CompTIA Security+
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 758 720 1050
Rank change year-on-year -38 +330 -412
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 153 242 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.25% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 0.74% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 129 202 130
10th Percentile £36,000 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,500 £81,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -2.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,804 32,509 45,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.92% 33.46% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,251 14,583 19,146
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £30,932
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,763
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CompTIA Security+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK

CompTIA Security+
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+.

Salary trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK

CompTIA Security+
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CompTIA Security+ in the UK

CompTIA Security+
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CompTIA Security+ within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -21 143 £54,000 -4.26% 81
UK excluding London -55 103 £47,500 +5.56% 55
Work from Home 0 45 £60,000 +48.68% 22
London +54 44 £65,000 +8.33% 29
South East -38 34 £45,000 +57.89% 7
North of England +54 28 £45,000 -33.33% 20
East of England +6 16 £27,000 -36.47% 4
Yorkshire +89 12 £60,000 -7.69% 12
South West -37 11 £52,500 -22.22% 7
North West +4 9 £37,500 -46.43% 7
West Midlands -15 9 £39,649 -24.48% 6
Midlands -31 9 £39,649 -27.91% 11
North East - 7 £40,000 - 1
Scotland -62 4 £50,000 +23.90% 2
Northern Ireland +23 1 - -

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (6.54%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.31%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (1.31%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 74 (48.37%) Azure
2 51 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 17 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 12 (7.84%) AWS
5 5 (3.27%) SaaS
6 3 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.96%) IaaS
7 2 (1.31%) GCP
7 2 (1.31%) OCI
7 2 (1.31%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.31%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.65%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.65%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.65%) PaaS
8 1 (0.65%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 69 (45.10%) Firewall
2 28 (18.30%) Intrusion Detection
3 15 (9.80%) Network Security
4 12 (7.84%) TCP/IP
5 7 (4.58%) LAN
5 7 (4.58%) WAN
6 6 (3.92%) Wireshark
7 5 (3.27%) DNS
7 5 (3.27%) IPsec
7 5 (3.27%) SSL
8 4 (2.61%) VPN
8 4 (2.61%) Wireless
9 3 (1.96%) DHCP
9 3 (1.96%) tcpdump
10 2 (1.31%) DMZ
10 2 (1.31%) HTTP
10 2 (1.31%) Internet
10 2 (1.31%) SMTP
10 2 (1.31%) VLAN
10 2 (1.31%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.19%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.23%) MariaDB
2 8 (5.23%) MySQL
3 2 (1.31%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.96%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.65%) Snyk
General
1 53 (34.64%) Social Skills
2 49 (32.03%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (13.07%) Law
4 11 (7.19%) Finance
5 10 (6.54%) Legal
6 8 (5.23%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.92%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.61%) Marketing
10 3 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.31%) Games
11 2 (1.31%) Publishing
11 2 (1.31%) Retail
12 1 (0.65%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.65%) Military
Job Titles
1 84 (54.90%) Analyst
2 50 (32.68%) Security Analyst
3 29 (18.95%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 27 (17.65%) Senior
5 25 (16.34%) SOC Analyst
6 20 (13.07%) IT Engineer
7 19 (12.42%) Senior Analyst
8 13 (8.50%) IT Support
9 12 (7.84%) IT Support Engineer
9 12 (7.84%) Support Engineer
10 11 (7.19%) Lead
10 11 (7.19%) Senior Security Analyst
11 9 (5.88%) Consultant
12 8 (5.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 8 (5.23%) 2nd Line Support
12 8 (5.23%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 7 (4.58%) Security Engineer
13 7 (4.58%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
14 6 (3.92%) Information Analyst
14 6 (3.92%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.31%) EDI
1 2 (1.31%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 35 (22.88%) Cyber Threat
2 34 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 26 (16.99%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (8.50%) Client/Server
5 7 (4.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (3.92%) Cyberattack
6 6 (3.92%) IoT
6 6 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.27%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.31%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.31%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.31%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.31%) EPoS
8 2 (1.31%) Mobile Computing
8 2 (1.31%) NHS
8 2 (1.31%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.65%) CESG
9 1 (0.65%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 45 (29.41%) Windows
2 17 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 13 (8.50%) Linux
4 2 (1.31%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.31%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.31%) Unix
4 2 (1.31%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.31%) Windows 8
4 2 (1.31%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (69.93%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (36.60%) SIEM
3 55 (35.95%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (33.99%) Information Security
5 48 (31.37%) Security Operations
6 47 (30.72%) Incident Response
7 29 (18.95%) Computer Science
7 29 (18.95%) Penetration Testing
8 25 (16.34%) ITIL
9 24 (15.69%) Risk Management
10 22 (14.38%) Customer Service
11 20 (13.07%) Disaster Recovery
11 20 (13.07%) Vulnerability Management
12 17 (11.11%) Mentoring
12 17 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 15 (9.80%) Business Continuity
14 14 (9.15%) Security Monitoring
15 12 (7.84%) Cloud Security
16 11 (7.19%) Data Protection
16 11 (7.19%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.84%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.19%) Python
3 8 (5.23%) Bash
4 2 (1.31%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.31%) SQL
5 1 (0.65%) C++
5 1 (0.65%) Java
Qualifications
1 91 (59.48%) CISSP
2 65 (42.48%) Degree
3 33 (21.57%) Network+ Certification
4 32 (20.92%) CISM
5 31 (20.26%) CEH
6 30 (19.61%) CompTIA CySA+
7 29 (18.95%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (18.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 23 (15.03%) CISA
10 21 (13.73%) GIAC
10 21 (13.73%) Security Cleared
10 21 (13.73%) SSCP
11 17 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
12 16 (10.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 15 (9.80%) CCSP
14 14 (9.15%) A+ Certification
15 13 (8.50%) CCNA
16 12 (7.84%) SC Cleared
17 11 (7.19%) SANS
18 8 (5.23%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (31.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (18.30%) NIST
3 18 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (7.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (5.23%) GRC
6 7 (4.58%) NCSC
7 6 (3.92%) ISO 22301
8 5 (3.27%) GDPR
8 5 (3.27%) PCI DSS
8 5 (3.27%) SLA
9 4 (2.61%) SOC 2
10 2 (1.31%) COBIT
10 2 (1.31%) IASME
10 2 (1.31%) ISO 9001
10 2 (1.31%) NIST 800
10 2 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
System Software
1 21 (13.73%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.61%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.65%) Snort
5 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (10.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (5.23%) Nessus
3 2 (1.31%) CASB
3 2 (1.31%) CSIRT
3 2 (1.31%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.65%) Autotask
4 1 (0.65%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.65%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 73 (47.71%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.19%) Cisco
3 10 (6.54%) Sophos
4 8 (5.23%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.58%) Splunk
5 7 (4.58%) VMware
6 2 (1.31%) Aruba
6 2 (1.31%) Citrix
6 2 (1.31%) Oracle
6 2 (1.31%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.65%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.65%) Google
7 1 (0.65%) HP
7 1 (0.65%) iManage
7 1 (0.65%) Intel
7 1 (0.65%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.65%) Qualys