CompTIA Security+ Contracts in the North West

CompTIA Security+
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 144 180
Rank change year-on-year +28 +36 -1
Contract jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.085% 0.036% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.12% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £519 - £603
25th Percentile £539 £560 £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £570 £675
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -15.56% +3.85%
75th Percentile £609 £580 £756
90th Percentile £628 - £783
England median daily rate £635 £618 £606
% change year-on-year +2.83% +1.86% +21.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 655 818 1,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 27.77% 29.48% 25.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 538 735
10th Percentile £257 £250 £306
25th Percentile £392 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.34% +8.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 68 38
10th Percentile £19.00 £16.25 £13.96
25th Percentile £24.18 £30.00 £17.18
Median hourly rate £37.00 £46.18 £22.86
Median % change year-on-year -19.88% +102.06% -37.38%
75th Percentile £55.25 £46.89 £57.09
90th Percentile £74.28 £55.00 £69.55
England median hourly rate £51.72 £53.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -2.42% +17.78% +63.64%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the North West

CompTIA Security+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA Security+ in the North West

CompTIA Security+
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North West region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Cheshire +1 1 £510 -10.53% 1
Cumbria - 1 £640 - 1
CompTIA Security+
England

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) SSL
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Unix
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Log Correlation
1 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ticket Management
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (50.00%) MCSA
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CASB
1 1 (50.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk