CompTIA Security+ Contracts in the Midlands

CompTIA Security+
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 160 196
Rank change year-on-year +31 +36 -50
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 7 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.15% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.80% 0.53% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £600 £368 -
25th Percentile £604 £394 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +40.57% -12.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £635 £481 £525
90th Percentile - £508 -
England median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +23.81%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 878 938 976
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.33% 28.11% 19.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 595 658
10th Percentile £230 £253 £209
25th Percentile £325 £400 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £603 £550
90th Percentile £681 £695 £641
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 68 34
10th Percentile £13.20 £10.96 £11.78
25th Percentile £17.00 £13.60 £13.74
Median hourly rate £24.65 £19.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.74% -5.00% +20.19%
75th Percentile £42.50 £27.54 £24.94
90th Percentile £56.75 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +3.95%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the Midlands

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the Midlands

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
West Midlands +22 7 £615 -
CompTIA Security+
England

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Firewall
1 5 (71.43%) Network Security
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) SOC Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Data Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Security Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Splunk Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Security Operations Centre
1 5 (71.43%) Security Posture
2 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (28.57%) Taxonomies
4 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) SIEM
2 5 (71.43%) Analytics
2 5 (71.43%) Cloud Security
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
2 5 (71.43%) Incident Response
2 5 (71.43%) Security Operations
3 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Data Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (42.86%) Threat Detection
3 3 (42.86%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (28.57%) Event Correlation
4 2 (28.57%) High Availability
4 2 (28.57%) Log Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (28.57%) Network Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) CISSP
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (71.43%) Degree
3 3 (42.86%) Azure Certification
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (28.57%) BC Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) CASP
4 2 (28.57%) GCED
4 2 (28.57%) GIAC
4 2 (28.57%) GSEC
5 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix
2 2 (28.57%) LogRhythm
2 2 (28.57%) Palo Alto
2 2 (28.57%) Splunk
2 2 (28.57%) TippingPoint
2 2 (28.57%) Trend Micro