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 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 180 114
Rank change year-on-year +62 -66 +101
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 41 2 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.99% 0.056% 1.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.03% 0.15% 3.21%
Number of salaries quoted 21 1 4
10th Percentile £27,250 - £35,800
25th Percentile £28,250 £46,250 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £47,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -25.49% +50.00%
75th Percentile £39,500 £48,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £65,000 - -
England median annual salary £32,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -45.83% - +4.35%

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 1,351 1,355 748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 32.71% 37.82% 34.97%
Number of salaries quoted 517 420 453
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,725 £28,132
25th Percentile £31,750 £43,750 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £79,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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+
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CompTIA Security+ in the East of England

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 1 January 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
Bedfordshire +42 10 £32,500 - 2
Cambridgeshire - 10 £33,000 - 3
Essex - 9 £34,000 - 4
Norfolk - 5 - - 1
Suffolk - 5 - - 1
Hertfordshire +15 2 £39,750 -16.32% 3
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (63.41%) Azure
2 7 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (14.63%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) Firewall
2 5 (12.20%) LAN
2 5 (12.20%) WAN
2 5 (12.20%) WLAN
3 1 (2.44%) DHCP
3 1 (2.44%) DNS
3 1 (2.44%) Network Security
3 1 (2.44%) NGFW
3 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
General
1 29 (70.73%) Social Skills
2 10 (24.39%) Multimedia
3 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Finance
5 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.44%) Legal
5 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (53.66%) Analyst
1 22 (53.66%) Security Analyst
2 20 (48.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 20 (48.78%) Junior
2 20 (48.78%) Junior Analyst
2 20 (48.78%) Junior Security Analyst
3 10 (24.39%) Trainee
4 5 (12.20%) Support Technician
5 3 (7.32%) Information Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Information Security Manager
5 3 (7.32%) Security Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Email Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Firewall Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Incident Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) Security Incident Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) SIEM Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.76%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.88%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (87.80%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (73.17%) Mentoring
3 10 (24.39%) Ethical Hacking
3 10 (24.39%) Line Management
4 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (17.07%) ITIL
5 6 (14.63%) Customer Service
5 6 (14.63%) Incident Response
6 5 (12.20%) Client Onboarding
7 4 (9.76%) Information Security
7 4 (9.76%) Risk Management
8 3 (7.32%) Due Diligence
8 3 (7.32%) Information Security Management
8 3 (7.32%) ISMS
8 3 (7.32%) Risk Register
8 3 (7.32%) Security Management
8 3 (7.32%) SIEM
9 2 (4.88%) Runbook
9 2 (4.88%) Vulnerability Management
10 1 (2.44%) Computer Forensics
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (53.66%) CompTIA CySA+
2 20 (48.78%) Azure Certification
3 16 (39.02%) A+ Certification
3 16 (39.02%) Network+ Certification
4 14 (34.15%) CEH
5 5 (12.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (12.20%) MCITP
5 5 (12.20%) MCP
5 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (9.76%) CISM
7 3 (7.32%) CISSP
8 2 (4.88%) GSEC
9 1 (2.44%) CISA
9 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) GDPR
1 4 (9.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (9.76%) NIST
2 3 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (7.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.44%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 28 (68.29%) Microsoft
2 20 (48.78%) ForeScout
3 5 (12.20%) Aruba
3 5 (12.20%) HP
4 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow