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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 491 440
Rank change year-on-year +270 -51 +235
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 354 99 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.93% 0.23% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.93% 0.69% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 183 58 73
10th Percentile - £36,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,188 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £52,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £60,400 £71,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £33,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -44.17% +9.09% -15.38%

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 12,080 14,329 9,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.83% 32.58% 33.92%
Number of salaries quoted 5,191 5,691 6,659
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £31,750 £41,263 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £66,069
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +0.88%

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 December 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 3 December 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
North of England +120 106 £30,500 -40.49% 52
South West +67 64 £50,000 -20.00% 17
Midlands +92 57 £37,500 -21.05% 38
South East +73 56 £62,500 +10.60% 66
Yorkshire +47 52 £30,500 -41.90% 17
East of England +72 33 £32,500 -31.58% 19
North West +70 33 £30,500 -39.00% 28
East Midlands +41 30 £50,529 +6.38% 16
West Midlands +58 27 £30,500 -41.74% 22
Scotland +33 26 £30,500 -14.69% 15
North East - 21 £30,500 - 8
Wales +17 9 - - 14
Northern Ireland +2 4 - - 3
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 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 195 (55.08%) Azure
2 22 (6.21%) AWS
3 12 (3.39%) Entra ID
4 10 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (2.26%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (1.41%) Mimecast
7 4 (1.13%) Azure Storage
7 4 (1.13%) GCP
7 4 (1.13%) IaaS
7 4 (1.13%) PaaS
8 3 (0.85%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 51 (14.41%) Network Security
2 36 (10.17%) Firewall
3 13 (3.67%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.26%) VPN
5 6 (1.69%) Asterisk PBX
5 6 (1.69%) PSTN
5 6 (1.69%) VoIP
5 6 (1.69%) WAN
6 5 (1.41%) DNS
6 5 (1.41%) LAN
6 5 (1.41%) WLAN
7 3 (0.85%) DHCP
7 3 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.56%) HTTP
8 2 (0.56%) SSH
8 2 (0.56%) VLAN
9 1 (0.28%) NGFW
9 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Burp Suite
1 3 (0.85%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 197 (55.65%) Social Skills
2 96 (27.12%) Multimedia
3 46 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.89%) Finance
5 31 (8.76%) Telecoms
6 26 (7.34%) Public Sector
7 25 (7.06%) Electronics
7 25 (7.06%) Manufacturing
7 25 (7.06%) Marketing
8 7 (1.98%) Retail
9 5 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.56%) Law
11 2 (0.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 181 (51.13%) Analyst
2 177 (50.00%) Security Analyst
3 165 (46.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 162 (45.76%) Junior
4 162 (45.76%) Junior Analyst
4 162 (45.76%) Junior Security Analyst
5 96 (27.12%) Trainee
6 25 (7.06%) Consultant
6 25 (7.06%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 25 (7.06%) Security Consultant
7 24 (6.78%) Security Engineer
8 21 (5.93%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 17 (4.80%) Senior
10 8 (2.26%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (2.26%) Senior Security Engineer
11 6 (1.69%) SOC Analyst
11 6 (1.69%) Support Specialist
12 5 (1.41%) Information Analyst
12 5 (1.41%) Information Security Analyst
12 5 (1.41%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.69%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.63%) Security Posture
2 25 (7.06%) Analytical Mindset
3 17 (4.80%) Security Operations Centre
4 14 (3.95%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (1.69%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.69%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.41%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (0.85%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (0.85%) Insider Threat
8 2 (0.56%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.56%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.56%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.28%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.28%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.28%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.80%) Windows
2 5 (1.41%) Linux
3 4 (1.13%) VMS
4 2 (0.56%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (93.50%) Cybersecurity
2 288 (81.36%) Mentoring
3 99 (27.97%) Ethical Hacking
4 98 (27.68%) Line Management
5 35 (9.89%) Vulnerability Management
6 30 (8.47%) Incident Response
6 30 (8.47%) SIEM
7 26 (7.34%) Information Security
8 25 (7.06%) Business Intelligence
8 25 (7.06%) Digital Marketing
8 25 (7.06%) Programme Management
9 24 (6.78%) Security Operations
10 23 (6.50%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (4.80%) ITIL
12 15 (4.24%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (3.95%) Penetration Testing
14 11 (3.11%) Cloud Security
14 11 (3.11%) Computer Science
14 11 (3.11%) Threat Detection
15 9 (2.54%) Forensic Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (4.52%) Python
2 12 (3.39%) Bash
2 12 (3.39%) PowerShell
3 11 (3.11%) SQL
4 9 (2.54%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 170 (48.02%) CompTIA CySA+
2 167 (47.18%) Azure Certification
3 142 (40.11%) CEH
4 117 (33.05%) Network+ Certification
5 102 (28.81%) A+ Certification
6 57 (16.10%) CISSP
7 40 (11.30%) Security Cleared
8 33 (9.32%) Degree
9 30 (8.47%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (4.52%) CISM
11 15 (4.24%) CCNP
11 15 (4.24%) SC Cleared
12 13 (3.67%) CCNA
12 13 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (3.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 9 (2.54%) AWS Certification
14 9 (2.54%) GCIA
15 8 (2.26%) MCP
15 8 (2.26%) OSCP
15 8 (2.26%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (15.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (13.28%) NIST
3 31 (8.76%) PCI DSS
4 18 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (3.95%) GDPR
6 3 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.85%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.56%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.56%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.28%) COBIT
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (3.95%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.85%) Docker
3 3 (0.85%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) Firmware
4 1 (0.28%) KVM
4 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.41%) CASB
3 3 (0.85%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.85%) Nessus
3 3 (0.85%) Nmap
3 3 (0.85%) QRadar
4 2 (0.56%) CSIRT
4 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.28%) Ansible
5 1 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 186 (52.54%) Microsoft
2 162 (45.76%) ForeScout
3 25 (7.06%) SAP
4 21 (5.93%) Cisco
5 7 (1.98%) Qualys
6 5 (1.41%) Aruba
6 5 (1.41%) HP
7 4 (1.13%) Forcepoint
7 4 (1.13%) Splunk
8 3 (0.85%) Palo Alto
8 3 (0.85%) VMware
9 2 (0.56%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.56%) Tenable
9 2 (0.56%) Veeam
10 1 (0.28%) Datto
10 1 (0.28%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.28%) Google
10 1 (0.28%) Imperva
10 1 (0.28%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.28%) Trend Micro