CompTIA Security+ Contracts in the West Midlands

CompTIA Security+
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 128 176
Rank change year-on-year +20 +48 -40
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.045% 0.028%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.44% 0.17% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £607 - -
25th Percentile £618 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.03%
75th Percentile - - £525
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +21.21%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

CompTIA Security+ falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 684 587 729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.50% 26.53% 20.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 355 506
10th Percentile £298 £313 £266
25th Percentile £363 £421 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +13.68% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £563
90th Percentile £693 £700 £650
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 27 9
10th Percentile £14.00 £11.60 £11.10
25th Percentile £21.81 £13.31 £13.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +37.93% -9.38%
75th Percentile £46.88 £28.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £60.90 £20.86
England median hourly rate £40.66 £55.00 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.07% +32.99% +14.88%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the West Midlands

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the West Midlands

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Birmingham - 1 £600 - 3
CompTIA Security+
England

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Data Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (33.33%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) CASP
3 1 (33.33%) GCED
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) GSEC
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) LogRhythm
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) TippingPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Trend Micro