CASP Job Trends in the South West

CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for CASP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 - 248
Rank change year-on-year - - -11
Permanent jobs citing CASP 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.023% - 0.012%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.089% - 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.23%
75th Percentile - - £85,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary - £57,500 £71,250
% change year-on-year - -19.30% +1.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

CASP 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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,256 1,295 2,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 25.81% 37.16% 29.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,122 830 1,551
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £31,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +1.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £70,250
90th Percentile £99,875 £82,625 £86,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

CASP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CASP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

CASP job vacancy trend in the South West

CASP
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CASP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing CASP

CASP
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CASP within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
Bristol - 2 - - 1
CASP
England

CASP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Blog
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) SOAR
1 2 (100.00%) Tradecraft
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (100.00%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC