CompTIA Security+ Jobs in the South West

CompTIA Security+
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 290 245
Rank change year-on-year +109 -45 +68
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 3 11 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.086% 0.11% 0.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.33% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 28
10th Percentile - £42,500 £46,788
25th Percentile £48,165 £47,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £52,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% -22.22% +56.07%
75th Percentile £53,951 £60,000 £75,000
90th Percentile - £70,250 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £56,400
% change year-on-year +1.85% -4.26% -6.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,748 3,324 2,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 50.19% 34.22% 42.78%
Number of salaries quoted 942 2,174 1,261
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,685 £30,932
25th Percentile £37,574 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.73% +9.20%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £70,600
90th Percentile £73,750 £81,786 £81,250
England median annual salary £54,793 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.54% -9.17% +9.09%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the South West

CompTIA Security+
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for CompTIA Security+ in the South West

CompTIA Security+
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 CompTIA Security+ within the South West region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Wiltshire +50 2 £51,058 -2.75%
Devon - 1 - -
CompTIA Security+
England

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

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Amazon ECS
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Operations Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security Posture
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Blue Team
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
1 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
1 2 (66.67%) Forensic Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (66.67%) AWS Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft