CompTIA Security+ Contracts with Work from Home Options

CompTIA Security+
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 334 451 604
Rank change year-on-year +117 +153 -141
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 16 17 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.068% 0.039%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.27% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 14
10th Percentile £132 - £377
25th Percentile £338 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £457 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -8.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £623 £590 £525
90th Percentile £638 £788 £655
UK median daily rate £587 £466 £500
% change year-on-year +26.07% -6.80% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.74 - -
UK median hourly rate £20.74 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,089 6,332 8,710
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.18% 25.29% 19.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,579 4,260 6,124
10th Percentile £331 £380 £369
25th Percentile £439 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 272 223
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.03 £19.68
25th Percentile £25.50 £42.50 £38.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £63.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.75% +28.57% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.56 £65.77
90th Percentile £83.55 £81.45 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.42
% change year-on-year -25.93% +24.38% +14.25%

CompTIA Security+
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing CompTIA Security+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CompTIA Security+ trend for jobs with a WFH option

CompTIA Security+
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing CompTIA Security+ over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

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 (31.25%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.25%) AWS
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) Network Security
General
1 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (6.25%) Police
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Security Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) 1st Line Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Monitoring Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) SOC Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Administrator
4 1 (6.25%) Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Data Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Security Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Security Technical Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Security Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Voice Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) Security Posture
2 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 3 (18.75%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (12.50%) Cyberattack
3 2 (12.50%) Insider Threat
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (37.50%) SIEM
4 5 (31.25%) Incident Response
4 5 (31.25%) Threat Detection
5 4 (25.00%) Analytics
5 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 4 (25.00%) Log Aggregation
6 3 (18.75%) Agile
6 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
6 3 (18.75%) Security Operations
7 2 (12.50%) Advanced Persistent Threat
7 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
7 2 (12.50%) DevSecOps
7 2 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Risk Analysis
7 2 (12.50%) Security Hardening
7 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
7 2 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) CISSP
2 10 (62.50%) CISM
3 4 (25.00%) Degree
3 4 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (18.75%) CCNA
4 3 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (12.50%) Azure Certification
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (6.25%) CCSK
6 1 (6.25%) CISA
6 1 (6.25%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (6.25%) GCIH
6 1 (6.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) COBIT
1 2 (12.50%) COSO
1 2 (12.50%) GDPR
1 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (12.50%) NIST
1 2 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
1 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) QRadar
2 1 (6.25%) Nagios
2 1 (6.25%) Nessus
2 1 (6.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco
2 2 (12.50%) Splunk
3 1 (6.25%) CyberArk
3 1 (6.25%) ForeScout
3 1 (6.25%) VMware