) COSO
7 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (2.22%) NCSC
7 1 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.89%) QRadar
2 1 (2.22%) Nagios
2 1 (2.22%) Nessus
2 1 (2.22%) Terraform
2 1 (2.22%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 19 (42.22%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.89%) Splunk
3 2 (4.44%) Citrix
3 2 (4.44%) LogRhythm
3 2 (4.44%) Palo Alto
3 2 (4.44%) Rapid7
3 2 (4.44%) TippingPoint
3 2 (4.44%) Trend Micro
4 1 (2.22%) Apple
4 1 (2.22%) Cisco
4 1 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.22%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.22%) SAP
4 1 (2.22%) VMware