CompTIA Security+ Contracts with Work from Home Options

CompTIA Security+
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 326 440 600
Rank change year-on-year +114 +160 -105
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 15 17 23
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.071% 0.052%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.28% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 11 18
10th Percentile £129 - £404
25th Percentile £300 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £457 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.94% -8.60% -23.08%
75th Percentile £628 £588 £613
90th Percentile £708 £593 £691
UK median daily rate £500 £466 £500
% change year-on-year +7.30% -6.80% -9.09%
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+ 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,871 5,983 8,825
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 25.06% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,499 4,053 6,276
10th Percentile £331 £380 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +3.58% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 246 232
10th Percentile £15.36 £19.00 £19.04
25th Percentile £23.94 £42.50 £39.19
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £84.28 £80.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

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 12 June 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 4 (26.67%) Azure
2 3 (20.00%) AWS
2 3 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Firewall
General
1 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (13.33%) Retail
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (6.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) 1st Line Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Monitoring Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Security Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Data Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Security Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Security Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Security Technical Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Security Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Voice Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Voice Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Security Posture
2 2 (13.33%) Cloud Native
2 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (13.33%) Cyberattack
2 2 (13.33%) Insider Threat
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (40.00%) SIEM
3 5 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (26.67%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (26.67%) Log Aggregation
4 4 (26.67%) Threat Detection
5 3 (20.00%) Agile
5 3 (20.00%) Incident Response
6 2 (13.33%) Advanced Persistent Threat
6 2 (13.33%) Antivirus Management
6 2 (13.33%) Cyber Intelligence
6 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (13.33%) Data Analysis
6 2 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (13.33%) DevSecOps
6 2 (13.33%) Malware Analysis
6 2 (13.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 2 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (13.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) CISM
2 8 (53.33%) CISSP
3 4 (26.67%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (20.00%) CCNA
4 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (20.00%) GCIH
5 2 (13.33%) Degree
5 2 (13.33%) GIAC
5 2 (13.33%) GSEC
5 2 (13.33%) Linux+ Certification
5 2 (13.33%) Server+ Certification
6 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
6 1 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (26.67%) NIST
1 4 (26.67%) PCI DSS
2 2 (13.33%) COBIT
2 2 (13.33%) COSO
2 2 (13.33%) GDPR
2 2 (13.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
1 2 (13.33%) Snort
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) QRadar
2 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (13.33%) logstash
2 2 (13.33%) Terraform
3 1 (6.67%) Nagios
3 1 (6.67%) Nessus
3 1 (6.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Splunk
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco
3 2 (13.33%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (13.33%) Cybereason
4 1 (6.67%) CyberArk
4 1 (6.67%) ForeScout
4 1 (6.67%) VMware