CompTIA Security+ Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

CompTIA Security+
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 532 554
Rank change year-on-year +148 +22 +189
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 36 53 105
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.23% 0.16% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.75% 0.56% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 25 47 97
10th Percentile £44,000 £37,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £48,165 £46,875 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +60.00% -37.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,875 £59,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,813 9,485 10,774
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.21% 28.07% 25.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,069 5,912 6,583
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%

CompTIA Security+
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing CompTIA Security+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

CompTIA Security+ trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

CompTIA Security+
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing CompTIA Security+.

CompTIA Security+ salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

CompTIA Security+
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing CompTIA Security+ over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

CompTIA Security+ salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (58.33%) Azure
2 15 (41.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 11 (30.56%) AWS
3 11 (30.56%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 4 (11.11%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (11.11%) Route 53
6 2 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (2.78%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 28 (77.78%) Firewall
2 10 (27.78%) Intrusion Detection
3 9 (25.00%) SAN
4 6 (16.67%) Network Security
5 4 (11.11%) HTTPS
5 4 (11.11%) SD-WAN
5 4 (11.11%) VLAN
5 4 (11.11%) VPN
5 4 (11.11%) WAN
6 3 (8.33%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.78%) DNS
7 1 (2.78%) IPv4
7 1 (2.78%) IPv6
7 1 (2.78%) S/MIME
7 1 (2.78%) SSL
7 1 (2.78%) X.509
General
1 13 (36.11%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (25.00%) Finance
3 6 (16.67%) Retail
4 4 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 21 (58.33%) Analyst
2 20 (55.56%) Security Analyst
3 10 (27.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 9 (25.00%) CISSP Analyst
4 9 (25.00%) Incident Analyst
4 9 (25.00%) Junior
4 9 (25.00%) Junior Analyst
4 9 (25.00%) Junior Operations Analyst
4 9 (25.00%) Junior Security Analyst
4 9 (25.00%) Operations Analyst
4 9 (25.00%) Security Incident Analyst
4 9 (25.00%) Security Operations Analyst
4 9 (25.00%) SIEM Analyst
5 7 (19.44%) Security Engineer
6 5 (13.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (11.11%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (11.11%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) EJB
1 1 (2.78%) HTML
1 1 (2.78%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) Hedge funds
1 9 (25.00%) Podcast
2 8 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 6 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 3 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (5.56%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.78%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.78%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 26 (72.22%) Windows
2 4 (11.11%) Linux
2 4 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (80.56%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (72.22%) SIEM
3 23 (63.89%) Security Operations
4 21 (58.33%) Incident Response
4 21 (58.33%) Information Security
5 10 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (27.78%) Project Delivery
5 10 (27.78%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 5 (13.89%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (13.89%) Problem Management
7 4 (11.11%) Computer Science
7 4 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (11.11%) Identity Management
7 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (11.11%) Load Balancing
7 4 (11.11%) Proactive Management
7 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
7 4 (11.11%) Threat Management
7 4 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (47.22%) PowerShell
2 9 (25.00%) Python
3 2 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (5.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (86.11%) CISSP
2 28 (77.78%) Degree
3 19 (52.78%) CISM
4 14 (38.89%) SANS
5 12 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (33.33%) GCIA
6 11 (30.56%) CEH
6 11 (30.56%) GCIH
7 9 (25.00%) OSCP
8 7 (19.44%) AWS Certification
9 5 (13.89%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (11.11%) Azure Certification
10 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (8.33%) CASP
11 3 (8.33%) CCNA
11 3 (8.33%) CCNP
11 3 (8.33%) CISA
11 3 (8.33%) SC Cleared
11 3 (8.33%) Security Cleared
12 2 (5.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (13.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (5.56%) GDPR
4 1 (2.78%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (19.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (38.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.78%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (30.56%) CrowdStrike
1 11 (30.56%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.78%) Tenable
2 10 (27.78%) VMware
3 2 (5.56%) Splunk
4 1 (2.78%) Cisco
4 1 (2.78%) Darktrace
4 1 (2.78%) McAfee
4 1 (2.78%) Thales