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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 458 628
Rank change year-on-year +363 +170 -43
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 1,214 61 102
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.81% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.77% 0.49% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 173 30 85
10th Percentile - £35,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.32% +0.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £48,250 £57,165 £58,750
90th Percentile £55,400 £71,375 £65,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -36.36% +1.85% -1.82%

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 15,621 12,524 18,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.27% 43.92% 26.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,181 4,899 12,161
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,125 £27,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,925 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £71,000 £66,253 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,046
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.77% -9.92%

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 24 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 24 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 +190 349 £30,500 -44.55% 46
Midlands +142 263 £35,000 -23.91% 26
South East +135 212 £40,000 -20.00% 39
Yorkshire +92 195 £30,500 -39.60% 16
South West +64 144 £30,500 -40.26% 12
West Midlands +76 131 £35,000 -23.91% 16
East Midlands +73 131 £42,000 +20.00% 10
North West +96 108 £30,500 -44.57% 23
East of England +66 91 £50,000 +58.73% 12
Scotland +76 90 £30,500 -44.55% 11
Wales - 58 £33,000 - 8
North East - 46 £30,500 - 8
Northern Ireland -22 20 £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 7 (0.58%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1,055 (86.90%) Azure
2 20 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (1.48%) AWS
4 11 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
4 11 (0.91%) Entra ID
5 6 (0.49%) Google Workspace
6 4 (0.33%) Cloudflare
6 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (0.25%) GCP
7 3 (0.25%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.082%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.082%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.082%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.082%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.082%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.082%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.55%) Firewall
2 18 (1.48%) VPN
3 14 (1.15%) LAN
3 14 (1.15%) WAN
4 13 (1.07%) TCP/IP
5 12 (0.99%) DNS
6 9 (0.74%) HTTP
7 8 (0.66%) FTP
7 8 (0.66%) SMTP
7 8 (0.66%) SSL
8 6 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.33%) DHCP
9 4 (0.33%) Network Security
9 4 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (0.25%) Internet
10 3 (0.25%) VLAN
11 2 (0.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.25%) Power BI
2 2 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.33%) Burp Suite
1 4 (0.33%) Metasploit
General
1 1,058 (87.15%) Social Skills
2 98 (8.07%) Multimedia
3 37 (3.05%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (1.24%) Finance
4 15 (1.24%) Retail
5 14 (1.15%) Legal
6 13 (1.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (0.66%) Aerospace
8 4 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.16%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.16%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1,080 (88.96%) Analyst
2 1,057 (87.07%) Security Analyst
3 1,046 (86.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1,027 (84.60%) Junior
4 1,027 (84.60%) Junior Analyst
4 1,027 (84.60%) Junior Security Analyst
5 98 (8.07%) Trainee
6 15 (1.24%) IT Engineer
6 15 (1.24%) SOC Analyst
7 13 (1.07%) Senior
8 11 (0.91%) Security Engineer
9 10 (0.82%) Support Engineer
10 9 (0.74%) Digital Analyst
10 9 (0.74%) Information Analyst
10 9 (0.74%) Information Security Analyst
10 9 (0.74%) IT Support
10 9 (0.74%) IT Support Engineer
11 8 (0.66%) IT Security Engineer
12 7 (0.58%) Infrastructure Support
12 7 (0.58%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.66%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 23 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
2 12 (0.99%) Cyber Defence
3 8 (0.66%) Client/Server
4 6 (0.49%) CSOC
4 6 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (0.49%) Management Information System
4 6 (0.49%) Security Posture
5 4 (0.33%) Cyberattack
5 4 (0.33%) Driving Licence
5 4 (0.33%) Insider Threat
6 3 (0.25%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.25%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.16%) CCTV
7 2 (0.16%) MISP
8 1 (0.082%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.082%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.082%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.082%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.082%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.14%) Windows
2 19 (1.57%) Linux
3 9 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.25%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.082%) Android
6 1 (0.082%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.082%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,184 (97.53%) Cybersecurity
2 1,143 (94.15%) Mentoring
3 104 (8.57%) Ethical Hacking
4 98 (8.07%) Line Management
5 48 (3.95%) SIEM
6 38 (3.13%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (2.72%) Security Operations
8 25 (2.06%) Information Security
9 21 (1.73%) Incident Response
10 19 (1.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (1.32%) ITIL
12 15 (1.24%) Data Protection
13 13 (1.07%) Use Case
13 13 (1.07%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 12 (0.99%) Cloud Security
15 10 (0.82%) Coaching
15 10 (0.82%) Internal Audit
15 10 (0.82%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 9 (0.74%) Business Transformation
16 9 (0.74%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (1.89%) PowerShell
2 20 (1.65%) Python
3 9 (0.74%) Bash
4 8 (0.66%) C++
4 8 (0.66%) Perl
5 3 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (0.16%) C#
6 2 (0.16%) Go
6 2 (0.16%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1,046 (86.16%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1,031 (84.93%) Azure Certification
3 118 (9.72%) CEH
4 96 (7.91%) Network+ Certification
5 90 (7.41%) A+ Certification
6 31 (2.55%) Security Cleared
7 28 (2.31%) CISSP
7 28 (2.31%) SC Cleared
8 21 (1.73%) Degree
9 17 (1.40%) CISM
10 16 (1.32%) SSCP
11 13 (1.07%) CREST Certified
12 12 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (0.91%) CISA
14 9 (0.74%) CCNA
15 8 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
16 7 (0.58%) CISMP
16 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
17 6 (0.49%) GIAC
17 6 (0.49%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (2.64%) NIST
3 23 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 18 (1.48%) GDPR
5 9 (0.74%) GRC
6 6 (0.49%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.33%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.25%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.16%) COBIT
9 2 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.16%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.082%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.082%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.082%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (1.24%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.49%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (0.82%) QRadar
2 6 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.33%) Graylog
3 4 (0.33%) Nmap
4 3 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.16%) CASB
6 1 (0.082%) Kibana
6 1 (0.082%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.082%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1,073 (88.39%) Microsoft
2 1,027 (84.60%) ForeScout
3 11 (0.91%) Splunk
4 9 (0.74%) Cisco
5 8 (0.66%) Google
6 4 (0.33%) VMware
7 3 (0.25%) Apple
7 3 (0.25%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.16%) Datto
8 2 (0.16%) Meraki
8 2 (0.16%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.16%) SonicWALL
8 2 (0.16%) Tenable
8 2 (0.16%) Veeam
9 1 (0.082%) Carbon Black
9 1 (0.082%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.082%) Zscaler