CompTIA Security+ Contracts in the South West

CompTIA Security+
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 143 165 173
Rank change year-on-year +22 +8 -
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 11 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.35% 0.028% 0.027%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.62% 0.054% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £550
75th Percentile £700 - £575
90th Percentile £820 - -
England median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +23.81%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,785 1,848 1,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 56.08% 52.37% 40.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,134 1,365 1,045
10th Percentile £353 £400 £324
25th Percentile £465 £475 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £524
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +10.60% +10.21%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £729 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 143 89
10th Percentile £22.31 £37.91 £42.15
25th Percentile £40.00 £56.77 £52.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £65.00 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +2.36% +41.11%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.88 £69.05
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.00 £75.20
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the South West

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the South West

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the South West over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA Security+ in the South West

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Bristol - 9 £900 -
Wiltshire - 2 £500 - 2
CompTIA Security+
England

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
General
1 8 (72.73%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Architect
1 8 (72.73%) Lead
1 8 (72.73%) Lead Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Security Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Security Technical Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) CESG
2 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (72.73%) Information Assurance
1 8 (72.73%) Information Security
1 8 (72.73%) Security Operations
2 2 (18.18%) Agile
2 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
2 2 (18.18%) DevSecOps
2 2 (18.18%) Security Hardening
2 2 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
3 1 (9.09%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (9.09%) SIEM
3 1 (9.09%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) CISSP
2 10 (90.91%) CISM
3 9 (81.82%) SC Cleared
3 9 (81.82%) Security Cleared
4 8 (72.73%) CEH
4 8 (72.73%) CISA
4 8 (72.73%) CISMP
4 8 (72.73%) ISACA
4 8 (72.73%) SSCP
5 2 (18.18%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (90.91%) GDPR
1 10 (90.91%) NIST
1 10 (90.91%) PCI DSS
2 8 (72.73%) HIPAA
2 8 (72.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (18.18%) COBIT
3 2 (18.18%) COSO
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) CyberArk
1 1 (9.09%) Splunk