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 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 445 625
Rank change year-on-year +363 +180 -16
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 1,306 58 108
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.07% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.79% 0.51% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 210 32 92
10th Percentile - £35,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £50,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -39.30% +0.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £42,000 £59,688 £59,063
90th Percentile £53,951 £63,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £30,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -44.55% - -

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 16,769 11,393 17,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.63% 42.91% 26.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5,927 5,182 12,185
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £54,048
% change year-on-year +1.74% +6.39% -6.00%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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 +166 395 £30,500 -44.55% 33
Midlands +136 284 £35,000 -23.91% 25
Yorkshire +93 219 £30,500 -39.60% 14
South East +110 214 £33,500 -44.17% 39
South West +82 155 £30,500 -40.26% 12
East Midlands +49 145 £50,000 +42.86% 13
West Midlands +88 138 £30,500 -33.70% 12
North West +87 123 £30,500 -44.57% 12
Scotland +60 100 £30,500 - 10
East of England +46 90 £40,000 +20.30% 17
Wales - 61 £33,000 - 10
North East - 53 £30,500 - 7
Northern Ireland -21 20 - - 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 5 (0.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1,104 (84.53%) Azure
2 19 (1.45%) AWS
2 19 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (0.54%) Entra ID
4 4 (0.31%) Google Workspace
4 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (0.23%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.15%) GCP
7 1 (0.077%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.077%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.077%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (0.077%) AWS KMS
7 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.077%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.077%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (1.68%) Firewall
2 11 (0.84%) VPN
3 8 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 8 (0.61%) WAN
4 7 (0.54%) LAN
5 6 (0.46%) DNS
5 6 (0.46%) Network Security
6 4 (0.31%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.23%) DHCP
7 3 (0.23%) HTTP
8 2 (0.15%) SSH
8 2 (0.15%) VLAN
9 1 (0.077%) FTP
9 1 (0.077%) Internet
9 1 (0.077%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.077%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.077%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (0.46%) Burp Suite
1 6 (0.46%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.15%) JIRA
General
1 1,107 (84.76%) Social Skills
2 148 (11.33%) Multimedia
3 22 (1.68%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (1.30%) Retail
5 13 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (0.84%) Finance
6 11 (0.84%) Legal
7 5 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.077%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.077%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.077%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1,125 (86.14%) Analyst
2 1,112 (85.15%) Security Analyst
3 1,095 (83.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1,081 (82.77%) Junior
4 1,081 (82.77%) Junior Analyst
4 1,081 (82.77%) Junior Security Analyst
5 148 (11.33%) Trainee
6 15 (1.15%) Senior
7 13 (1.00%) Information Analyst
7 13 (1.00%) Information Security Analyst
8 11 (0.84%) Senior Analyst
9 9 (0.69%) Digital Analyst
9 9 (0.69%) Security Engineer
10 8 (0.61%) Support Engineer
11 7 (0.54%) Infrastructure Support
11 7 (0.54%) IT Engineer
11 7 (0.54%) IT Support
11 7 (0.54%) IT Support Engineer
11 7 (0.54%) Security Specialist
11 7 (0.54%) Senior Digital Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.077%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (1.38%) Security Posture
2 14 (1.07%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (0.61%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (0.46%) CSOC
4 6 (0.46%) Insider Threat
5 4 (0.31%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (0.31%) Cyberattack
6 3 (0.23%) Cloud Native
6 3 (0.23%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (0.23%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.15%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.15%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.15%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.077%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.077%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.077%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.077%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.15%) Windows
2 9 (0.69%) Linux
3 8 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.077%) Android
4 1 (0.077%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.077%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.077%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,277 (97.78%) Cybersecurity
2 1,247 (95.48%) Mentoring
3 156 (11.94%) Ethical Hacking
4 148 (11.33%) Line Management
5 34 (2.60%) SIEM
6 31 (2.37%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (2.30%) Information Security
8 23 (1.76%) Incident Response
9 20 (1.53%) Security Operations
10 14 (1.07%) Data Protection
10 14 (1.07%) ITIL
10 14 (1.07%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 13 (1.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (0.92%) Cloud Security
12 12 (0.92%) Penetration Testing
12 12 (0.92%) Vulnerability Management
13 10 (0.77%) Coaching
13 10 (0.77%) Internal Audit
14 9 (0.69%) Business Transformation
14 9 (0.69%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 12 (0.92%) PowerShell
2 11 (0.84%) Python
3 5 (0.38%) Bash
4 2 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.15%) SQL
5 1 (0.077%) C++
5 1 (0.077%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,102 (84.38%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1,084 (83.00%) Azure Certification
3 164 (12.56%) CEH
4 145 (11.10%) Network+ Certification
5 140 (10.72%) A+ Certification
6 37 (2.83%) CISSP
7 26 (1.99%) Degree
8 20 (1.53%) SC Cleared
8 20 (1.53%) Security Cleared
9 19 (1.45%) CISM
10 16 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.15%) SSCP
12 10 (0.77%) CCNA
12 10 (0.77%) CISMP
13 9 (0.69%) CISA
13 9 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (0.61%) OSCP
15 7 (0.54%) CREST Certified
16 6 (0.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (2.76%) NIST
2 34 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (1.30%) GDPR
5 6 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (0.46%) GRC
6 4 (0.31%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.15%) COBIT
7 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.077%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.077%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.077%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.077%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (0.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.23%) Hyper-V
2 3 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (0.46%) Nmap
2 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.15%) CASB
3 2 (0.15%) Nessus
3 2 (0.15%) QRadar
3 2 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.077%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.077%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.077%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1,116 (85.45%) Microsoft
2 1,081 (82.77%) ForeScout
3 9 (0.69%) Cisco
4 6 (0.46%) Google
5 3 (0.23%) VMware
6 2 (0.15%) Meraki
6 2 (0.15%) Qualys
6 2 (0.15%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.15%) Splunk
6 2 (0.15%) Tenable
7 1 (0.077%) Apple
7 1 (0.077%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.077%) Datto
7 1 (0.077%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.077%) Veeam
7 1 (0.077%) Zscaler