CompTIA Security+ Job Trends in Ipswich

CompTIA Security+
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Ipswich with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 20 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Ipswich 7.66% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 23.53% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median annual salary £55,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 85 28 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Ipswich 32.57% 31.46% 14.41%
Number of salaries quoted 13 24 29
10th Percentile - £25,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £25,625 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,416 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.17% +25.13% -25.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £53,813 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,500 £76,000
Suffolk median annual salary £46,750 £66,215 £42,500
% change year-on-year -29.40% +55.80% +11.84%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

CompTIA Security+ job vacancy trend in Ipswich

CompTIA Security+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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 20 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Firewall
General
1 19 (95.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (100.00%) Analyst
1 20 (100.00%) Security Analyst
2 19 (95.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 19 (95.00%) Junior
2 19 (95.00%) Junior Analyst
2 19 (95.00%) Junior Security Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Information Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Information Security Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Linux
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) Cybersecurity
1 19 (95.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (5.00%) Due Diligence
2 1 (5.00%) Information Security
2 1 (5.00%) SIEM
2 1 (5.00%) Validation
2 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 19 (95.00%) Azure Certification
1 19 (95.00%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (95.00%) ForeScout
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco