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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 443 597
Rank change year-on-year +352 +154 +14
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 1,050 58 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.91% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.81% 0.50% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 224 30 98
10th Percentile - £35,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,000 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £50,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.30% +5.79% -1.04%
75th Percentile £37,125 £58,438 £59,688
90th Percentile £53,750 £62,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £30,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -44.55% - +4.76%

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 15,429 11,500 16,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.03% 42.45% 27.23%
Number of salaries quoted 5,566 5,192 11,537
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,250 £40,748 £35,534
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.93% +7.27% -4.35%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 +156 328 £30,500 -43.26% 39
Midlands +118 228 £35,000 -23.91% 22
Yorkshire +89 178 £30,500 -40.78% 18
South East +101 164 £32,500 -40.91% 38
South West - 124 £30,500 - 14
West Midlands +95 114 £30,500 -41.57% 8
East Midlands +47 113 £50,000 +42.86% 14
North West +75 103 £30,500 -44.55% 14
Scotland +61 82 £30,500 - 9
East of England +62 72 £32,500 -21.21% 24
North East - 47 £30,500 - 8
Wales +26 46 £33,000 -24.57% 11
Northern Ireland -22 15 - - 3
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 (0.48%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 837 (79.71%) Azure
2 22 (2.10%) AWS
3 15 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (0.67%) Entra ID
5 4 (0.38%) Google Workspace
6 3 (0.29%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.19%) GCP
8 1 (0.095%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.095%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.095%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.095%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.095%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.81%) Firewall
2 10 (0.95%) VPN
3 9 (0.86%) Network Security
4 7 (0.67%) WAN
5 6 (0.57%) LAN
6 5 (0.48%) DNS
7 4 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
7 4 (0.38%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.29%) DHCP
9 2 (0.19%) Asterisk PBX
9 2 (0.19%) HTTP
9 2 (0.19%) PSTN
9 2 (0.19%) SSH
9 2 (0.19%) VLAN
9 2 (0.19%) VoIP
10 1 (0.095%) Internet
10 1 (0.095%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.095%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 7 (0.67%) Burp Suite
1 7 (0.67%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.19%) JIRA
General
1 837 (79.71%) Social Skills
2 166 (15.81%) Multimedia
3 18 (1.71%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (1.43%) Retail
5 13 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (1.05%) Finance
7 8 (0.76%) Legal
8 5 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.19%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.095%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.095%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 847 (80.67%) Analyst
2 837 (79.71%) Security Analyst
3 820 (78.10%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 811 (77.24%) Junior
4 811 (77.24%) Junior Analyst
4 811 (77.24%) Junior Security Analyst
5 166 (15.81%) Trainee
6 14 (1.33%) Senior
7 12 (1.14%) Information Analyst
7 12 (1.14%) Information Security Analyst
7 12 (1.14%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (0.86%) Digital Analyst
9 8 (0.76%) Security Specialist
9 8 (0.76%) Support Engineer
10 7 (0.67%) Infrastructure Support
10 7 (0.67%) IT Analyst
10 7 (0.67%) IT Engineer
10 7 (0.67%) IT Security Analyst
10 7 (0.67%) IT Support
10 7 (0.67%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.19%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 19 (1.81%) Security Posture
2 15 (1.43%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (0.76%) Cyber Defence
4 7 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (0.67%) Insider Threat
5 6 (0.57%) CSOC
6 4 (0.38%) Cyberattack
7 3 (0.29%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.19%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (0.19%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.19%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.19%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.095%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.095%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.095%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.095%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (1.33%) Windows
2 8 (0.76%) Windows Server
3 7 (0.67%) Linux
4 1 (0.095%) Android
4 1 (0.095%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.095%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.095%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,018 (96.95%) Cybersecurity
2 997 (94.95%) Mentoring
3 175 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
4 166 (15.81%) Line Management
5 33 (3.14%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (3.05%) SIEM
7 29 (2.76%) Information Security
8 25 (2.38%) Incident Response
9 18 (1.71%) Security Operations
10 12 (1.14%) ITIL
10 12 (1.14%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 11 (1.05%) Agile
11 11 (1.05%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (1.05%) Penetration Testing
12 10 (0.95%) Cloud Security
12 10 (0.95%) Coaching
12 10 (0.95%) Data Protection
12 10 (0.95%) Decision-Making
12 10 (0.95%) Internal Audit
13 9 (0.86%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (0.95%) PowerShell
1 10 (0.95%) Python
2 5 (0.48%) Bash
2 5 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
2 5 (0.48%) SQL
Qualifications
1 828 (78.86%) CompTIA CySA+
2 814 (77.52%) Azure Certification
3 182 (17.33%) CEH
4 169 (16.10%) Network+ Certification
5 158 (15.05%) A+ Certification
6 33 (3.14%) CISSP
7 29 (2.76%) Degree
8 21 (2.00%) SC Cleared
8 21 (2.00%) Security Cleared
9 17 (1.62%) CISM
10 16 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (0.95%) CREST Certified
11 10 (0.95%) SSCP
12 9 (0.86%) CISA
12 9 (0.86%) CISMP
12 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (0.86%) OSCP
13 8 (0.76%) CCNA
14 7 (0.67%) MCSE
14 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.33%) NIST
2 31 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (1.33%) GDPR
5 7 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.38%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.29%) GRC
7 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.19%) COBIT
9 1 (0.095%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.095%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.095%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.095%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.095%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (0.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (0.67%) Nmap
2 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.19%) CASB
3 2 (0.19%) Nessus
3 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.095%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 842 (80.19%) Microsoft
2 811 (77.24%) ForeScout
3 12 (1.14%) Cisco
4 5 (0.48%) Google
5 3 (0.29%) VMware
6 2 (0.19%) Meraki
6 2 (0.19%) Qualys
6 2 (0.19%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.19%) Tenable
7 1 (0.095%) Apple
7 1 (0.095%) Datto
7 1 (0.095%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.095%) Veeam
7 1 (0.095%) Zscaler