CompTIA Security+ Jobs in the South East

CompTIA Security+
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 343 316
Rank change year-on-year +46 -27 +165
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 21 35 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.21% 0.21% 0.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 0.65% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 19 32 40
10th Percentile £47,450 - £27,250
25th Percentile £49,500 £37,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +11.76% -19.05%
75th Percentile £72,500 £58,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,000 £60,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £51,058 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.75% -8.70% -4.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,074 5,387 4,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 49.72% 32.08% 39.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,444 3,343 2,356
10th Percentile £34,988 £31,250 £29,325
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,250 £37,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.50% -1.90% +3.26%
75th Percentile £70,600 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the South East

CompTIA Security+
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the South East.

Salary trend for CompTIA Security+ in the South East

CompTIA Security+
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the South East over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Salary histogram for CompTIA Security+ in the South East

CompTIA Security+
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CompTIA Security+ within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 July 2025. 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
Hampshire - 13 £70,000 - 8
Thames Valley +28 4 £51,250 +28.13% 20
Berkshire +22 4 £51,250 -14.58% 11
East Sussex +22 3 £59,000 +31.11% 3
West Sussex - 1 £67,500 - 4
CompTIA Security+
England

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (61.90%) Azure
2 11 (52.38%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (42.86%) AWS
4 7 (33.33%) GCP
5 3 (14.29%) Azure Storage
5 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 3 (14.29%) IaaS
5 3 (14.29%) Mimecast
5 3 (14.29%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (80.95%) Firewall
2 7 (33.33%) Network Security
2 7 (33.33%) VPN
3 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.76%) LAN
4 1 (4.76%) WAN
General
1 14 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 12 (57.14%) Security Engineer
2 8 (38.10%) Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Security Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) SOC Analyst
4 4 (19.05%) Senior
5 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Security Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Lead
6 1 (4.76%) Operations Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Security Posture
2 8 (38.10%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (9.52%) Cyberattack
5 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) VMS
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (95.24%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (80.95%) SIEM
3 14 (66.67%) Incident Response
4 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (47.62%) Forensic Analysis
6 8 (38.10%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 8 (38.10%) Security Operations
6 8 (38.10%) Threat Detection
6 8 (38.10%) Threat Intelligence
7 7 (33.33%) Cloud Security
7 7 (33.33%) Presales
8 4 (19.05%) Information Security
8 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (14.29%) ITIL
9 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
9 3 (14.29%) Network Architecture
9 3 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
9 3 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) Bash
1 10 (47.62%) PowerShell
1 10 (47.62%) Python
2 9 (42.86%) Kusto Query Language
3 5 (23.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (66.67%) Degree
2 12 (57.14%) CEH
3 11 (52.38%) CISSP
4 8 (38.10%) CISM
5 7 (33.33%) OSCP
6 4 (19.05%) Azure Certification
6 4 (19.05%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (14.29%) CISA
7 3 (14.29%) GCIH
7 3 (14.29%) ISSEP
7 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (14.29%) SSCP
8 2 (9.52%) CCNA
8 2 (9.52%) CCNP
8 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (9.52%) GCIA
8 2 (9.52%) SANS
8 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
8 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (61.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (47.62%) NIST
3 8 (38.10%) GDPR
4 7 (33.33%) HIPAA
5 4 (19.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (33.33%) QRadar
2 3 (14.29%) CASB
Vendors
1 12 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 10 (47.62%) Cisco
3 7 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 7 (33.33%) Splunk
4 3 (14.29%) Forcepoint
4 3 (14.29%) Qualys
5 1 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.76%) VMware