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 29 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 391 508 440
Rank change year-on-year +117 -68 +269
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 140 99 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.21% 0.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.18% 0.71% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 133 59 77
10th Percentile - £36,250 £27,100
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,563 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +21.39% -17.62%
75th Percentile £52,500 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,000 £71,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -19.23%

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 11,853 13,900 10,597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.40% 28.94% 33.80%
Number of salaries quoted 5,078 5,602 7,004
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,188 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,675
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +0.10% +4.55%

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 29 October 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 29 October 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 +56 39 £50,000 -20.00% 20
North of England +25 35 £30,500 -39.00% 57
South East +35 26 £65,000 +15.03% 70
East of England - 17 £32,500 - 32
Midlands +39 13 £42,500 -10.53% 45
Yorkshire +7 13 £30,500 -41.90% 17
North West +7 11 £30,500 -34.05% 31
North East - 11 £33,500 - 10
Scotland -8 9 £30,500 -30.68% 9
East Midlands +16 7 £51,058 +7.49% 19
West Midlands +39 6 £30,500 -41.74% 25
Northern Ireland +6 1 - - 2
South Coast - 1 £59,000 -
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 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (22.14%) Azure
2 20 (14.29%) AWS
3 10 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 10 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (6.43%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (3.57%) GCP
5 5 (3.57%) Mimecast
6 4 (2.86%) Azure Storage
6 4 (2.86%) IaaS
6 4 (2.86%) PaaS
7 3 (2.14%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 50 (35.71%) Network Security
2 34 (24.29%) Firewall
3 12 (8.57%) TCP/IP
4 8 (5.71%) VPN
5 7 (5.00%) WAN
6 6 (4.29%) Asterisk PBX
6 6 (4.29%) LAN
6 6 (4.29%) PSTN
6 6 (4.29%) VoIP
7 5 (3.57%) WLAN
8 4 (2.86%) DHCP
8 4 (2.86%) DNS
9 2 (1.43%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (1.43%) VLAN
10 1 (0.71%) NGFW
10 1 (0.71%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.71%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.43%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.43%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.71%) JIRA
General
1 47 (33.57%) Multimedia
2 44 (31.43%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (25.71%) Finance
4 35 (25.00%) Social Skills
5 31 (22.14%) Telecoms
6 25 (17.86%) Electronics
6 25 (17.86%) Manufacturing
6 25 (17.86%) Marketing
6 25 (17.86%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.29%) Retail
8 4 (2.86%) Law
9 2 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 47 (33.57%) Trainee
2 26 (18.57%) Consultant
2 26 (18.57%) Security Consultant
3 25 (17.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 23 (16.43%) Security Engineer
5 20 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 19 (13.57%) Analyst
7 15 (10.71%) Security Analyst
7 15 (10.71%) Senior
8 8 (5.71%) Senior Security Engineer
9 6 (4.29%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (4.29%) SOC Analyst
9 6 (4.29%) Support Specialist
10 5 (3.57%) IT Analyst
10 5 (3.57%) IT Security Analyst
10 5 (3.57%) Support Technician
11 4 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 3 (2.14%) Operations Engineer
12 3 (2.14%) Security Manager
12 3 (2.14%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.29%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 25 (17.86%) Analytical Mindset
2 21 (15.00%) Security Posture
3 17 (12.14%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (9.29%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (4.29%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.29%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (2.14%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (1.43%) Cyberattack
8 2 (1.43%) Insider Threat
9 1 (0.71%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.71%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.14%) Windows
2 4 (2.86%) Linux
2 4 (2.86%) VMS
3 3 (2.14%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.71%) Android
4 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (83.57%) Cybersecurity
2 78 (55.71%) Mentoring
3 51 (36.43%) Line Management
4 50 (35.71%) Ethical Hacking
5 32 (22.86%) Vulnerability Management
6 28 (20.00%) SIEM
7 27 (19.29%) Incident Response
8 25 (17.86%) Business Intelligence
8 25 (17.86%) Digital Marketing
8 25 (17.86%) Programme Management
9 23 (16.43%) Security Operations
10 21 (15.00%) Information Security
11 19 (13.57%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (12.14%) ITIL
13 12 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (8.57%) Penetration Testing
14 11 (7.86%) Computer Science
15 9 (6.43%) Cloud Security
15 9 (6.43%) Forensic Analysis
15 9 (6.43%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.71%) Python
2 12 (8.57%) Bash
3 11 (7.86%) SQL
4 10 (7.14%) Kusto Query Language
4 10 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 91 (65.00%) CEH
2 69 (49.29%) Network+ Certification
3 54 (38.57%) A+ Certification
3 54 (38.57%) CISSP
4 38 (27.14%) Security Cleared
5 31 (22.14%) Degree
6 26 (18.57%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (11.43%) CISM
8 15 (10.71%) CCNP
9 13 (9.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (9.29%) SC Cleared
10 12 (8.57%) CCNA
11 9 (6.43%) GCIA
12 8 (5.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 8 (5.71%) AWS Certification
12 8 (5.71%) CompTIA CySA+
12 8 (5.71%) SANS
13 7 (5.00%) MCP
14 6 (4.29%) CREST Certified
14 6 (4.29%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (37.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (30.71%) NIST
3 30 (21.43%) PCI DSS
4 16 (11.43%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (9.29%) GDPR
6 4 (2.86%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.43%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.71%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.71%) NCSC
8 1 (0.71%) SLA
8 1 (0.71%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (10.71%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.14%) Docker
4 3 (2.14%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.71%) Firmware
5 1 (0.71%) KVM
5 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.86%) CASB
2 4 (2.86%) QRadar
3 3 (2.14%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.43%) CSIRT
4 2 (1.43%) Nmap
5 1 (0.71%) Ansible
5 1 (0.71%) Nessus
5 1 (0.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (17.86%) SAP
2 24 (17.14%) Microsoft
3 21 (15.00%) Cisco
4 6 (4.29%) HP
5 5 (3.57%) Aruba
5 5 (3.57%) Qualys
5 5 (3.57%) Splunk
5 5 (3.57%) VMware
6 4 (2.86%) Forcepoint
6 4 (2.86%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.43%) Veeam
8 1 (0.71%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.71%) Google
8 1 (0.71%) Imperva
8 1 (0.71%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.71%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.71%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.71%) Sophos
8 1 (0.71%) Thales
8 1 (0.71%) Trend Micro