CompTIA Security+ Jobs

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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 755 732 1073
Rank change year-on-year -23 +341 -428
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 150 225 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.24% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.53% 0.71% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 126 200 132
10th Percentile £35,625 £27,750 £27,975
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,813 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,875 £81,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -1.87%

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 28,187 31,834 46,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.34% 33.91% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 17,276 14,419 19,396
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,843
25th Percentile £38,603 £42,500 £40,620
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -28 140 £52,500 -8.70% 94
UK excluding London -65 106 £47,500 +5.56% 69
Work from Home -19 43 £60,000 +48.68% 12
London +43 38 £65,000 +8.33% 31
South East -19 34 £45,000 +47.54% 12
North of England +43 30 £43,750 -35.19% 23
East of England -7 16 £27,000 -36.47% 5
Yorkshire +81 13 £60,000 -7.69% 13
South West -51 12 £52,500 -22.22% 8
North West -5 10 £37,500 -46.43% 8
Midlands -27 9 £39,649 -24.48% 13
West Midlands -39 9 £39,649 -20.70% 7
North East - 7 £40,000 - 2
Scotland -75 4 £50,000 +23.90% 4
Northern Ireland +19 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 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.33%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (1.33%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 75 (50.00%) Azure
2 52 (34.67%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (11.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 17 (11.33%) Entra ID
4 10 (6.67%) AWS
5 5 (3.33%) SaaS
6 3 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.00%) IaaS
7 2 (1.33%) GCP
7 2 (1.33%) OCI
7 2 (1.33%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.33%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.67%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.67%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.67%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.67%) PaaS
8 1 (0.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 70 (46.67%) Firewall
2 27 (18.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 15 (10.00%) Network Security
3 15 (10.00%) TCP/IP
4 7 (4.67%) LAN
4 7 (4.67%) WAN
5 6 (4.00%) DNS
5 6 (4.00%) Wireshark
6 5 (3.33%) IPsec
6 5 (3.33%) SSL
6 5 (3.33%) Wireless
7 4 (2.67%) VLAN
7 4 (2.67%) VPN
8 3 (2.00%) DHCP
8 3 (2.00%) HTTP
8 3 (2.00%) SMTP
8 3 (2.00%) tcpdump
9 2 (1.33%) DMZ
9 2 (1.33%) Internet
9 2 (1.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.33%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.33%) MariaDB
2 8 (5.33%) MySQL
3 2 (1.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.00%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.67%) Snyk
General
1 53 (35.33%) Social Skills
2 51 (34.00%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (13.33%) Law
4 10 (6.67%) Finance
5 9 (6.00%) Legal
6 8 (5.33%) Manufacturing
7 7 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (4.00%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.00%) Marketing
10 3 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.33%) Games
11 2 (1.33%) Publishing
11 2 (1.33%) Retail
12 1 (0.67%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 83 (55.33%) Analyst
2 49 (32.67%) Security Analyst
3 27 (18.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 25 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
5 24 (16.00%) Senior
6 20 (13.33%) IT Engineer
7 18 (12.00%) Senior Analyst
8 14 (9.33%) IT Support
9 12 (8.00%) IT Support Engineer
9 12 (8.00%) Support Engineer
10 11 (7.33%) Lead
11 10 (6.67%) Senior Security Analyst
12 9 (6.00%) Consultant
13 8 (5.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 8 (5.33%) 2nd Line Support
13 8 (5.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 7 (4.67%) IT Analyst
14 7 (4.67%) Security Engineer
15 6 (4.00%) Information Analyst
15 6 (4.00%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.33%) EDI
1 2 (1.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 34 (22.67%) Cyber Threat
2 32 (21.33%) Management Information System
3 27 (18.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 13 (8.67%) Client/Server
5 7 (4.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (4.00%) IoT
6 6 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.33%) Cyberattack
7 5 (3.33%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.33%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.33%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.33%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.33%) EPoS
8 2 (1.33%) Mobile Computing
8 2 (1.33%) NHS
8 2 (1.33%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.67%) CESG
9 1 (0.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 45 (30.00%) Windows
2 16 (10.67%) Windows Server
3 14 (9.33%) Linux
4 2 (1.33%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.33%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.33%) Unix
4 2 (1.33%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.33%) Windows 8
4 2 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (69.33%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (39.33%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (37.33%) SIEM
4 49 (32.67%) Information Security
5 47 (31.33%) Incident Response
6 45 (30.00%) Security Operations
7 27 (18.00%) Computer Science
8 26 (17.33%) Penetration Testing
9 25 (16.67%) ITIL
10 22 (14.67%) Customer Service
10 22 (14.67%) Risk Management
11 20 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
12 19 (12.67%) Disaster Recovery
13 18 (12.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 15 (10.00%) Mentoring
15 14 (9.33%) Business Continuity
16 13 (8.67%) Security Monitoring
17 12 (8.00%) Cloud Security
17 12 (8.00%) Ethical Hacking
18 11 (7.33%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.33%) Python
3 8 (5.33%) Bash
4 2 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (1.33%) SQL
5 1 (0.67%) C++
5 1 (0.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 86 (57.33%) CISSP
2 64 (42.67%) Degree
3 32 (21.33%) CISM
3 32 (21.33%) Network+ Certification
4 31 (20.67%) CEH
5 27 (18.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 27 (18.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (17.33%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (15.33%) CISA
7 23 (15.33%) Security Cleared
8 21 (14.00%) GIAC
8 21 (14.00%) SSCP
9 19 (12.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (9.33%) A+ Certification
10 14 (9.33%) SC Cleared
11 13 (8.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 13 (8.67%) CCNA
11 13 (8.67%) CCSP
12 11 (7.33%) SANS
13 8 (5.33%) CASP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (32.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (18.00%) NIST
3 18 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (7.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 8 (5.33%) GRC
6 7 (4.67%) NCSC
7 6 (4.00%) GDPR
7 6 (4.00%) ISO 22301
8 5 (3.33%) PCI DSS
8 5 (3.33%) SLA
9 2 (1.33%) COBIT
9 2 (1.33%) HIPAA
9 2 (1.33%) IASME
9 2 (1.33%) ISO 9001
9 2 (1.33%) NIST 800
9 2 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.67%) Hyper-V
2 4 (2.67%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.67%) Snort
4 1 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (5.33%) Nessus
3 2 (1.33%) CASB
3 2 (1.33%) CSIRT
3 2 (1.33%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.33%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.67%) Autotask
4 1 (0.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 75 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.33%) Cisco
3 10 (6.67%) Sophos
4 9 (6.00%) VMware
5 7 (4.67%) Splunk
6 6 (4.00%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.33%) Aruba
7 2 (1.33%) Citrix
7 2 (1.33%) Oracle
7 2 (1.33%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.67%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.67%) Google
8 1 (0.67%) HP
8 1 (0.67%) iManage
8 1 (0.67%) Intel
8 1 (0.67%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.67%) Qualys