CompTIA Security+ Jobs in England

CompTIA Security+
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 667 700 993
Rank change year-on-year +33 +293 -358
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 169 230 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.25% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.70% 0.78% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 142 186 110
10th Percentile £31,300 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £33,219 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,438 £71,563 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,214 29,487 35,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.43% 32.60% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15,696 13,357 16,642
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,800 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.94% +8.23% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CompTIA Security+ in England

CompTIA Security+
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 7 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
London +95 65 £65,000 +18.18% 23
South East -25 33 £43,750 +53.51% 9
North of England +67 26 £60,000 -7.69% 12
East of England +23 16 £27,000 -36.47% 1
South West -46 15 £55,000 -18.52% 6
West Midlands +11 12 £39,649 -48.84% 3
Midlands -5 12 £39,649 -48.84% 5
Yorkshire +91 11 £60,000 -7.69% 6
North West +20 8 £37,500 -50.00% 5
North East - 7 £40,000 - 1
CompTIA Security+
UK

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (5.92%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (5.92%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (1.18%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 71 (42.01%) Azure
2 50 (29.59%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (13.02%) AWS
4 17 (10.06%) Entra ID
5 13 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (2.37%) SaaS
7 3 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.78%) IaaS
8 2 (1.18%) GCP
8 2 (1.18%) OCI
8 2 (1.18%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.18%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.59%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.59%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.59%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.59%) PaaS
9 1 (0.59%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 74 (43.79%) Firewall
2 34 (20.12%) Intrusion Detection
3 13 (7.69%) Network Security
4 10 (5.92%) LAN
4 10 (5.92%) TCP/IP
4 10 (5.92%) WAN
5 8 (4.73%) DNS
6 6 (3.55%) DHCP
6 6 (3.55%) VPN
6 6 (3.55%) Wireshark
7 5 (2.96%) IPsec
7 5 (2.96%) SSL
8 4 (2.37%) Internet
9 3 (1.78%) SAN
9 3 (1.78%) tcpdump
10 2 (1.18%) DMZ
10 2 (1.18%) HTTP
10 2 (1.18%) SMTP
10 2 (1.18%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (1.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.10%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.73%) MariaDB
2 8 (4.73%) MySQL
3 2 (1.18%) Power BI
4 1 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.78%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.59%) Snyk
General
1 60 (35.50%) Social Skills
2 47 (27.81%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (13.02%) Law
3 22 (13.02%) Legal
4 12 (7.10%) Finance
5 7 (4.14%) Manufacturing
5 7 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.55%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.37%) Marketing
8 3 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.78%) Retail
9 2 (1.18%) Games
9 2 (1.18%) Publishing
9 2 (1.18%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.59%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.59%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 89 (52.66%) Analyst
2 55 (32.54%) Security Analyst
3 34 (20.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 26 (15.38%) Senior
5 25 (14.79%) SOC Analyst
6 20 (11.83%) IT Engineer
7 18 (10.65%) Senior Analyst
8 12 (7.10%) IT Support
8 12 (7.10%) Lead
9 11 (6.51%) IT Support Engineer
9 11 (6.51%) Senior Security Analyst
9 11 (6.51%) Support Engineer
10 8 (4.73%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 8 (4.73%) 2nd Line Support
10 8 (4.73%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 7 (4.14%) Consultant
11 7 (4.14%) Information Analyst
11 7 (4.14%) Information Security Analyst
11 7 (4.14%) Security Consultant
11 7 (4.14%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.18%) EDI
1 2 (1.18%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 47 (27.81%) Management Information System
2 43 (25.44%) Cyber Threat
3 25 (14.79%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (7.69%) Client/Server
5 8 (4.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 8 (4.73%) Security Posture
6 7 (4.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.55%) IoT
8 5 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.78%) Mobile Computing
10 2 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.18%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.18%) Cyberattack
10 2 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.18%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.18%) NHS
10 2 (1.18%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.59%) CSOC
11 1 (0.59%) EPoS
11 1 (0.59%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 49 (28.99%) Windows
2 22 (13.02%) Windows Server
3 12 (7.10%) Linux
4 2 (1.18%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.18%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.18%) Unix
4 2 (1.18%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.18%) Windows 8
4 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (71.01%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (36.69%) SIEM
3 61 (36.09%) Information Security
4 56 (33.14%) Security Operations
5 50 (29.59%) Incident Response
5 50 (29.59%) Problem-Solving
6 35 (20.71%) Risk Management
7 34 (20.12%) Penetration Testing
8 33 (19.53%) Computer Science
9 26 (15.38%) ITIL
10 25 (14.79%) Customer Service
11 24 (14.20%) Vulnerability Management
12 22 (13.02%) Risk Assessment
12 22 (13.02%) Security Monitoring
13 21 (12.43%) Disaster Recovery
14 20 (11.83%) Business Continuity
15 18 (10.65%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 17 (10.06%) Cloud Security
16 17 (10.06%) Mentoring
17 14 (8.28%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 10 (5.92%) Python
3 8 (4.73%) Bash
4 2 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (62.13%) CISSP
2 72 (42.60%) Degree
3 47 (27.81%) CompTIA CySA+
4 39 (23.08%) CISM
5 37 (21.89%) Cisco Certification
5 37 (21.89%) Network+ Certification
6 34 (20.12%) CEH
7 27 (15.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (15.38%) CISA
9 24 (14.20%) GIAC
10 22 (13.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 21 (12.43%) CCSP
12 20 (11.83%) CRISC
12 20 (11.83%) Security Cleared
13 19 (11.24%) Microsoft Certification
14 17 (10.06%) SSCP
15 16 (9.47%) A+ Certification
16 15 (8.88%) CCNA
17 14 (8.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 11 (6.51%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (27.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (20.12%) NIST
3 20 (11.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 12 (7.10%) SOC 2
6 8 (4.73%) GRC
6 8 (4.73%) NCSC
7 6 (3.55%) GDPR
7 6 (3.55%) PCI DSS
8 5 (2.96%) SLA
9 2 (1.18%) COBIT
9 2 (1.18%) IASME
9 2 (1.18%) ISO 22301
9 2 (1.18%) ISO 9001
9 2 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.59%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.59%) NIST 800
System Software
1 28 (16.57%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.59%) Snort
4 1 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (11.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.73%) Nessus
3 2 (1.18%) CASB
3 2 (1.18%) CSIRT
3 2 (1.18%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.59%) Autotask
4 1 (0.59%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 65 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 21 (12.43%) ServiceNow
3 12 (7.10%) Cisco
4 10 (5.92%) Sophos
5 7 (4.14%) Splunk
5 7 (4.14%) VMware
6 3 (1.78%) HP
7 2 (1.18%) Aruba
7 2 (1.18%) Citrix
7 2 (1.18%) Oracle
7 2 (1.18%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.59%) Google
8 1 (0.59%) iManage
8 1 (0.59%) Intel
8 1 (0.59%) Mitel
8 1 (0.59%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (0.59%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.59%) Qualys
8 1 (0.59%) Veeam
8 1 (0.59%) Zerto