CompTIA Security+ Jobs in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 652 600
Rank change year-on-year +137 -52 +169
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 65 115 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.15% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.57% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 49 93 111
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,850 £27,750
25th Percentile £41,500 £37,500 £39,022
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £71,500 £69,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £52,373 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.24% -4.55% -8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,101 20,351 20,222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.04% 25.83% 37.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,320 12,173 8,004
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £28,800
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +8.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,954 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.86% -11.74% +9.09%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CompTIA Security+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CompTIA Security+ within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +69 16 £59,000 +31.11% 103
North of England +36 14 £52,750 +20.57% 108
Midlands +69 11 £46,000 -3.16% 73
South West +111 10 £51,058 -2.75% 39
North West +24 9 £55,000 +46.67% 51
West Midlands +66 8 £46,000 -16.10% 39
Scotland +95 5 £55,000 +10.00% 24
Yorkshire +48 5 £38,500 -35.83% 48
Northern Ireland +47 5 - - 10
East Midlands +44 3 £35,000 -26.32% 34
East of England +21 3 £31,500 -22.22% 47
South Coast - 1 £59,000 -
CompTIA Security+
UK

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.08%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (47.69%) Azure
2 19 (29.23%) AWS
3 17 (26.15%) Azure Sentinel
4 10 (15.38%) Entra ID
5 8 (12.31%) GCP
6 7 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (7.69%) Amazon ECS
7 5 (7.69%) Mimecast
8 4 (6.15%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (6.15%) Azure Storage
8 4 (6.15%) IaaS
8 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (6.15%) PaaS
8 4 (6.15%) Route 53
9 2 (3.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (35.38%) Firewall
2 15 (23.08%) VPN
3 12 (18.46%) Network Security
4 5 (7.69%) DNS
4 5 (7.69%) TCP/IP
4 5 (7.69%) WAN
5 4 (6.15%) HTTPS
5 4 (6.15%) SD-WAN
5 4 (6.15%) VLAN
6 3 (4.62%) DHCP
6 3 (4.62%) SSL
7 2 (3.08%) DMZ
7 2 (3.08%) HTTP
8 1 (1.54%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) NoSQL
1 2 (3.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) JIRA
General
1 31 (47.69%) Social Skills
2 16 (24.62%) Finance
3 15 (23.08%) Legal
4 14 (21.54%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.62%) Electronics
6 3 (4.62%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.62%) Marketing
6 3 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.62%) Retail
6 3 (4.62%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.08%) Law
7 2 (3.08%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 19 (29.23%) Security Engineer
2 16 (24.62%) Analyst
3 14 (21.54%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 12 (18.46%) Operations Manager
4 12 (18.46%) Risk Manager
5 8 (12.31%) Security Analyst
6 6 (9.23%) SOC Analyst
7 5 (7.69%) Operations Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) Azure Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) Cloud Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) Consultant
8 4 (6.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (6.15%) Security Consultant
8 4 (6.15%) Service Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) Service Desk Analyst
9 3 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 3 (4.62%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (3.08%) JSON
1 2 (3.08%) OAuth
1 2 (3.08%) REST
1 2 (3.08%) SOAP
1 2 (3.08%) XML
2 1 (1.54%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (30.77%) Security Posture
2 12 (18.46%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (13.85%) Security Operations Centre
4 8 (12.31%) Management Information System
5 5 (7.69%) Cloud Security Posture
6 4 (6.15%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (4.62%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (3.08%) Cyberattack
8 2 (3.08%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.54%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 21 (32.31%) Windows
2 9 (13.85%) Linux
2 9 (13.85%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.15%) VMS
4 3 (4.62%) Android
4 3 (4.62%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (50.77%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (40.00%) Information Security
3 20 (30.77%) Security Operations
4 19 (29.23%) Collaborative Culture
4 19 (29.23%) Incident Response
5 18 (27.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (27.69%) SIEM
6 17 (26.15%) Project Management
7 16 (24.62%) Risk Management
8 14 (21.54%) Forensic Analysis
9 13 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
9 13 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
10 12 (18.46%) Cloud Security
10 12 (18.46%) Regulatory Change
11 10 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
12 8 (12.31%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 8 (12.31%) Mentoring
12 8 (12.31%) Threat Detection
12 8 (12.31%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 18 (27.69%) PowerShell
2 10 (15.38%) Python
3 9 (13.85%) Bash
4 8 (12.31%) Kusto Query Language
5 7 (10.77%) SQL
6 2 (3.08%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 39 (60.00%) CISSP
2 23 (35.38%) Degree
3 19 (29.23%) CEH
3 19 (29.23%) CISM
4 18 (27.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 18 (27.69%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (26.15%) CISA
6 12 (18.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 11 (16.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (16.92%) Security Cleared
8 9 (13.85%) AWS Certification
8 9 (13.85%) Azure Certification
9 7 (10.77%) A+ Certification
9 7 (10.77%) SC Cleared
10 6 (9.23%) CompTIA CySA+
10 6 (9.23%) GCIH
10 6 (9.23%) OSCP
10 6 (9.23%) SSCP
11 4 (6.15%) ISSEP
12 3 (4.62%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (46.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (26.15%) NIST
3 12 (18.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (12.31%) GDPR
5 6 (9.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (9.23%) HIPAA
5 6 (9.23%) PCI DSS
6 3 (4.62%) SLA
7 2 (3.08%) NCSC
8 1 (1.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (1.54%) NIST 800
System Software
1 14 (21.54%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.31%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (7.69%) Docker
4 4 (6.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (3.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (9.23%) QRadar
2 5 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (6.15%) CASB
4 2 (3.08%) Graylog
5 1 (1.54%) CSIRT
5 1 (1.54%) Nessus
Vendors
1 30 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 11 (16.92%) Cisco
3 10 (15.38%) Splunk
4 6 (9.23%) Palo Alto
5 4 (6.15%) Forcepoint
5 4 (6.15%) Qualys
5 4 (6.15%) VMware
6 3 (4.62%) HP
6 3 (4.62%) SAP
6 3 (4.62%) Sophos
7 2 (3.08%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (3.08%) Google
7 2 (3.08%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.08%) Tenable
8 1 (1.54%) Proofpoint
8 1 (1.54%) Rapid7