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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 437 631
Rank change year-on-year +353 +194 -43
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 1,253 52 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.06% 0.20% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.65% 0.47% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 210 29 91
10th Percentile - £35,400 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £50,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.60% +12.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £41,563 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £65,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £30,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -44.55% - -

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 16,370 11,025 17,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.86% 42.48% 26.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,860 5,138 12,052
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,925 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £35,685
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% +5.20% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £57,591 £57,500 £54,995
% change year-on-year +0.16% +4.55% -4.36%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 +162 380 £30,500 -44.55% 33
Midlands +135 274 £35,000 -23.91% 24
Yorkshire +86 210 £30,500 -39.60% 15
South East +115 203 £33,000 -45.00% 37
South West - 149 £30,500 - 12
East Midlands +61 140 £50,000 +42.86% 14
West Midlands +92 133 £30,500 -33.70% 10
North West +69 119 £30,500 -44.57% 10
Scotland +69 96 £30,500 - 9
East of England +54 86 £34,000 -17.58% 18
Wales - 58 £33,000 - 12
North East - 51 £30,500 - 9
Northern Ireland -22 19 - - 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 (0.40%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1,051 (83.88%) Azure
2 21 (1.68%) AWS
3 18 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (0.56%) Entra ID
5 4 (0.32%) Google Workspace
6 3 (0.24%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (0.16%) GCP
7 2 (0.16%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.080%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.080%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.080%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.080%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.080%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.080%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.52%) Firewall
2 10 (0.80%) VPN
3 7 (0.56%) Network Security
3 7 (0.56%) WAN
4 6 (0.48%) LAN
5 5 (0.40%) DNS
5 5 (0.40%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.24%) DHCP
8 2 (0.16%) HTTP
8 2 (0.16%) SSH
8 2 (0.16%) VLAN
9 1 (0.080%) Internet
9 1 (0.080%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.080%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (0.56%) Burp Suite
1 7 (0.56%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.16%) JIRA
General
1 1,054 (84.12%) Social Skills
2 150 (11.97%) Multimedia
3 21 (1.68%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (1.44%) Retail
5 12 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (0.88%) Finance
6 11 (0.88%) Legal
7 5 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.080%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.080%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1,069 (85.32%) Analyst
2 1,058 (84.44%) Security Analyst
3 1,040 (83.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1,027 (81.96%) Junior
4 1,027 (81.96%) Junior Analyst
4 1,027 (81.96%) Junior Security Analyst
5 150 (11.97%) Trainee
6 15 (1.20%) Senior
7 14 (1.12%) Information Analyst
7 14 (1.12%) Information Security Analyst
8 12 (0.96%) Senior Analyst
9 9 (0.72%) Digital Analyst
10 8 (0.64%) Security Specialist
10 8 (0.64%) Support Engineer
11 7 (0.56%) Infrastructure Support
11 7 (0.56%) IT Engineer
11 7 (0.56%) IT Support
11 7 (0.56%) IT Support Engineer
11 7 (0.56%) Security Engineer
11 7 (0.56%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 20 (1.60%) Security Posture
2 13 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (0.64%) Cyber Defence
4 7 (0.56%) Insider Threat
5 6 (0.48%) CSOC
6 5 (0.40%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (0.32%) Cyberattack
8 3 (0.24%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.24%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (0.24%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.16%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.16%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.16%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.080%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.080%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.080%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.12%) Windows
2 8 (0.64%) Linux
2 8 (0.64%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.080%) Android
3 1 (0.080%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.080%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.080%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,222 (97.53%) Cybersecurity
2 1,195 (95.37%) Mentoring
3 159 (12.69%) Ethical Hacking
4 150 (11.97%) Line Management
5 32 (2.55%) Information Security
5 32 (2.55%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (2.55%) SIEM
6 24 (1.92%) Incident Response
7 17 (1.36%) Security Operations
8 14 (1.12%) Data Protection
8 14 (1.12%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 13 (1.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (1.04%) ITIL
10 12 (0.96%) Penetration Testing
10 12 (0.96%) Vulnerability Management
11 11 (0.88%) Cloud Security
12 10 (0.80%) Coaching
12 10 (0.80%) Decision-Making
12 10 (0.80%) Internal Audit
13 9 (0.72%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 10 (0.80%) PowerShell
2 8 (0.64%) Python
3 3 (0.24%) Bash
3 3 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (0.24%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1,046 (83.48%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1,030 (82.20%) Azure Certification
3 166 (13.25%) CEH
4 149 (11.89%) Network+ Certification
5 142 (11.33%) A+ Certification
6 37 (2.95%) CISSP
7 27 (2.15%) Degree
8 21 (1.68%) SC Cleared
8 21 (1.68%) Security Cleared
9 19 (1.52%) CISM
10 16 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (1.04%) SSCP
12 11 (0.88%) CISMP
13 10 (0.80%) CCNA
14 9 (0.72%) CISA
14 9 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
14 9 (0.72%) OSCP
15 8 (0.64%) CREST Certified
16 7 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (0.56%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (2.87%) NIST
2 33 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (1.36%) GDPR
5 7 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.40%) GRC
7 3 (0.24%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.16%) COBIT
8 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.080%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.080%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.080%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.080%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (0.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.24%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (0.56%) Nmap
2 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.16%) CASB
3 2 (0.16%) Nessus
3 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.080%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 1,061 (84.68%) Microsoft
2 1,027 (81.96%) ForeScout
3 10 (0.80%) Cisco
4 5 (0.40%) Google
5 3 (0.24%) VMware
6 2 (0.16%) Meraki
6 2 (0.16%) Qualys
6 2 (0.16%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.16%) Tenable
7 1 (0.080%) Apple
7 1 (0.080%) Datto
7 1 (0.080%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.080%) Veeam
7 1 (0.080%) Zscaler