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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 435 633
Rank change year-on-year +351 +198 -46
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 1,345 64 107
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.05% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.94% 0.54% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 195 33 91
10th Percentile - £35,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £42,500 £57,500 £59,375
90th Percentile £53,871 £63,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £32,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -41.82% - -

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 16,939 11,821 18,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.85% 43.04% 26.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5,910 5,236 12,181
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,457 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,295 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +6.19% +4.06% -7.01%

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 May 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 May 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 +166 397 £30,500 -44.55% 29
Midlands +143 290 £35,000 -23.91% 15
South East +139 230 £40,000 -27.27% 30
Yorkshire +88 222 £30,500 -39.60% 9
South West +85 160 £30,500 -40.26% 11
East Midlands +70 145 £38,500 +10.00% 7
West Midlands +91 144 £32,750 -28.80% 8
North West +90 122 £30,500 -44.57% 12
Scotland +67 101 £30,500 - 7
East of England +67 95 £45,000 +35.34% 19
Wales - 64 £33,000 - 4
North East - 53 £30,500 - 9
Northern Ireland -14 22 £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 5 (0.37%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1,160 (86.25%) Azure
2 19 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (1.26%) AWS
4 10 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
5 9 (0.67%) Entra ID
6 4 (0.30%) Google Workspace
6 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (0.22%) Cloudflare
7 3 (0.22%) GCP
7 3 (0.22%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.074%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.074%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.074%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.074%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.074%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.074%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.78%) Firewall
2 11 (0.82%) VPN
3 10 (0.74%) DNS
4 8 (0.59%) LAN
4 8 (0.59%) TCP/IP
4 8 (0.59%) WAN
5 5 (0.37%) SSL
6 4 (0.30%) HTTP
6 4 (0.30%) Network Security
6 4 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.15%) DHCP
7 2 (0.15%) FTP
7 2 (0.15%) SMTP
8 1 (0.074%) Internet
8 1 (0.074%) SSH
8 1 (0.074%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (0.30%) Burp Suite
1 4 (0.30%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.074%) JIRA
General
1 1,166 (86.69%) Social Skills
2 129 (9.59%) Multimedia
3 32 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (1.12%) Finance
4 15 (1.12%) Retail
5 14 (1.04%) Legal
6 13 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (0.30%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.15%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.15%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.074%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,184 (88.03%) Analyst
2 1,166 (86.69%) Security Analyst
3 1,154 (85.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1,135 (84.39%) Junior
4 1,135 (84.39%) Junior Analyst
4 1,135 (84.39%) Junior Security Analyst
5 129 (9.59%) Trainee
6 13 (0.97%) Senior
7 10 (0.74%) IT Engineer
7 10 (0.74%) Security Engineer
8 9 (0.67%) Digital Analyst
8 9 (0.67%) Information Analyst
8 9 (0.67%) Information Security Analyst
8 9 (0.67%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (0.67%) SOC Analyst
9 8 (0.59%) Support Engineer
10 7 (0.52%) Infrastructure Support
10 7 (0.52%) IT Support
10 7 (0.52%) IT Support Engineer
10 7 (0.52%) Senior Digital Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.15%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (1.34%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (0.89%) Cyber Defence
3 10 (0.74%) Security Posture
4 7 (0.52%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (0.45%) CSOC
6 5 (0.37%) Management Information System
7 4 (0.30%) Cyberattack
7 4 (0.30%) Insider Threat
8 3 (0.22%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.15%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.15%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.15%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.15%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (0.15%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.15%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.074%) CCTV
10 1 (0.074%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.074%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.074%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.074%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 21 (1.56%) Windows
2 16 (1.19%) Linux
3 7 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.074%) Android
4 1 (0.074%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.074%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.074%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,318 (97.99%) Cybersecurity
2 1,282 (95.32%) Mentoring
3 135 (10.04%) Ethical Hacking
4 129 (9.59%) Line Management
5 41 (3.05%) SIEM
6 33 (2.45%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (2.08%) Security Operations
8 25 (1.86%) Information Security
9 23 (1.71%) Incident Response
10 18 (1.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (1.19%) ITIL
12 15 (1.12%) Data Protection
13 13 (0.97%) Cloud Security
14 12 (0.89%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 10 (0.74%) Coaching
15 10 (0.74%) Internal Audit
15 10 (0.74%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 9 (0.67%) Business Strategy
16 9 (0.67%) Business Transformation
16 9 (0.67%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 19 (1.41%) PowerShell
2 16 (1.19%) Python
3 5 (0.37%) Bash
4 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.15%) C#
5 2 (0.15%) C++
5 2 (0.15%) Go
5 2 (0.15%) Perl
5 2 (0.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1,157 (86.02%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1,139 (84.68%) Azure Certification
3 146 (10.86%) CEH
4 125 (9.29%) Network+ Certification
5 121 (9.00%) A+ Certification
6 29 (2.16%) CISSP
7 24 (1.78%) Security Cleared
8 23 (1.71%) SC Cleared
9 20 (1.49%) Degree
10 17 (1.26%) CISM
11 15 (1.12%) SSCP
12 12 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (0.82%) CISA
14 8 (0.59%) CCNA
14 8 (0.59%) CISMP
14 8 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (0.52%) CREST Certified
16 6 (0.45%) GIAC
16 6 (0.45%) SANS
17 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (2.60%) NIST
2 34 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (1.34%) GDPR
5 9 (0.67%) GRC
6 5 (0.37%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.22%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.15%) COBIT
9 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.074%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.074%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.074%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (0.82%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (0.30%) Nmap
1 4 (0.30%) QRadar
2 3 (0.22%) Graylog
3 2 (0.15%) CASB
4 1 (0.074%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.074%) Kibana
4 1 (0.074%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.074%) Nessus
4 1 (0.074%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.074%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1,172 (87.14%) Microsoft
2 1,135 (84.39%) ForeScout
3 6 (0.45%) Cisco
3 6 (0.45%) Google
4 5 (0.37%) Splunk
5 3 (0.22%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (0.15%) Meraki
6 2 (0.15%) Tenable
6 2 (0.15%) VMware
7 1 (0.074%) Apple
7 1 (0.074%) Carbon Black
7 1 (0.074%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.074%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.074%) Qualys
7 1 (0.074%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.074%) Zscaler