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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 706 718 1047
Rank change year-on-year +12 +329 -427
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 190 257 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.25% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.70% 0.75% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 154 202 129
10th Percentile £32,400 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £38,987 £35,094 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £81,250 £85,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +1.85%

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 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +59 181 £55,000 - 38
UK excluding London -30 107 £50,000 +11.11% 27
London +110 76 £65,000 +11.11% 16
Work from Home +44 57 £60,000 +60.00% 17
South East -16 33 £43,750 +34.62% 6
North of England +69 26 £60,000 -7.69% 7
East of England +20 16 £27,000 -36.47% 1
South West -17 15 £55,000 -18.52% 6
West Midlands +26 13 £39,649 -48.84% 2
Midlands +7 13 £39,649 -48.84% 4
Yorkshire +103 11 £60,000 -7.69% 1
North West +13 8 £37,500 -50.00% 6
North East - 7 £40,000 -
Scotland -66 3 £50,000 +23.90% 2
Northern Ireland +28 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 11 (5.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (5.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (1.05%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 79 (41.58%) Azure
2 53 (27.89%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (14.21%) AWS
4 17 (8.95%) Entra ID
5 16 (8.42%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (2.11%) SaaS
7 3 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.58%) IaaS
8 2 (1.05%) GCP
8 2 (1.05%) OCI
8 2 (1.05%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.05%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.05%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.53%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 80 (42.11%) Firewall
2 36 (18.95%) Intrusion Detection
3 14 (7.37%) Network Security
4 11 (5.79%) LAN
4 11 (5.79%) WAN
5 10 (5.26%) TCP/IP
6 9 (4.74%) DNS
7 7 (3.68%) DHCP
7 7 (3.68%) VPN
7 7 (3.68%) Wireless
8 6 (3.16%) Wireshark
9 5 (2.63%) Internet
9 5 (2.63%) IPsec
9 5 (2.63%) SSL
10 4 (2.11%) SAN
11 3 (1.58%) Structured Cabling
11 3 (1.58%) tcpdump
12 2 (1.05%) DMZ
12 2 (1.05%) HTTP
12 2 (1.05%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.32%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.21%) MariaDB
2 8 (4.21%) MySQL
3 2 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.05%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.58%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.53%) Snyk
General
1 64 (33.68%) Social Skills
2 48 (25.26%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (13.68%) Legal
4 25 (13.16%) Law
5 14 (7.37%) Finance
6 7 (3.68%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.16%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.63%) Retail
9 4 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.11%) Marketing
10 3 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.58%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.05%) Games
11 2 (1.05%) Publishing
12 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.53%) Military
Job Titles
1 101 (53.16%) Analyst
2 68 (35.79%) Security Analyst
3 43 (22.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 29 (15.26%) Senior
5 25 (13.16%) SOC Analyst
6 20 (10.53%) IT Engineer
6 20 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
7 13 (6.84%) IT Support
7 13 (6.84%) Senior Security Analyst
8 12 (6.32%) Lead
9 11 (5.79%) Information Analyst
9 11 (5.79%) Information Security Analyst
9 11 (5.79%) IT Support Engineer
9 11 (5.79%) Support Engineer
10 9 (4.74%) CISSP Analyst
10 9 (4.74%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
11 8 (4.21%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 8 (4.21%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (4.21%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 8 (4.21%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.05%) EDI
1 2 (1.05%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 51 (26.84%) Management Information System
2 47 (24.74%) Cyber Threat
3 25 (13.16%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (6.84%) Client/Server
4 13 (6.84%) Security Posture
5 10 (5.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 7 (3.68%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.68%) Cyberattack
7 6 (3.16%) IoT
8 5 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.58%) Mobile Computing
10 2 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.05%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.05%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.05%) NHS
10 2 (1.05%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.53%) CESG
11 1 (0.53%) CSOC
11 1 (0.53%) EPoS
11 1 (0.53%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 50 (26.32%) Windows
2 23 (12.11%) Windows Server
3 12 (6.32%) Linux
4 2 (1.05%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.05%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.05%) Unix
4 2 (1.05%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.05%) Windows 8
4 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (72.11%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (35.26%) SIEM
3 66 (34.74%) Information Security
4 62 (32.63%) Security Operations
5 51 (26.84%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (26.32%) Incident Response
7 46 (24.21%) Penetration Testing
8 39 (20.53%) Risk Management
9 36 (18.95%) Computer Science
10 27 (14.21%) ITIL
10 27 (14.21%) Risk Assessment
11 26 (13.68%) Customer Service
11 26 (13.68%) Disaster Recovery
11 26 (13.68%) Security Monitoring
12 24 (12.63%) Vulnerability Management
13 23 (12.11%) Business Continuity
14 21 (11.05%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 18 (9.47%) Application Security
15 18 (9.47%) Mentoring
16 17 (8.95%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.37%) PowerShell
2 10 (5.26%) Python
3 8 (4.21%) Bash
4 2 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 119 (62.63%) CISSP
2 81 (42.63%) Degree
3 64 (33.68%) CompTIA CySA+
4 46 (24.21%) Network+ Certification
5 45 (23.68%) CISM
6 41 (21.58%) Cisco Certification
7 39 (20.53%) CEH
8 29 (15.26%) CISA
9 27 (14.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (13.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 25 (13.16%) CCSP
11 25 (13.16%) CRISC
11 25 (13.16%) GIAC
12 21 (11.05%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (10.53%) Security Cleared
14 19 (10.00%) SSCP
15 18 (9.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 17 (8.95%) A+ Certification
17 15 (7.89%) CCNA
18 11 (5.79%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (27.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (19.47%) NIST
3 23 (12.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (8.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 16 (8.42%) SOC 2
5 8 (4.21%) NCSC
6 7 (3.68%) GRC
7 6 (3.16%) PCI DSS
8 5 (2.63%) GDPR
8 5 (2.63%) SLA
9 4 (2.11%) ISO 22301
10 2 (1.05%) COBIT
10 2 (1.05%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.53%) IASME
11 1 (0.53%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (15.26%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.11%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.53%) Snort
4 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.53%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.21%) Nessus
3 2 (1.05%) CASB
3 2 (1.05%) CSIRT
3 2 (1.05%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.53%) Autotask
4 1 (0.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 73 (38.42%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.74%) ServiceNow
3 13 (6.84%) Cisco
4 10 (5.26%) Sophos
5 8 (4.21%) VMware
6 7 (3.68%) Splunk
7 4 (2.11%) HP
8 3 (1.58%) Citrix
9 2 (1.05%) Aruba
9 2 (1.05%) Mitel
9 2 (1.05%) Nimble Storage
9 2 (1.05%) Oracle
9 2 (1.05%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.05%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.05%) Veeam
9 2 (1.05%) Zerto
10 1 (0.53%) ConnectWise
10 1 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.53%) Google
10 1 (0.53%) iManage