CompTIA Security+ Job Trends 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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 418 532 466
Rank change year-on-year +114 -66 +267
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 119 101 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.35% 0.18% 0.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.96% 0.69% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 106 63 86
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £39,250 £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +21.39% -17.62%
75th Percentile £55,871 £71,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,125 £75,000 £74,375
UK median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,900
% change year-on-year -14.53% +10.59% -19.54%

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 12,372 14,629 12,073
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.02% 26.46% 34.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,985 6,651 7,208
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £39,750 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% -3.45% +5.45%

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CompTIA Security+.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CompTIA Security+

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 West +85 37 £50,000 -20.00% 13
South East +51 27 £65,000 +15.03% 50
North of England +41 23 £33,500 -23.43% 54
East of England - 13 £32,500 - 20
North West +14 9 £30,500 -30.29% 27
Midlands +42 8 £44,250 -11.50% 32
Yorkshire +16 8 £34,500 -34.29% 19
Scotland +54 7 £30,500 -39.00% 14
West Midlands +44 6 £46,000 -19.30% 18
North East +24 6 £33,500 -16.25% 9
Northern Ireland +19 3 - - 3
East Midlands +27 2 £38,750 -18.42% 14
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 1 (0.84%) IIS
1 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 36 (30.25%) Azure
2 22 (18.49%) AWS
3 15 (12.61%) Azure Sentinel
4 12 (10.08%) Entra ID
5 10 (8.40%) GCP
5 10 (8.40%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.20%) Amazon ECS
6 5 (4.20%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.36%) Azure Storage
7 4 (3.36%) IaaS
7 4 (3.36%) PaaS
8 2 (1.68%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.68%) Route 53
8 2 (1.68%) SaaS
9 1 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 45 (37.82%) Network Security
2 38 (31.93%) Firewall
3 13 (10.92%) VPN
4 11 (9.24%) TCP/IP
5 8 (6.72%) WAN
6 6 (5.04%) LAN
7 5 (4.20%) WLAN
8 4 (3.36%) Asterisk PBX
8 4 (3.36%) DNS
8 4 (3.36%) PSTN
8 4 (3.36%) VoIP
9 3 (2.52%) DHCP
9 3 (2.52%) SSL
9 3 (2.52%) VLAN
10 2 (1.68%) HTTP
10 2 (1.68%) HTTPS
10 2 (1.68%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (1.68%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.84%) DMZ
11 1 (0.84%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.68%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.68%) JIRA
General
1 43 (36.13%) Analytical Skills
2 41 (34.45%) Social Skills
3 40 (33.61%) Finance
4 29 (24.37%) Telecoms
5 25 (21.01%) Electronics
5 25 (21.01%) Manufacturing
5 25 (21.01%) Marketing
5 25 (21.01%) Public Sector
6 19 (15.97%) Multimedia
7 8 (6.72%) Legal
8 4 (3.36%) Law
8 4 (3.36%) Retail
9 3 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.84%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 28 (23.53%) Security Engineer
2 26 (21.85%) Consultant
2 26 (21.85%) Security Consultant
3 25 (21.01%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 23 (19.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 19 (15.97%) Trainee
6 18 (15.13%) Analyst
7 12 (10.08%) Senior
8 11 (9.24%) Security Analyst
9 8 (6.72%) SOC Analyst
10 7 (5.88%) Senior Security Engineer
11 6 (5.04%) Operations Manager
11 6 (5.04%) Risk Manager
12 5 (4.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 5 (4.20%) IT Analyst
12 5 (4.20%) Operations Engineer
12 5 (4.20%) Support Technician
13 4 (3.36%) IT Security Analyst
13 4 (3.36%) Senior Analyst
13 4 (3.36%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.36%) FreeSWITCH
2 2 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.68%) JSON
2 2 (1.68%) OAuth
2 2 (1.68%) REST
2 2 (1.68%) SOAP
2 2 (1.68%) XML
3 1 (0.84%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (21.01%) Analytical Mindset
2 22 (18.49%) Security Posture
3 15 (12.61%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (10.92%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (5.88%) Management Information System
6 5 (4.20%) Cloud Security Posture
6 5 (4.20%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.36%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.68%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.68%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.84%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.84%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (18.49%) Windows
2 6 (5.04%) Linux
3 5 (4.20%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.36%) VMS
5 1 (0.84%) Android
5 1 (0.84%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (73.11%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (39.50%) Mentoring
3 32 (26.89%) Vulnerability Management
4 28 (23.53%) SIEM
5 26 (21.85%) Incident Response
5 26 (21.85%) Security Operations
6 25 (21.01%) Business Intelligence
6 25 (21.01%) Digital Marketing
6 25 (21.01%) Programme Management
7 24 (20.17%) Information Security
8 23 (19.33%) Line Management
9 20 (16.81%) Ethical Hacking
10 18 (15.13%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (13.45%) Forensic Analysis
11 16 (13.45%) ITIL
12 14 (11.76%) Cloud Security
13 12 (10.08%) Risk Management
14 11 (9.24%) Collaborative Culture
15 10 (8.40%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.45%) Python
2 15 (12.61%) PowerShell
3 14 (11.76%) Bash
4 10 (8.40%) Kusto Query Language
4 10 (8.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (54.62%) CEH
2 60 (50.42%) CISSP
3 36 (30.25%) Security Cleared
4 35 (29.41%) Network+ Certification
5 30 (25.21%) A+ Certification
5 30 (25.21%) Degree
6 26 (21.85%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (15.97%) CISM
8 14 (11.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 12 (10.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (9.24%) CCNP
10 11 (9.24%) SC Cleared
11 10 (8.40%) AWS Certification
11 10 (8.40%) CISA
12 8 (6.72%) Azure Certification
12 8 (6.72%) CCNA
12 8 (6.72%) CompTIA CySA+
12 8 (6.72%) GCIA
13 7 (5.88%) OSCP
13 7 (5.88%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (47.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (36.97%) NIST
3 30 (25.21%) PCI DSS
4 15 (12.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (10.92%) GDPR
6 7 (5.88%) HIPAA
7 6 (5.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (2.52%) SLA
9 2 (1.68%) NCSC
9 2 (1.68%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 16 (13.45%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.04%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (4.20%) Docker
4 4 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.68%) Firmware
5 2 (1.68%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.84%) KVM
6 1 (0.84%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.88%) QRadar
3 5 (4.20%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.36%) CASB
5 2 (1.68%) CSIRT
5 2 (1.68%) Graylog
6 1 (0.84%) Ansible
6 1 (0.84%) Nessus
6 1 (0.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 25 (21.01%) SAP
3 19 (15.97%) Cisco
4 10 (8.40%) Splunk
5 7 (5.88%) Palo Alto
6 6 (5.04%) HP
7 5 (4.20%) Aruba
7 5 (4.20%) Qualys
8 4 (3.36%) Forcepoint
8 4 (3.36%) VMware
9 3 (2.52%) Google
10 2 (1.68%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.84%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.84%) Imperva
11 1 (0.84%) Proofpoint
11 1 (0.84%) Rapid7
11 1 (0.84%) Sophos
11 1 (0.84%) Thales
11 1 (0.84%) Trend Micro
11 1 (0.84%) Veeam