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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 733 722 1053
Rank change year-on-year -11 +331 -437
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 181 251 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.24% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.66% 0.74% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 147 202 126
10th Percentile £34,050 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £38,868 £35,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +10.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £81,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +1.85%

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 27,363 33,755 42,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.77% 32.63% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 15,182 19,046
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,776 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +0.20%

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 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CompTIA Security+ in the UK

CompTIA Security+
Top 15 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 5 May 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 +48 172 £55,000 - 35
UK excluding London -51 106 £50,000 +11.11% 25
London +102 68 £65,000 +14.54% 14
Work from Home +22 53 £60,000 +60.00% 28
South East -19 33 £43,750 +53.51% 7
North of England +68 26 £60,000 -7.69% 7
East of England +24 16 £27,000 -36.47% 1
South West -42 15 £55,000 -18.52% 5
West Midlands +14 12 £39,649 -48.84%
Midlands +10 12 £39,649 -48.84% 2
Yorkshire +95 11 £60,000 -7.69% 4
North West +19 8 £37,500 -50.00% 3
North East - 7 £40,000 -
Scotland -66 3 £50,000 +23.90% 2
Northern Ireland +23 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 10 (5.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (5.52%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (1.10%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 78 (43.09%) Azure
2 53 (29.28%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (13.26%) AWS
4 17 (9.39%) Entra ID
5 16 (8.84%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (2.21%) SaaS
7 3 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.66%) IaaS
8 2 (1.10%) GCP
8 2 (1.10%) OCI
8 2 (1.10%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.10%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.10%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.55%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.55%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 78 (43.09%) Firewall
2 35 (19.34%) Intrusion Detection
3 14 (7.73%) Network Security
4 10 (5.52%) LAN
4 10 (5.52%) TCP/IP
4 10 (5.52%) WAN
5 8 (4.42%) DNS
6 6 (3.31%) DHCP
6 6 (3.31%) VPN
6 6 (3.31%) Wireless
6 6 (3.31%) Wireshark
7 5 (2.76%) IPsec
7 5 (2.76%) SSL
8 4 (2.21%) Internet
9 3 (1.66%) SAN
9 3 (1.66%) tcpdump
10 2 (1.10%) DMZ
10 2 (1.10%) HTTP
10 2 (1.10%) SMTP
10 2 (1.10%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.63%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.42%) MariaDB
2 8 (4.42%) MySQL
3 2 (1.10%) Power BI
4 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.66%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.55%) Snyk
General
1 62 (34.25%) Social Skills
2 47 (25.97%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (13.26%) Legal
4 22 (12.15%) Law
5 12 (6.63%) Finance
6 7 (3.87%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.31%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.21%) Marketing
9 3 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.66%) Retail
10 2 (1.10%) Games
10 2 (1.10%) Publishing
10 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.55%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.55%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 96 (53.04%) Analyst
2 63 (34.81%) Security Analyst
3 41 (22.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 29 (16.02%) Senior
5 25 (13.81%) SOC Analyst
6 20 (11.05%) IT Engineer
6 20 (11.05%) Senior Analyst
7 13 (7.18%) Senior Security Analyst
8 12 (6.63%) IT Support
8 12 (6.63%) Lead
9 11 (6.08%) IT Support Engineer
9 11 (6.08%) Support Engineer
10 9 (4.97%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
11 8 (4.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 8 (4.42%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (4.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 8 (4.42%) Consultant
12 7 (3.87%) Information Analyst
12 7 (3.87%) Information Security Analyst
12 7 (3.87%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.10%) EDI
1 2 (1.10%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 49 (27.07%) Management Information System
2 45 (24.86%) Cyber Threat
3 25 (13.81%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (7.18%) Client/Server
5 9 (4.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 9 (4.97%) Security Posture
6 7 (3.87%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.87%) Cyberattack
7 6 (3.31%) IoT
8 5 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.66%) Mobile Computing
10 2 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
10 2 (1.10%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.10%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.10%) NHS
10 2 (1.10%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.55%) CESG
11 1 (0.55%) CSOC
11 1 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.55%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 49 (27.07%) Windows
2 22 (12.15%) Windows Server
3 12 (6.63%) Linux
4 2 (1.10%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.10%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.10%) Unix
4 2 (1.10%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.10%) Windows 8
4 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (72.38%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (35.91%) SIEM
3 62 (34.25%) Information Security
4 60 (33.15%) Security Operations
5 51 (28.18%) Incident Response
6 50 (27.62%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (22.65%) Penetration Testing
8 36 (19.89%) Risk Management
9 35 (19.34%) Computer Science
10 26 (14.36%) ITIL
11 25 (13.81%) Customer Service
11 25 (13.81%) Security Monitoring
12 24 (13.26%) Disaster Recovery
12 24 (13.26%) Risk Assessment
12 24 (13.26%) Vulnerability Management
13 21 (11.60%) Business Continuity
14 18 (9.94%) Mentoring
14 18 (9.94%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 17 (9.39%) Cloud Security
16 16 (8.84%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.18%) PowerShell
2 10 (5.52%) Python
3 8 (4.42%) Bash
4 2 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 111 (61.33%) CISSP
2 77 (42.54%) Degree
3 56 (30.94%) CompTIA CySA+
4 44 (24.31%) Network+ Certification
5 42 (23.20%) CISM
6 39 (21.55%) Cisco Certification
7 36 (19.89%) CEH
8 27 (14.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (14.36%) CISA
10 25 (13.81%) GIAC
11 24 (13.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 23 (12.71%) CCSP
13 22 (12.15%) CRISC
14 20 (11.05%) Microsoft Certification
14 20 (11.05%) Security Cleared
15 19 (10.50%) SSCP
16 16 (8.84%) A+ Certification
16 16 (8.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 15 (8.29%) CCNA
18 11 (6.08%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (26.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (19.34%) NIST
3 19 (10.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (7.73%) SOC 2
5 12 (6.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (4.42%) NCSC
7 7 (3.87%) GRC
8 6 (3.31%) PCI DSS
9 5 (2.76%) GDPR
9 5 (2.76%) SLA
10 4 (2.21%) ISO 22301
11 2 (1.10%) COBIT
11 2 (1.10%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.55%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.55%) IASME
12 1 (0.55%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 28 (15.47%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.21%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.55%) Snort
4 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.55%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (10.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.42%) Nessus
3 2 (1.10%) CASB
3 2 (1.10%) CSIRT
3 2 (1.10%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.55%) Autotask
4 1 (0.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 72 (39.78%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.71%) ServiceNow
3 12 (6.63%) Cisco
4 10 (5.52%) Sophos
5 7 (3.87%) Splunk
5 7 (3.87%) VMware
6 3 (1.66%) Citrix
6 3 (1.66%) HP
7 2 (1.10%) Aruba
7 2 (1.10%) Oracle
7 2 (1.10%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.10%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.55%) ConnectWise
8 1 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.55%) Google
8 1 (0.55%) Intel
8 1 (0.55%) Mitel
8 1 (0.55%) Qualys
8 1 (0.55%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.55%) Veeam