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 5 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 422 525
Rank change year-on-year +48 +103 -70
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 344 128 105
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.40% 0.37% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.39% 1.00% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 116 115 61
10th Percentile £32,375 £28,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,563 £29,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +21.39%
75th Percentile £57,813 £53,951 £71,250
90th Percentile £70,625 £67,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +20.00%

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 14,365 12,852 14,683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.60% 37.00% 27.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,016 4,954 6,174
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.95% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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
South East +24 99 £52,500 -19.23% 69
North of England -8 74 £55,000 +80.33% 62
Midlands +6 64 £47,500 +35.71% 44
Yorkshire -8 44 £55,000 +80.33% 23
South West -76 36 £41,250 -17.50% 29
East of England -13 35 £55,000 +69.23% 28
East Midlands -8 34 £57,500 +48.39% 24
West Midlands -11 30 £47,500 +55.74% 20
North West -21 22 £35,000 +14.75% 29
Scotland +11 18 £53,765 +76.28% 21
Wales - 17 £47,500 - 10
North East -63 8 - - 11
Northern Ireland -79 5 £39,000 - 12
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 16 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.07%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 278 (80.81%) Azure
2 45 (13.08%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (9.01%) Entra ID
4 29 (8.43%) AWS
5 27 (7.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (3.20%) Google Workspace
7 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (1.74%) Cloudflare
9 5 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (1.45%) GCP
9 5 (1.45%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.58%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.58%) GitHub
10 2 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.58%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.29%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.29%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (16.28%) Firewall
2 33 (9.59%) DNS
2 33 (9.59%) VPN
3 27 (7.85%) TCP/IP
4 20 (5.81%) LAN
4 20 (5.81%) SSL
4 20 (5.81%) WAN
5 16 (4.65%) VLAN
5 16 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (4.36%) DHCP
7 12 (3.49%) HTTP
7 12 (3.49%) VoIP
8 11 (3.20%) FTP
8 11 (3.20%) SMTP
9 9 (2.62%) Network Security
10 7 (2.03%) Internet
11 3 (0.87%) SAN
12 1 (0.29%) BGP
12 1 (0.29%) SNMP
12 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.87%) Power BI
2 2 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.58%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.29%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Git
2 1 (0.29%) JIRA
General
1 259 (75.29%) Social Skills
2 45 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (3.78%) Finance
4 10 (2.91%) Aerospace
5 8 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (2.33%) Legal
6 7 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (2.03%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (1.74%) Retail
8 5 (1.45%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.87%) Law
11 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 271 (78.78%) Analyst
2 242 (70.35%) Security Analyst
3 233 (67.73%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 218 (63.37%) Junior
4 218 (63.37%) Junior Analyst
4 218 (63.37%) Junior Security Analyst
5 29 (8.43%) SOC Analyst
6 27 (7.85%) Senior
7 21 (6.10%) Security Engineer
8 18 (5.23%) IT Engineer
9 17 (4.94%) IT Support
10 14 (4.07%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 11 (3.20%) IT Support Engineer
11 11 (3.20%) Senior IT Engineer
11 11 (3.20%) Senior IT Support
11 11 (3.20%) Senior Support Engineer
11 11 (3.20%) Support Engineer
12 9 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
13 8 (2.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 6 (1.74%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.20%) LDAP
2 6 (1.74%) Terraform
3 2 (0.58%) Middleware
3 2 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.29%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.29%) Node.js
4 1 (0.29%) React
4 1 (0.29%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (0.29%) Serverless Framework
4 1 (0.29%) Spring
4 1 (0.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.85%) Security Operations Centre
2 20 (5.81%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (3.78%) Driving Licence
4 11 (3.20%) Cyber Defence
4 11 (3.20%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.62%) Client/Server
6 8 (2.33%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.74%) CSOC
7 6 (1.74%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.16%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.58%) CCTV
9 2 (0.58%) Cybercrime
9 2 (0.58%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.58%) MISP
9 2 (0.58%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.58%) SCADA
10 1 (0.29%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 50 (14.53%) Windows
2 33 (9.59%) Linux
3 22 (6.40%) Windows Server
4 13 (3.78%) Mac OS
5 9 (2.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.29%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (89.24%) Cybersecurity
2 222 (64.53%) Mentoring
3 69 (20.06%) SIEM
4 55 (15.99%) Security Operations
5 47 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (12.79%) Incident Response
7 37 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (10.17%) Vulnerability Management
9 28 (8.14%) Information Security
9 28 (8.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 21 (6.10%) Cloud Security
11 19 (5.52%) Disaster Recovery
12 18 (5.23%) ITIL
13 17 (4.94%) Customer Service
13 17 (4.94%) Kalman Filter
13 17 (4.94%) Runbook
14 16 (4.65%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 15 (4.36%) AI
15 15 (4.36%) Threat Detection
16 14 (4.07%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 40 (11.63%) PowerShell
2 31 (9.01%) Python
3 20 (5.81%) Bash
4 15 (4.36%) Kusto Query Language
5 10 (2.91%) C++
5 10 (2.91%) Perl
6 2 (0.58%) C#
6 2 (0.58%) Go
7 1 (0.29%) Java
7 1 (0.29%) Natural
7 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 240 (69.77%) CompTIA CySA+
2 223 (64.83%) Azure Certification
3 33 (9.59%) Degree
4 32 (9.30%) Security Cleared
5 29 (8.43%) CISSP
6 25 (7.27%) SC Cleared
7 22 (6.40%) Network+ Certification
8 19 (5.52%) CEH
9 18 (5.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (4.36%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (4.07%) CISM
12 11 (3.20%) CREST Certified
12 11 (3.20%) DBS Check
13 10 (2.91%) CCNA
13 10 (2.91%) GCIA
13 10 (2.91%) GIAC
13 10 (2.91%) SSCP
14 7 (2.03%) DV Cleared
15 6 (1.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 5 (1.45%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (12.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (10.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 21 (6.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 17 (4.94%) GDPR
5 16 (4.65%) NIST
6 9 (2.62%) GRC
7 5 (1.45%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.16%) SLA
9 2 (0.58%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.29%) NCSC
10 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 27 (7.85%) Active Directory
2 24 (6.98%) Hyper-V
3 16 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.16%) Docker
4 4 (1.16%) Firmware
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (3.49%) Microsoft Intune
1 12 (3.49%) QRadar
2 11 (3.20%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (1.74%) Graylog
3 6 (1.74%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.45%) Ansible
5 3 (0.87%) Nessus
6 2 (0.58%) Grafana
6 2 (0.58%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.29%) Kibana
Vendors
1 302 (87.79%) Microsoft
2 216 (62.79%) ForeScout
3 24 (6.98%) Cisco
4 16 (4.65%) Splunk
4 16 (4.65%) VMware
5 12 (3.49%) Google
5 12 (3.49%) SonicWALL
6 11 (3.20%) Apple
6 11 (3.20%) Datto
6 11 (3.20%) Veeam
7 5 (1.45%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.16%) Orchard
8 4 (1.16%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.87%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.87%) Dell
10 2 (0.58%) Qualys
10 2 (0.58%) Tenable
11 1 (0.29%) Carbon Black
11 1 (0.29%) OneLogin
11 1 (0.29%) ServiceNow