CompTIA Security+ Job Trends in Portsmouth

CompTIA Security+
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.87% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.21% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £47,050 - -
25th Percentile £48,625 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,125 - -
90th Percentile £68,750 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 136 140 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 39.53% 45.90% 37.79%
Number of salaries quoted 47 77 59
10th Percentile £39,175 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,998 £41,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -9.48% +16.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £81,750 £82,500
Hampshire median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +15.00% -0.17%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

CompTIA Security+ job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

CompTIA Security+
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing CompTIA Security+.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing CompTIA Security+

CompTIA Security+
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for CompTIA Security+ in Portsmouth

CompTIA Security+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Presales
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CEH
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) CompTIA CySA+
2 2 (66.67%) GCIH
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk