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 1 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 475 640
Rank change year-on-year +375 +165 -57
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 1,162 65 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.72% 0.22% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.48% 0.51% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 175 35 87
10th Percentile - £35,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £49,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.63% +8.89% -
75th Percentile £49,005 £56,161 £58,125
90th Percentile £57,450 £66,250 £63,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £52,373 £53,250
% change year-on-year -28.40% -1.65% -3.18%

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 15,533 12,677 18,590
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.99% 43.33% 25.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6,260 4,991 12,209
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £27,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% +2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CompTIA Security+ job vacancy trend 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 1 June 2026.

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 1 June 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
North of England +187 333 £30,500 -44.55% 42
Midlands +139 253 £40,000 -13.04% 32
South East +139 203 £40,000 -20.00% 45
Yorkshire +82 185 £30,500 -20.78% 18
South West +72 137 £30,500 -40.26% 12
West Midlands +76 127 £35,000 -23.91% 16
East Midlands +64 125 £46,529 +32.94% 16
North West +87 104 £30,500 -44.57% 19
East of England +63 89 £50,000 +58.73% 12
Scotland +75 85 £30,500 -44.55% 13
Wales - 56 £41,500 - 9
North East - 44 £30,500 - 5
Northern Ireland -22 19 £39,000 - 2
CompTIA Security+
UK

CompTIA Security+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (0.69%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1,004 (86.40%) Azure
2 22 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (1.72%) AWS
4 12 (1.03%) Entra ID
5 10 (0.86%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (0.60%) Google Workspace
7 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (0.34%) Cloudflare
9 3 (0.26%) GCP
9 3 (0.26%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.086%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 1 (0.086%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.086%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (0.086%) AWS KMS
10 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.086%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.086%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (3.10%) Firewall
2 19 (1.64%) VPN
3 15 (1.29%) LAN
3 15 (1.29%) WAN
4 14 (1.20%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.12%) DNS
6 9 (0.77%) HTTP
6 9 (0.77%) SSL
7 8 (0.69%) FTP
7 8 (0.69%) SMTP
7 8 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.43%) DHCP
8 5 (0.43%) Internet
9 4 (0.34%) Network Security
9 4 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (0.34%) VLAN
10 3 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.26%) Power BI
2 2 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.34%) Burp Suite
1 4 (0.34%) Metasploit
General
1 1,006 (86.57%) Social Skills
2 93 (8.00%) Multimedia
3 37 (3.18%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (1.38%) Finance
4 16 (1.38%) Retail
5 15 (1.29%) Legal
6 13 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (0.69%) Aerospace
8 6 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.17%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.086%) Law
Job Titles
1 1,031 (88.73%) Analyst
2 1,006 (86.57%) Security Analyst
3 992 (85.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 973 (83.73%) Junior
4 973 (83.73%) Junior Analyst
4 973 (83.73%) Junior Security Analyst
5 93 (8.00%) Trainee
6 16 (1.38%) IT Engineer
6 16 (1.38%) Senior
6 16 (1.38%) SOC Analyst
7 13 (1.12%) Security Engineer
8 11 (0.95%) Support Engineer
9 10 (0.86%) Information Analyst
9 10 (0.86%) Information Security Analyst
9 10 (0.86%) IT Support
9 10 (0.86%) IT Support Engineer
10 9 (0.77%) Digital Analyst
11 8 (0.69%) IT Security Engineer
12 7 (0.60%) IT Security Analyst
12 7 (0.60%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.69%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (1.03%) Cyber Defence
3 8 (0.69%) Client/Server
4 7 (0.60%) Security Posture
5 6 (0.52%) CSOC
5 6 (0.52%) Management Information System
6 5 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (0.43%) Driving Licence
7 4 (0.34%) Cyberattack
7 4 (0.34%) Insider Threat
8 3 (0.26%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.26%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.17%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.17%) CCTV
9 2 (0.17%) MISP
10 1 (0.086%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.086%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.086%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.086%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 30 (2.58%) Windows
2 22 (1.89%) Linux
3 10 (0.86%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.086%) Android
6 1 (0.086%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.086%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,128 (97.07%) Cybersecurity
2 1,085 (93.37%) Mentoring
3 99 (8.52%) Ethical Hacking
4 93 (8.00%) Line Management
5 53 (4.56%) SIEM
6 38 (3.27%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (2.93%) Security Operations
8 30 (2.58%) Information Security
9 20 (1.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (1.72%) Incident Response
10 17 (1.46%) ITIL
11 15 (1.29%) Data Protection
12 14 (1.20%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 13 (1.12%) Use Case
14 12 (1.03%) Vulnerability Management
15 11 (0.95%) Cloud Security
16 10 (0.86%) Coaching
16 10 (0.86%) Internal Audit
16 10 (0.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 10 (0.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 22 (1.89%) PowerShell
2 20 (1.72%) Python
3 9 (0.77%) Bash
4 8 (0.69%) C++
4 8 (0.69%) Perl
5 3 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.17%) C#
6 2 (0.17%) Go
6 2 (0.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 992 (85.37%) CompTIA CySA+
2 977 (84.08%) Azure Certification
3 112 (9.64%) CEH
4 92 (7.92%) Network+ Certification
5 85 (7.31%) A+ Certification
6 31 (2.67%) Security Cleared
7 30 (2.58%) CISSP
8 28 (2.41%) SC Cleared
9 23 (1.98%) Degree
10 17 (1.46%) CISM
11 16 (1.38%) SSCP
12 13 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (1.12%) CREST Certified
13 11 (0.95%) CCNA
13 11 (0.95%) CISA
14 9 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
16 7 (0.60%) SANS
17 6 (0.52%) CISMP
17 6 (0.52%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (2.67%) NIST
3 24 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (1.55%) GDPR
5 11 (0.95%) GRC
6 6 (0.52%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.26%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.26%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.086%) COBIT
10 1 (0.086%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.086%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.086%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (1.38%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.60%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (0.86%) QRadar
2 7 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.34%) Graylog
3 4 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (0.34%) Nmap
4 1 (0.086%) CASB
4 1 (0.086%) Kibana
4 1 (0.086%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.086%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1,023 (88.04%) Microsoft
2 973 (83.73%) ForeScout
3 13 (1.12%) Cisco
4 11 (0.95%) Splunk
5 9 (0.77%) Google
6 5 (0.43%) VMware
7 4 (0.34%) Apple
8 3 (0.26%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (0.26%) Datto
8 3 (0.26%) SonicWALL
8 3 (0.26%) Veeam
9 2 (0.17%) Meraki
9 2 (0.17%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.086%) Carbon Black
10 1 (0.086%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.086%) Tenable
10 1 (0.086%) Zscaler