CompTIA Security+ Jobs

CompTIA Security+
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 712 665 1057
Rank change year-on-year -47 +392 -322
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 130 225 218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.28% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.55% 0.83% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 107 185 166
10th Percentile £37,200 £31,250 £28,875
25th Percentile £39,493 £40,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £63,875
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -13.89% +16.14%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,250 £82,063
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 23,768 27,219 48,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.30% 33.73% 27.87%
Number of salaries quoted 13,396 13,767 20,158
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,425 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 -57 115 £54,500 -4.30% 26
UK excluding London -82 89 £50,000 +11.11% 19
Work from Home -6 40 £60,000 +38.73% 16
London +42 35 £65,000 - 9
South East 0 33 £55,000 +29.41% 4
North of England +21 16 £41,250 -38.89% 4
South West -19 15 £52,500 -19.23% 3
Midlands -51 10 £47,500 +9.83% 6
Scotland -37 8 £50,000 +23.90% 1
North West -4 7 £41,250 -41.07% 2
West Midlands -28 7 £70,000 +61.85% 5
Yorkshire +63 6 £60,000 +93.55% 2
East of England -22 6 £27,000 -60.00% 1
East Midlands -32 3 £47,500 - 1
North East - 3 £40,000 -
Northern Ireland +18 1 - -

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 3 (2.31%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 68 (52.31%) Azure
2 52 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (12.31%) Azure Sentinel
4 8 (6.15%) Entra ID
5 7 (5.38%) AWS
6 3 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.31%) SaaS
7 2 (1.54%) GCP
7 2 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (1.54%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.77%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.77%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.77%) IaaS
8 1 (0.77%) PaaS
8 1 (0.77%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 55 (42.31%) Firewall
2 19 (14.62%) TCP/IP
3 17 (13.08%) Intrusion Detection
4 13 (10.00%) Network Security
5 10 (7.69%) VLAN
6 5 (3.85%) IPsec
6 5 (3.85%) LAN
6 5 (3.85%) SSL
6 5 (3.85%) WAN
6 5 (3.85%) Wireless
7 2 (1.54%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (1.54%) SAN
7 2 (1.54%) VoIP
7 2 (1.54%) VPN
7 2 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.54%) Wireshark
7 2 (1.54%) WLAN
8 1 (0.77%) DNS
8 1 (0.77%) SMTP
8 1 (0.77%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.31%) MariaDB
1 3 (2.31%) MySQL
1 3 (2.31%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Metasploit
General
1 35 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 34 (26.15%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (12.31%) Law
4 10 (7.69%) Finance
5 7 (5.38%) Legal
5 7 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (3.85%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.08%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.54%) Marketing
8 2 (1.54%) Retail
9 1 (0.77%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.77%) Automotive
9 1 (0.77%) Aviation
9 1 (0.77%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 68 (52.31%) Analyst
2 44 (33.85%) Security Analyst
3 22 (16.92%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 22 (16.92%) Senior
4 17 (13.08%) Senior Analyst
5 15 (11.54%) SOC Analyst
6 14 (10.77%) Consultant
6 14 (10.77%) IT Engineer
7 12 (9.23%) IT Support
8 10 (7.69%) IT Consultant
8 10 (7.69%) Solutions Consultant
8 10 (7.69%) Technical Consultant
9 9 (6.92%) IT Analyst
9 9 (6.92%) Senior Security Analyst
10 8 (6.15%) IT Security Analyst
10 8 (6.15%) IT Support Engineer
10 8 (6.15%) Support Engineer
11 7 (5.38%) ITSM Consultant
11 7 (5.38%) Lead
11 7 (5.38%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.08%) EDI
2 2 (1.54%) OpenMP
2 2 (1.54%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 23 (17.69%) Management Information System
2 19 (14.62%) Cyber Threat
3 18 (13.85%) Security Operations Centre
4 11 (8.46%) Client/Server
5 7 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.85%) Cyberattack
6 5 (3.85%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.31%) IoT
7 3 (2.31%) PKI
8 2 (1.54%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.54%) CESG
8 2 (1.54%) CSOC
8 2 (1.54%) CUDA
8 2 (1.54%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.54%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.54%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.54%) Fat Client
8 2 (1.54%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 35 (26.92%) Windows
2 9 (6.92%) Linux
2 9 (6.92%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.08%) Unix
3 4 (3.08%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.08%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.54%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.54%) VMS
4 2 (1.54%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (66.15%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (36.15%) Information Security
3 46 (35.38%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (27.69%) Incident Response
5 35 (26.92%) Security Operations
5 35 (26.92%) SIEM
6 27 (20.77%) Risk Management
7 24 (18.46%) Computer Science
8 20 (15.38%) ITIL
9 17 (13.08%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (13.08%) Penetration Testing
10 16 (12.31%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 15 (11.54%) Roadmaps
11 15 (11.54%) Vulnerability Management
12 12 (9.23%) Business Continuity
12 12 (9.23%) Technology Roadmap
13 11 (8.46%) Customer Service
13 11 (8.46%) Ethical Hacking
14 10 (7.69%) Cloud Security
14 10 (7.69%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.69%) Python
2 9 (6.92%) PowerShell
3 7 (5.38%) Bash
4 3 (2.31%) C++
4 3 (2.31%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.54%) C
5 2 (1.54%) C-shell
5 2 (1.54%) Fortran
6 1 (0.77%) Java
Qualifications
1 73 (56.15%) CISSP
2 55 (42.31%) Degree
3 38 (29.23%) CISM
4 28 (21.54%) Security Cleared
5 27 (20.77%) CEH
6 26 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
7 25 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (18.46%) CISA
8 24 (18.46%) CompTIA CySA+
8 24 (18.46%) SC Cleared
9 22 (16.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (16.15%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (13.08%) SSCP
12 15 (11.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 13 (10.00%) GIAC
14 12 (9.23%) A+ Certification
14 12 (9.23%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (9.23%) CCSP
15 10 (7.69%) CCNA
15 10 (7.69%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (23.08%) NIST
3 15 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 12 (9.23%) GRC
5 9 (6.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (6.92%) NCSC
6 7 (5.38%) GDPR
6 7 (5.38%) ISO 22301
7 5 (3.85%) PCI DSS
8 3 (2.31%) COBIT
8 3 (2.31%) NIST 800
9 2 (1.54%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.54%) IASME
9 2 (1.54%) ISO 9001
9 2 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.54%) SLA
10 1 (0.77%) FedRAMP
10 1 (0.77%) RMADS
10 1 (0.77%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (9.23%) Active Directory
2 10 (7.69%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.77%) Snort
4 1 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.31%) FortiGate
2 3 (2.31%) Nessus
3 1 (0.77%) Autotask
3 1 (0.77%) QRadar
Vendors
1 77 (59.23%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.23%) VMware
3 9 (6.92%) Cisco
4 7 (5.38%) Sophos
5 3 (2.31%) IBM
6 2 (1.54%) Aruba
6 2 (1.54%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (1.54%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.54%) Splunk
7 1 (0.77%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.77%) Google
7 1 (0.77%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.77%) Qualys