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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 469 642
Rank change year-on-year +380 +173 -72
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 1,327 64 103
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.00% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.45% 0.50% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 177 33 86
10th Percentile - £35,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.76% -2.00% +13.31%
75th Percentile £43,750 £56,161 £58,750
90th Percentile £54,000 £61,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £33,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -39.09% - -

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 15,698 12,773 18,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.68% 43.73% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,063 5,241 12,149
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,925 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £51,645 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% +3.29% -3.05%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,274 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £79,120
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,022
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.81% -9.25%

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 17 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 17 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 +192 385 £30,500 -44.55% 46
Midlands +149 286 £35,000 -23.91% 27
South East +153 230 £40,000 -18.37% 39
Yorkshire +97 216 £30,500 -39.60% 18
South West +86 158 £30,500 -40.26% 17
East Midlands +82 143 £42,000 +20.00% 12
West Midlands +85 142 £35,000 -23.91% 15
North West +109 118 £30,500 -44.57% 21
Scotland +81 99 £30,500 -44.55% 11
East of England +62 97 £50,000 +50.38% 16
Wales - 64 £33,000 - 12
North East - 51 £30,500 - 8
Northern Ireland -18 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 6 (0.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1,161 (87.49%) Azure
2 19 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (1.28%) AWS
4 11 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
5 10 (0.75%) Entra ID
6 5 (0.38%) Google Workspace
7 4 (0.30%) Cloudflare
7 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (0.23%) GCP
8 3 (0.23%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.075%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.075%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.075%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (0.075%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.075%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.075%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.075%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.03%) Firewall
2 15 (1.13%) VPN
3 12 (0.90%) LAN
3 12 (0.90%) WAN
4 11 (0.83%) DNS
4 11 (0.83%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.53%) HTTP
5 7 (0.53%) SSL
6 6 (0.45%) FTP
6 6 (0.45%) SMTP
7 5 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.30%) Network Security
8 4 (0.30%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.23%) DHCP
10 2 (0.15%) Internet
10 2 (0.15%) VLAN
11 1 (0.075%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.23%) Power BI
2 1 (0.075%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.30%) Burp Suite
1 4 (0.30%) Metasploit
General
1 1,166 (87.87%) Social Skills
2 106 (7.99%) Multimedia
3 37 (2.79%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (1.13%) Finance
4 15 (1.13%) Retail
5 14 (1.06%) Legal
6 13 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (0.45%) Aerospace
8 3 (0.23%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.15%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.075%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,186 (89.37%) Analyst
2 1,165 (87.79%) Security Analyst
3 1,155 (87.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1,135 (85.53%) Junior
4 1,135 (85.53%) Junior Analyst
4 1,135 (85.53%) Junior Security Analyst
5 106 (7.99%) Trainee
6 14 (1.06%) IT Engineer
7 13 (0.98%) SOC Analyst
8 12 (0.90%) Senior
9 11 (0.83%) Security Engineer
10 9 (0.68%) Digital Analyst
10 9 (0.68%) Information Analyst
10 9 (0.68%) Information Security Analyst
10 9 (0.68%) Support Engineer
11 8 (0.60%) IT Security Engineer
11 8 (0.60%) IT Support
11 8 (0.60%) IT Support Engineer
12 7 (0.53%) Infrastructure Support
12 7 (0.53%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.45%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 21 (1.58%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
3 7 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (0.45%) Client/Server
4 6 (0.45%) CSOC
4 6 (0.45%) Management Information System
4 6 (0.45%) Security Posture
5 4 (0.30%) Cyberattack
5 4 (0.30%) Insider Threat
6 3 (0.23%) Driving Licence
6 3 (0.23%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.15%) CCTV
7 2 (0.15%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.075%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.075%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.075%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.075%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.075%) MISP
Operating Systems
1 24 (1.81%) Windows
2 18 (1.36%) Linux
3 8 (0.60%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.075%) Android
5 1 (0.075%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.075%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,298 (97.81%) Cybersecurity
2 1,259 (94.88%) Mentoring
3 112 (8.44%) Ethical Hacking
4 106 (7.99%) Line Management
5 45 (3.39%) SIEM
6 37 (2.79%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (2.34%) Security Operations
8 24 (1.81%) Information Security
9 21 (1.58%) Incident Response
10 20 (1.51%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (1.21%) ITIL
12 15 (1.13%) Data Protection
13 13 (0.98%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 12 (0.90%) Cloud Security
15 11 (0.83%) Use Case
16 10 (0.75%) Coaching
16 10 (0.75%) Internal Audit
17 9 (0.68%) Agile
17 9 (0.68%) Business Transformation
17 9 (0.68%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (1.58%) PowerShell
2 18 (1.36%) Python
3 7 (0.53%) Bash
4 6 (0.45%) C++
4 6 (0.45%) Perl
5 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.15%) C#
6 2 (0.15%) Go
6 2 (0.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1,154 (86.96%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1,139 (85.83%) Azure Certification
3 124 (9.34%) CEH
4 103 (7.76%) Network+ Certification
5 98 (7.39%) A+ Certification
6 29 (2.19%) Security Cleared
7 28 (2.11%) CISSP
8 27 (2.03%) SC Cleared
9 19 (1.43%) Degree
10 17 (1.28%) CISM
10 17 (1.28%) SSCP
11 13 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (0.83%) CISA
12 11 (0.83%) CREST Certified
13 9 (0.68%) CCNA
14 8 (0.60%) CISMP
14 8 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
15 6 (0.45%) GIAC
15 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (0.45%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 32 (2.41%) NIST
2 22 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (1.36%) GDPR
4 9 (0.68%) GRC
5 6 (0.45%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.23%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.15%) COBIT
8 2 (0.15%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.075%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.075%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.075%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.075%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (1.06%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.38%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (0.60%) QRadar
2 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.30%) Graylog
3 4 (0.30%) Nmap
4 2 (0.15%) CASB
4 2 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.075%) Kibana
5 1 (0.075%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.075%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1,177 (88.70%) Microsoft
2 1,135 (85.53%) ForeScout
3 9 (0.68%) Splunk
4 7 (0.53%) Cisco
4 7 (0.53%) Google
5 3 (0.23%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (0.23%) VMware
6 2 (0.15%) Apple
6 2 (0.15%) Meraki
6 2 (0.15%) Palo Alto
6 2 (0.15%) Tenable
7 1 (0.075%) Carbon Black
7 1 (0.075%) Datto
7 1 (0.075%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.075%) SonicWALL
7 1 (0.075%) Veeam
7 1 (0.075%) Zscaler