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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 492 659 600
Rank change year-on-year +167 -59 +134
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 65 107 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.15% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.55% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 34 91 104
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £44,000 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% +11.11% -18.18%
75th Percentile £58,438 £59,375 £68,750
90th Percentile £63,375 £70,000 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 20,233 19,440 22,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.94% 27.65% 36.46%
Number of salaries quoted 8,693 12,245 8,229
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -0.99% +1.00%
75th Percentile £63,495 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +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

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +100 24 £60,000 +37.14% 13
North of England +72 13 £55,000 -8.33% 10
Midlands +81 12 £46,000 +16.02% 11
West Midlands +46 9 £46,000 +16.02% 8
North West +32 8 £55,021 +46.72% 4
Yorkshire +70 5 £50,500 -15.83% 6
East of England +46 5 £33,250 +23.15% 5
Scotland +133 4 - - 2
Northern Ireland +38 4 - - 4
South West +95 3 £51,058 -7.17% 2
East Midlands - 3 £35,000 - 3
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
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (38.46%) Azure
2 15 (23.08%) AWS
3 13 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 9 (13.85%) Entra ID
4 9 (13.85%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (7.69%) GCP
6 4 (6.15%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (6.15%) Route 53
7 3 (4.62%) Cloudflare
8 2 (3.08%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (3.08%) SaaS
9 1 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 18 (27.69%) Firewall
2 11 (16.92%) 5G
2 11 (16.92%) Bluetooth
2 11 (16.92%) LTE
2 11 (16.92%) VPN
2 11 (16.92%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (15.38%) Network Security
4 9 (13.85%) TCP/IP
5 8 (12.31%) DNS
6 5 (7.69%) SSL
7 4 (6.15%) HTTPS
7 4 (6.15%) SD-WAN
7 4 (6.15%) VLAN
7 4 (6.15%) WAN
8 3 (4.62%) DHCP
8 3 (4.62%) Internet
9 2 (3.08%) DMZ
9 2 (3.08%) HTTP
10 1 (1.54%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) NoSQL
1 2 (3.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Git
1 2 (3.08%) JIRA
General
1 41 (63.08%) Social Skills
2 15 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 15 (23.08%) Legal
3 12 (18.46%) Finance
4 11 (16.92%) Electronics
5 6 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.23%) Retail
6 3 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Aerospace
7 2 (3.08%) Local Government
7 2 (3.08%) Military
7 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.54%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 16 (24.62%) Analyst
2 15 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (18.46%) Operations Manager
3 12 (18.46%) Risk Manager
3 12 (18.46%) Security Engineer
4 11 (16.92%) Lead
4 11 (16.92%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 9 (13.85%) SOC Analyst
7 8 (12.31%) Senior
8 5 (7.69%) Security Analyst
9 4 (6.15%) Azure Engineer
9 4 (6.15%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (6.15%) Cloud Engineer
9 4 (6.15%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (6.15%) Senior Security Engineer
10 3 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 3 (4.62%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (4.62%) Service Analyst
10 3 (4.62%) Service Desk 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 14 (21.54%) Security Posture
2 11 (16.92%) IoT
2 11 (16.92%) Management Information System
2 11 (16.92%) NB-IoT
3 10 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (13.85%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (6.15%) Client/Server
6 2 (3.08%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (3.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.08%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.54%) CSOC
7 1 (1.54%) NHS
7 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (43.08%) Windows
2 21 (32.31%) Linux
3 19 (29.23%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.62%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.08%) Android
5 2 (3.08%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (3.08%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (41.54%) Information Security
2 25 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (36.92%) Security Operations
4 21 (32.31%) SIEM
5 19 (29.23%) Collaborative Culture
6 18 (27.69%) Penetration Testing
7 16 (24.62%) Project Management
8 15 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 14 (21.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (21.54%) Risk Management
10 13 (20.00%) Incident Response
10 13 (20.00%) ITIL
10 13 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
11 12 (18.46%) Regulatory Change
11 12 (18.46%) Regulatory Compliance
12 11 (16.92%) Asset Management
12 11 (16.92%) Infrastructure as Code
12 11 (16.92%) Project Planning
12 11 (16.92%) Software Testing
12 11 (16.92%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 28 (43.08%) PowerShell
2 22 (33.85%) Python
3 17 (26.15%) Bash
4 7 (10.77%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (7.69%) C#
6 4 (6.15%) SQL
7 3 (4.62%) Go
8 2 (3.08%) C++
8 2 (3.08%) Java
8 2 (3.08%) Perl
8 2 (3.08%) R
8 2 (3.08%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (49.23%) Degree
2 29 (44.62%) CISSP
3 18 (27.69%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (24.62%) Network+ Certification
5 14 (21.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 14 (21.54%) CISA
6 12 (18.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 11 (16.92%) CISM
8 10 (15.38%) Security Cleared
9 9 (13.85%) SC Cleared
10 8 (12.31%) CEH
11 7 (10.77%) A+ Certification
12 6 (9.23%) AWS Certification
12 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (9.23%) SANS
13 5 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (7.69%) GCIA
13 5 (7.69%) GCIH
14 4 (6.15%) Azure Certification
14 4 (6.15%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (18.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (13.85%) NIST
4 8 (12.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (4.62%) GDPR
5 3 (4.62%) HIPAA
6 2 (3.08%) NCSC
6 2 (3.08%) PCI DSS
6 2 (3.08%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (18.46%) Active Directory
3 11 (16.92%) vSphere
4 4 (6.15%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (3.08%) Docker
6 1 (1.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (16.92%) Ansible
1 11 (16.92%) Puppet
1 11 (16.92%) Terraform
2 6 (9.23%) Graylog
3 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (4.62%) QRadar
5 2 (3.08%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.54%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 35 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 13 (20.00%) VMware
3 6 (9.23%) Splunk
4 3 (4.62%) Apple
4 3 (4.62%) Cisco
4 3 (4.62%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.08%) Atlassian
5 2 (3.08%) Google
5 2 (3.08%) HP
5 2 (3.08%) Red Hat
5 2 (3.08%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.08%) Sophos
6 1 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.54%) Tenable