CompTIA Security+ Job Trends in the East of England

CompTIA Security+
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 146 203
Rank change year-on-year +45 +57 +38
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 82 3 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.38% 0.12% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.25% 0.25% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 15
10th Percentile £27,250 £36,125 -
25th Percentile £30,250 £37,813 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £41,250 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.58% +52.78% -36.47%
75th Percentile £41,750 £45,313 £57,000
90th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 -
England median annual salary £31,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -42.73% - -1.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East of England

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,562 1,177 1,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 26.30% 45.57% 26.80%
Number of salaries quoted 553 572 1,079
10th Percentile £29,061 £31,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +16.33% -2.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,254 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £75,000 £72,750
England median annual salary £57,591 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.16% +4.55% -4.35%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CompTIA Security+ relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

CompTIA Security+ job vacancy trend in the East of England

CompTIA Security+
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CompTIA Security+.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing CompTIA Security+

CompTIA Security+
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CompTIA Security+ within the East of England region over the 6 months to 11 April 2026. 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
Essex - 22 £34,000 - 7
Cambridgeshire - 20 £40,000 - 4
Norfolk - 18 - - 5
Suffolk - 18 - - 4
Bedfordshire +14 2 £30,500 - 1
Hertfordshire -23 2 £39,750 -3.64%
CompTIA Security+
England

CompTIA Security+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 73 (89.02%) Azure
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.22%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 1 (1.22%) AWS
3 1 (1.22%) AWS CloudTrail
3 1 (1.22%) AWS KMS
3 1 (1.22%) GCP
3 1 (1.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.66%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 73 (89.02%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.32%) Multimedia
3 1 (1.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.22%) Legal
3 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (92.68%) Analyst
1 76 (92.68%) Security Analyst
2 73 (89.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 72 (87.80%) Junior
3 72 (87.80%) Junior Analyst
3 72 (87.80%) Junior Security Analyst
4 6 (7.32%) Trainee
5 2 (2.44%) Email Analyst
5 2 (2.44%) Firewall Analyst
5 2 (2.44%) Incident Analyst
5 2 (2.44%) Security Incident Analyst
5 2 (2.44%) SIEM Analyst
6 1 (1.22%) Compliance Analyst
6 1 (1.22%) Governance Analyst
6 1 (1.22%) Security Compliance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.88%) Security Posture
2 1 (1.22%) Cloud Native
2 1 (1.22%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (1.22%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (98.78%) Cybersecurity
2 78 (95.12%) Mentoring
3 6 (7.32%) Ethical Hacking
3 6 (7.32%) Line Management
4 4 (4.88%) SIEM
5 3 (3.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (3.66%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (2.44%) Data Protection
6 2 (2.44%) Incident Response
6 2 (2.44%) ITIL
6 2 (2.44%) Runbook
7 1 (1.22%) Cloud Security
7 1 (1.22%) Patch Management
7 1 (1.22%) RBAC
7 1 (1.22%) Risk Register
7 1 (1.22%) SOAR
7 1 (1.22%) Validation
7 1 (1.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 1 (1.22%) Workflow
7 1 (1.22%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.44%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 76 (92.68%) CompTIA CySA+
2 72 (87.80%) Azure Certification
3 7 (8.54%) CEH
4 5 (6.10%) A+ Certification
4 5 (6.10%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (2.44%) CISSP
5 2 (2.44%) GSEC
6 1 (1.22%) CCNA
6 1 (1.22%) CISA
6 1 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.22%) CISM
6 1 (1.22%) CRISC
6 1 (1.22%) Degree
6 1 (1.22%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.22%) GRC
1 1 (1.22%) ISO 31000
1 1 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.22%) NIST
1 1 (1.22%) NIST 800
1 1 (1.22%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 74 (90.24%) Microsoft
2 72 (87.80%) ForeScout
3 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.22%) Google