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 citing CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 9 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	561	356	494
Rank change year-on-year	-205	+138	-37
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+	134	169	100
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	0.15%	0.47%	0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.87%	1.43%	0.71%
Number of salaries quoted	114	162	60
10^th Percentile	£32,375	-	£36,250
25^th Percentile	£38,875	£28,250	£41,719
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,750	£34,500	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+47.10%	-34.29%	+21.04%
75^th Percentile	£57,500	£52,500	£65,625
90^th Percentile	£69,625	£63,625	£71,625
UK median annual salary	£52,500	£42,750	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+22.81%	-28.75%	+14.29%

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

	6 months to 9 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	15,372	11,825	14,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	16.81%	33.19%	29.62%
Number of salaries quoted	8,853	5,152	5,524
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£28,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£42,000	£31,750	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£47,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+15.79%	-13.64%	+4.76%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£66,063	£70,000
90^th Percentile	£91,375	£80,000	£82,500
UK median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£58,033
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-5.23%	+0.93%

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+ Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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 9 November 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 9 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
South East	-38	63	£51,500	-20.77%	57
North of England	-98	27	£55,000	+80.33%	56
Yorkshire	-41	18	£55,000	+80.33%	24
East of England	-72	13	£55,000	+69.23%	21
Midlands	-78	13	£47,500	+2.70%	37
South West	-116	9	£41,250	-17.50%	35
East Midlands	-58	8	£45,000	-11.86%	17
North West	-61	7	£54,000	+77.05%	27
West Midlands	-61	5	£47,500	+55.74%	20
Wales	-	5	£47,500	-	8
Scotland	-10	4	£53,765	+76.28%	29
North East	-78	2	£40,000	+31.15%	6
CompTIA Security+ UK

CompTIA Security+ Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 November 2026, job vacancies citing CompTIA Security+ also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region citing CompTIA Security+.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	72.4%	97
2	Cybersecurity	67.2%	90
3	Azure	55.2%	74
3	SIEM	55.2%	74
5	Firewall	44.8%	60
6	Incident Response	44.0%	59
7	Security Operations	42.5%	57
8	Microsoft 365	41.8%	56
9	Windows	38.8%	52
10	Problem-Solving	37.3%	50
11	Vulnerability Management	35.8%	48
12	Degree	31.3%	42
12	ISO/IEC 27001	31.3%	42
14	CISSP	29.9%	40
15	Cyber Essentials	26.1%	35
15	Entra ID	26.1%	35
17	Continuous Improvement	24.6%	33
18	Cisco	23.9%	32
18	Windows Server	23.9%	32
20	Linux	23.1%	31
21	VPN	22.4%	30
22	Azure Sentinel	21.6%	29
23	MITRE ATT&CK	20.9%	28
23	Network+ Certification	20.9%	28
25	DNS	20.1%	27
25	PowerShell	20.1%	27
27	Active Directory	19.4%	26
27	AWS	19.4%	26
27	Cloud Security	19.4%	26
27	Information Security	19.4%	26

CompTIA Security+ Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Degree	31.3%	42
2	CISSP	29.9%	40
3	Network+ Certification	20.9%	28
4	Security Cleared	18.7%	25
5	CompTIA CySA+	17.2%	23
6	Microsoft Certification	16.4%	22
7	Cisco Certification	15.7%	21
8	CEH	14.2%	19
8	SC Cleared	14.2%	19
10	SSCP	12.7%	17
11	CCNA	11.9%	16
12	DBS Check	10.4%	14
12	GIAC	10.4%	14
14	CISM	9.0%	12
15	Azure Certification	8.2%	11
16	A+ Certification	6.0%	8
17	DV Cleared	5.2%	7
18	Computer Science Degree	4.5%	6
18	CREST Certified	4.5%	6
18	GCIA	4.5%	6