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 3 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 440 595
Rank change year-on-year +298 +155 -90
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 922 103 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.23% 0.30% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.70% 0.82% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 150 84 68
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,150 £37,500
25th Percentile £28,625 £44,000 £38,987
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £55,375 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,127 £68,750 £71,250
UK median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% -9.09% -

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 13,769 12,605 14,910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.32% 36.61% 25.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,002 5,370 8,412
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £34,988 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -0.61% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 3 August 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 3 August 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 +161 246 £30,500 -39.00% 52
Midlands +123 193 £44,401 -3.48% 29
South East +131 189 £52,500 -12.50% 48
Yorkshire +83 141 £30,500 -20.78% 19
South West 0 106 £33,500 -33.00% 26
East Midlands +70 100 £42,000 +20.00% 16
West Midlands +53 93 £46,801 +1.74% 13
East of England +42 75 £52,500 +61.54% 19
North West +63 72 £30,500 -44.59% 27
Scotland +66 62 £30,500 -44.55% 16
Wales - 47 £47,500 - 12
North East - 33 £30,500 - 7
Northern Ireland -66 15 £39,000 - 5
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 10 (1.08%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 802 (86.98%) Azure
2 35 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (2.49%) AWS
4 22 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
4 22 (2.39%) Entra ID
5 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Purview
6 8 (0.87%) Google Workspace
7 5 (0.54%) Cloudflare
8 4 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (0.33%) GCP
9 3 (0.33%) Mimecast
9 3 (0.33%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.22%) GitHub
10 2 (0.22%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.11%) AWS KMS
11 1 (0.11%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 49 (5.31%) Firewall
2 25 (2.71%) DNS
2 25 (2.71%) VPN
3 23 (2.49%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.84%) LAN
4 17 (1.84%) WAN
5 16 (1.74%) SSL
6 15 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (1.30%) VLAN
8 11 (1.19%) DHCP
8 11 (1.19%) HTTP
9 10 (1.08%) FTP
9 10 (1.08%) SMTP
10 8 (0.87%) Internet
10 8 (0.87%) VoIP
11 7 (0.76%) Network Security
12 1 (0.11%) BGP
12 1 (0.11%) IPsec
12 1 (0.11%) SAN
12 1 (0.11%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.33%) Power BI
2 2 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.22%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.11%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 2 (0.22%) Git
2 1 (0.11%) JIRA
General
1 791 (85.79%) Social Skills
2 46 (4.99%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (4.45%) Multimedia
4 18 (1.95%) Finance
5 14 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (1.30%) Legal
7 9 (0.98%) Aerospace
7 9 (0.98%) Retail
8 8 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (0.76%) Public Sector
10 4 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (0.43%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.22%) Law
12 1 (0.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 829 (89.91%) Analyst
2 794 (86.12%) Security Analyst
3 782 (84.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 759 (82.32%) Junior
4 759 (82.32%) Junior Analyst
4 759 (82.32%) Junior Security Analyst
5 41 (4.45%) Trainee
6 30 (3.25%) Senior
7 27 (2.93%) SOC Analyst
8 18 (1.95%) IT Engineer
9 15 (1.63%) Security Engineer
10 14 (1.52%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (1.19%) IT Support
11 11 (1.19%) IT Support Engineer
11 11 (1.19%) Support Engineer
12 10 (1.08%) Cybersecurity Engineer
13 9 (0.98%) Senior IT Engineer
13 9 (0.98%) Senior IT Support
13 9 (0.98%) Senior Support Engineer
14 7 (0.76%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.08%) LDAP
2 2 (0.22%) Middleware
2 2 (0.22%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.11%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.11%) Node.js
3 1 (0.11%) React
3 1 (0.11%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (0.11%) Serverless Framework
3 1 (0.11%) Spring
3 1 (0.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 28 (3.04%) Security Operations Centre
2 14 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
2 14 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (1.19%) CSOC
4 10 (1.08%) Driving Licence
4 10 (1.08%) Management Information System
5 9 (0.98%) Client/Server
5 9 (0.98%) Security Posture
6 7 (0.76%) Cyberattack
6 7 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (0.54%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.22%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.22%) CCTV
8 2 (0.22%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.22%) Cybercrime
8 2 (0.22%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (0.22%) MISP
8 2 (0.22%) SCADA
9 1 (0.11%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.11%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (4.34%) Windows
2 31 (3.36%) Linux
3 12 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.19%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.11%) AIX
6 1 (0.11%) Android
6 1 (0.11%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 888 (96.31%) Cybersecurity
2 815 (88.39%) Mentoring
3 69 (7.48%) SIEM
4 52 (5.64%) Security Operations
5 47 (5.10%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (4.56%) Incident Response
7 41 (4.45%) Ethical Hacking
7 41 (4.45%) Line Management
8 32 (3.47%) Vulnerability Management
9 30 (3.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (3.25%) Information Security
10 24 (2.60%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 22 (2.39%) Cloud Security
12 17 (1.84%) ITIL
12 17 (1.84%) Runbook
13 15 (1.63%) Use Case
14 14 (1.52%) Kalman Filter
14 14 (1.52%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 13 (1.41%) AI
15 13 (1.41%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 36 (3.90%) PowerShell
2 26 (2.82%) Python
3 16 (1.74%) Bash
4 13 (1.41%) Kusto Query Language
5 9 (0.98%) C++
5 9 (0.98%) Perl
6 2 (0.22%) C#
6 2 (0.22%) Go
7 1 (0.11%) Java
7 1 (0.11%) Natural
7 1 (0.11%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 777 (84.27%) CompTIA CySA+
2 765 (82.97%) Azure Certification
3 59 (6.40%) CEH
4 53 (5.75%) Network+ Certification
5 43 (4.66%) A+ Certification
6 35 (3.80%) CISSP
6 35 (3.80%) Security Cleared
7 29 (3.15%) Degree
8 28 (3.04%) SC Cleared
9 18 (1.95%) SSCP
10 14 (1.52%) CISA
10 14 (1.52%) CISM
11 13 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.98%) CCNA
12 9 (0.98%) CREST Certified
12 9 (0.98%) GCIA
12 9 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.87%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.76%) GIAC
14 7 (0.76%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 25 (2.71%) NIST
4 19 (2.06%) GDPR
5 15 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 9 (0.98%) GRC
7 5 (0.54%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.33%) ISO 22301
8 3 (0.33%) SLA
9 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.11%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.11%) NCSC
10 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 16 (1.74%) Active Directory
1 16 (1.74%) Hyper-V
2 13 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.22%) Docker
4 1 (0.11%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (1.19%) QRadar
2 9 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.54%) Graylog
5 4 (0.43%) Terraform
6 3 (0.33%) Ansible
6 3 (0.33%) Kubernetes
6 3 (0.33%) Nessus
7 2 (0.22%) Grafana
7 2 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.11%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
Vendors
1 829 (89.91%) Microsoft
2 757 (82.10%) ForeScout
3 20 (2.17%) Cisco
4 14 (1.52%) Splunk
5 13 (1.41%) VMware
6 10 (1.08%) Google
7 9 (0.98%) Apple
8 8 (0.87%) Datto
8 8 (0.87%) SonicWALL
8 8 (0.87%) Veeam
9 4 (0.43%) Fortinet
9 4 (0.43%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.33%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.22%) Tenable
12 1 (0.11%) Carbon Black
12 1 (0.11%) Meraki
12 1 (0.11%) OneLogin
12 1 (0.11%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.11%) Varonis
12 1 (0.11%) Zscaler