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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 15 October 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| CompTIA Security+ UK |
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6 months to
15 Oct 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
766 |
1017 |
1059 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+251 |
+42 |
+182 |
| Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ |
396 |
163 |
172 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.24% |
0.094% |
0.090% |
| As % of the Qualifications category |
1.02% |
0.38% |
0.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
250 |
111 |
114 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£55,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
-13.64% |
+15.79% |
| 10th Percentile |
£36,250 |
£35,000 |
£31,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£71,250 |
£58,000 |
£85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£55,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
-18.18% |
+18.59% |
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.
| All Academic and Professional Certifications UK |
| Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications |
38,995 |
42,461 |
50,484 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
23.69% |
24.43% |
26.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
28,880 |
32,635 |
40,623 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+6.38% |
+4.44% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,250 |
£26,000 |
£26,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
£76,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
- |
+6.25% |
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CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing CompTIA Security+ as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
CompTIA Security+
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing CompTIA Security+.
CompTIA Security+
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing CompTIA Security+ over the 6 months to 15 October 2018.
CompTIA Security+
Top 14 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 15 October 2018.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
+245 |
369 |
£52,500 |
+16.67% |
25 |
| UK excluding London |
+185 |
263 |
£45,000 |
- |
18 |
| London |
+105 |
123 |
£65,000 |
+25.00% |
8 |
| East of England |
+107 |
113 |
£49,500 |
+10.00% |
3 |
| South West |
+43 |
48 |
£45,000 |
- |
2 |
| South East |
+19 |
36 |
£42,500 |
+21.43% |
5 |
| Midlands |
+32 |
30 |
£60,000 |
+9.09% |
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| West Midlands |
+44 |
29 |
£60,000 |
+9.09% |
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| North of England |
+30 |
19 |
£45,000 |
-5.26% |
7 |
| Scotland |
+7 |
16 |
£40,000 |
-15.79% |
1 |
| North West |
+8 |
15 |
£45,000 |
-29.41% |
7 |
| Yorkshire |
+35 |
4 |
£50,000 |
+42.86% |
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| Wales |
- |
4 |
£42,500 |
- |
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| East Midlands |
-8 |
1 |
£47,500 |
-29.63% |
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For the 6 months to 15 October 2018, IT jobs citing CompTIA Security+ also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for CompTIA Security+.
CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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