CompTIA Security+
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 569 807 947
Rank change year-on-year +238 +140 -282
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 172 271 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.22% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.99% 0.74% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 122 178 125
10th Percentile £31,275 £31,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £40,781 £41,250 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £92,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CompTIA Security+ is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,351 36,863 31,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.59% 29.74% 24.75%
Number of salaries quoted 10,857 16,923 17,862
10th Percentile £31,125 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £72,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +2.04%

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CompTIA Security+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK

CompTIA Security+
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+.

Salary trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK

CompTIA Security+
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for CompTIA Security+ in the UK

CompTIA Security+
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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
England +240 154 £55,250 -15.00% 83
UK excluding London +211 104 £50,000 -4.76% 61
Work from Home +214 69 £53,300 -14.72% 95
London +222 61 £61,250 -6.84% 29
Midlands +142 34 £42,750 +94.32% 19
West Midlands +143 23 £42,500 +93.18% 13
East of England +137 23 £67,500 +50.00% 4
South West +76 17 £67,500 -5.26% 6
South East +135 16 £52,500 - 11
East Midlands +50 11 £65,000 +145.28% 6
Northern Ireland +38 5 £42,500 +6.25%
Wales - 5 £52,500 - 3
North of England +119 3 £70,000 +3.70% 14
Yorkshire +93 2 £50,500 - 8
Scotland +52 2 £50,000 +17.65% 4
North West +75 1 £70,000 +5.66% 3

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.49%) MS Exchange
1 6 (3.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (22.09%) Azure
2 33 (19.19%) AWS
3 20 (11.63%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (2.33%) WhatsApp
5 3 (1.74%) SaaS
6 2 (1.16%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.16%) IaaS
6 2 (1.16%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.16%) Serverless
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.58%) GCP
7 1 (0.58%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (29.07%) Firewall
2 34 (19.77%) Network Security
3 28 (16.28%) DNS
4 26 (15.12%) DHCP
5 25 (14.53%) Intrusion Detection
6 16 (9.30%) LAN
6 16 (9.30%) WAN
7 11 (6.40%) VPN
8 8 (4.65%) TCP/IP
9 7 (4.07%) Cisco ISE
9 7 (4.07%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (4.07%) SD-WAN
10 6 (3.49%) OSPF
11 5 (2.91%) BGP
11 5 (2.91%) IPsec
11 5 (2.91%) NGFW
11 5 (2.91%) SAN
11 5 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (2.91%) Wireless
12 4 (2.33%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.07%) GIS
2 3 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 51 (29.65%) Social Skills
2 23 (13.37%) Legal
3 19 (11.05%) Finance
4 12 (6.98%) Law
5 10 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.07%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (1.74%) Retail
8 2 (1.16%) Automotive
8 2 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.16%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.16%) Marketing
8 2 (1.16%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.58%) Electronics
9 1 (0.58%) Military
9 1 (0.58%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 67 (38.95%) Analyst
2 56 (32.56%) Security Analyst
3 46 (26.74%) Senior
4 25 (14.53%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 18 (10.47%) Security Engineer
6 15 (8.72%) Administrator
7 14 (8.14%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 14 (8.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 14 (8.14%) Systems Administrator
7 14 (8.14%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (7.56%) Senior Analyst
9 12 (6.98%) Senior Security Analyst
10 10 (5.81%) Information Analyst
10 10 (5.81%) Information Security Analyst
11 9 (5.23%) CISSP Analyst
11 9 (5.23%) Lead
11 9 (5.23%) Network Engineer
12 8 (4.65%) Junior
12 8 (4.65%) Network Security Engineer
13 7 (4.07%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.74%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.16%) Regular Expression
3 1 (0.58%) .NET
3 1 (0.58%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.58%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 48 (27.91%) Management Information System
2 28 (16.28%) Virtual Team
3 26 (15.12%) Security Posture
4 15 (8.72%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (8.14%) Blackberry
5 14 (8.14%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (6.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 9 (5.23%) Data Centre
8 7 (4.07%) Insider Threat
8 7 (4.07%) Operational Technology
9 5 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (2.33%) Cyberattack
10 4 (2.33%) Mobile Computing
10 4 (2.33%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 2 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (1.16%) Driving Licence
12 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
13 1 (0.58%) Graphic Design
13 1 (0.58%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 53 (30.81%) Windows
2 26 (15.12%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.49%) Linux
4 2 (1.16%) Mac OS X
4 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.58%) Android
5 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.58%) Unix
5 1 (0.58%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (54.65%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (38.95%) Information Security
3 43 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 39 (22.67%) SIEM
5 30 (17.44%) Risk Management
6 29 (16.86%) Vulnerability Management
7 28 (16.28%) Customer Requirements
7 28 (16.28%) Risk Assessment
7 28 (16.28%) Technology Transformation
8 26 (15.12%) Incident Response
9 24 (13.95%) Cloud Security
9 24 (13.95%) Penetration Testing
10 19 (11.05%) Application Security
10 19 (11.05%) Mobile Device Management
10 19 (11.05%) Security Monitoring
10 19 (11.05%) Use Case
11 18 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (10.47%) Security Management
12 15 (8.72%) Computer Science
12 15 (8.72%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 24 (13.95%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.07%) Python
3 3 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.58%) Groovy
4 1 (0.58%) Java
Qualifications
1 90 (52.33%) CISSP
2 76 (44.19%) Degree
3 44 (25.58%) CompTIA CySA+
4 43 (25.00%) CISM
5 35 (20.35%) Cisco Certification
6 31 (18.02%) Network+ Certification
7 29 (16.86%) CEH
8 28 (16.28%) GIAC
9 25 (14.53%) Security Cleared
10 23 (13.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 23 (13.37%) CRISC
11 22 (12.79%) CCSP
12 17 (9.88%) CISA
13 16 (9.30%) Microsoft Certification
14 14 (8.14%) GSEC
15 13 (7.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 12 (6.98%) MCSA
16 12 (6.98%) SC Cleared
17 11 (6.40%) CCNA
17 11 (6.40%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (23.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (16.28%) NIST
3 17 (9.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (8.72%) GDPR
4 15 (8.72%) SOC 2
5 14 (8.14%) PCI DSS
6 12 (6.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (4.07%) IASME
8 6 (3.49%) NCSC
9 5 (2.91%) GRC
9 5 (2.91%) SLA
10 4 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (1.74%) COBIT
12 2 (1.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.58%) GLBA
13 1 (0.58%) GxP
13 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.58%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
System Software
1 35 (20.35%) Active Directory
2 34 (19.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.16%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.58%) Docker
4 1 (0.58%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (8.72%) SCCM
2 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.16%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.58%) Ansible
4 1 (0.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.58%) DatAdvantage
4 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.58%) Nessus
4 1 (0.58%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.58%) QRadar
4 1 (0.58%) SCOM
4 1 (0.58%) Terraform
4 1 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 56 (32.56%) Microsoft
2 37 (21.51%) VMware
3 21 (12.21%) ServiceNow
4 19 (11.05%) Cisco
5 15 (8.72%) SolarWinds
6 14 (8.14%) MobileIron
6 14 (8.14%) Red Hat
6 14 (8.14%) Samsung
7 8 (4.65%) F5
8 7 (4.07%) Aruba
8 7 (4.07%) Juniper
8 7 (4.07%) Splunk
9 4 (2.33%) HP
9 4 (2.33%) Nimble Storage
10 3 (1.74%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.74%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.74%) Mitel
10 3 (1.74%) Veeam
10 3 (1.74%) Zerto
11 2 (1.16%) Palo Alto