CompTIA Security+ Contracts in the North of England

CompTIA Security+
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 - 237
Rank change year-on-year - - -53
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 11 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.24% - 0.098%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.90% - 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 7
10th Percentile £380 - £583
25th Percentile £425 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.81%
75th Percentile £475 - £720
90th Percentile £493 - £765
England median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.74 - -
England median hourly rate £20.74 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,216 1,431 1,468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 26.02% 25.06% 20.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 665 1,002 994
10th Percentile £313 £322 £200
25th Percentile £420 £434 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £491
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +6.98% +9.06%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £588
90th Percentile £725 £700 £671
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 73 85
10th Percentile £10.95 £20.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.35 £25.75 £17.64
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.58 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.42% +5.39% +45.28%
75th Percentile £38.43 £52.13 £56.25
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.94 £75.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +4.50%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the North of England

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the North of England

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA Security+ in the North of England

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
North West - 9 £450 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £200 - 6
CompTIA Security+
England

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 8 (72.73%) Azure
1 8 (72.73%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Fire and Rescue
2 1 (9.09%) Police
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Security Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Data Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Information Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Threat Hunter
4 1 (9.09%) Voice Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Voice Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Cyberattack
1 3 (27.27%) Security Posture
2 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (18.18%) Insider Threat
2 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Incident Response
2 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (36.36%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 4 (36.36%) Test Strategy
3 4 (36.36%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (27.27%) Runbook
4 3 (27.27%) Service Management
5 2 (18.18%) Advanced Persistent Threat
5 2 (18.18%) Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) API Integration
5 2 (18.18%) Coaching
5 2 (18.18%) Data Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Information Security
5 2 (18.18%) ITIL
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) SIEM
6 1 (9.09%) Line Management
6 1 (9.09%) Red Team
6 1 (9.09%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (9.09%) Bash
2 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) CISM
1 8 (72.73%) CISSP
2 2 (18.18%) CCNA
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (18.18%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (9.09%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
2 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
2 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (9.09%) NCSC
2 1 (9.09%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) CrowdStrike