CompTIA Security+ Job Trends in Swansea

CompTIA Security+
West Wales > Swansea

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Swansea with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 16 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Swansea 4.61% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 14.55% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 - -
75th Percentile £31,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median annual salary £31,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Swansea

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 Swansea.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 110 13 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swansea 31.70% 31.71% 18.02%
Number of salaries quoted 38 13 19
10th Percentile £35,663 - £31,250
25th Percentile £46,670 £21,250 £39,121
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £37,733 £51,997
Median % change year-on-year +59.01% -27.43% +16.30%
75th Percentile £75,901 £59,857 £63,304
90th Percentile £80,000 - £73,299
West Wales median annual salary £56,258 £37,733 £51,997
% change year-on-year +49.09% -27.43% +16.30%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

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

CompTIA Security+ job vacancy trend in Swansea

CompTIA Security+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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 15 (93.75%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Adabas
General
1 15 (93.75%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Analyst
1 15 (93.75%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 15 (93.75%) Junior
1 15 (93.75%) Junior Analyst
1 15 (93.75%) Junior Security Analyst
1 15 (93.75%) Security Analyst
2 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Node.js
1 1 (6.25%) React
1 1 (6.25%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (6.25%) Serverless Framework
1 1 (6.25%) Spring
1 1 (6.25%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
1 1 (6.25%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (93.75%) Mentoring
2 1 (6.25%) Agile
2 1 (6.25%) AI
2 1 (6.25%) Architectural Design
2 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (6.25%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (6.25%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (6.25%) Identity Management
2 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (6.25%) ITIL
2 1 (6.25%) Microservices
2 1 (6.25%) Migration
2 1 (6.25%) Observability
2 1 (6.25%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
2 1 (6.25%) Storage Management
2 1 (6.25%) Test Automation
2 1 (6.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Java
1 1 (6.25%) Natural
1 1 (6.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 15 (93.75%) Azure Certification
1 15 (93.75%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
2 1 (6.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Ansible
1 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) ForeScout
1 15 (93.75%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) OneLogin
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle