CompTIA Security+ Jobs in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CompTIA Security+ qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 663 607 755
Rank change year-on-year -56 +148 -245
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA Security+ 105 121 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.52% 0.57% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 87 110 77
10th Percentile £26,650 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.99% -15.71% -1.87%
75th Percentile £58,125 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £63,500 £79,000 £69,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,267 21,115 24,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.75% 37.90% 32.69%
Number of salaries quoted 12,309 7,922 10,678
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,820 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +0.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +9.09% -

CompTIA Security+
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CompTIA Security+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CompTIA Security+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Security+
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
South East -15 34 £45,000 +47.54% 5
North of England +40 30 £43,750 -35.19% 9
East of England -3 16 £27,000 -36.47%
Yorkshire +81 13 £60,000 -7.69% 6
South West -51 12 £52,500 -22.22% 6
North West 0 10 £37,500 -46.43% 3
West Midlands -25 8 £54,825 +26.76% 3
Midlands -59 8 £54,825 +26.40% 4
North East - 7 £40,000 -
Scotland -58 4 £50,000 +23.90% 1
Northern Ireland +19 1 - -
CompTIA Security+
UK

CompTIA Security+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.90%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (1.90%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 61 (58.10%) Azure
2 42 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (16.19%) Azure Sentinel
3 17 (16.19%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.62%) AWS
5 4 (3.81%) SaaS
6 3 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (2.86%) IaaS
7 2 (1.90%) GCP
7 2 (1.90%) OCI
7 2 (1.90%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.95%) PaaS
8 1 (0.95%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 58 (55.24%) Firewall
2 21 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 10 (9.52%) TCP/IP
4 9 (8.57%) Network Security
5 6 (5.71%) LAN
5 6 (5.71%) WAN
6 4 (3.81%) DNS
6 4 (3.81%) VLAN
7 3 (2.86%) HTTP
7 3 (2.86%) SMTP
7 3 (2.86%) tcpdump
7 3 (2.86%) Wireshark
8 2 (1.90%) DMZ
8 2 (1.90%) Internet
8 2 (1.90%) VPN
9 1 (0.95%) DHCP
9 1 (0.95%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.62%) MariaDB
2 8 (7.62%) MySQL
General
1 44 (41.90%) Analytical Skills
2 40 (38.10%) Social Skills
3 8 (7.62%) Law
3 8 (7.62%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.67%) Finance
5 4 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.86%) Legal
6 3 (2.86%) Marketing
6 3 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.90%) Games
7 2 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.90%) Publishing
7 2 (1.90%) Retail
8 1 (0.95%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.95%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 65 (61.90%) Analyst
2 36 (34.29%) Security Analyst
3 25 (23.81%) SOC Analyst
4 23 (21.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 19 (18.10%) Senior
6 17 (16.19%) Senior Analyst
7 15 (14.29%) IT Engineer
8 10 (9.52%) IT Support
8 10 (9.52%) IT Support Engineer
8 10 (9.52%) Senior Security Analyst
8 10 (9.52%) Support Engineer
9 8 (7.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 8 (7.62%) 2nd Line Support
9 8 (7.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 7 (6.67%) Lead
11 6 (5.71%) Consultant
11 6 (5.71%) Information Analyst
11 6 (5.71%) Information Security Analyst
11 6 (5.71%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
12 4 (3.81%) Senior Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.90%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 32 (30.48%) Cyber Threat
2 27 (25.71%) Security Operations Centre
3 25 (23.81%) Management Information System
4 13 (12.38%) Client/Server
5 7 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (5.71%) IoT
7 4 (3.81%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.90%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.90%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.90%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.90%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.95%) CESG
9 1 (0.95%) CSOC
9 1 (0.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.95%) Insider Threat
9 1 (0.95%) Mobile Computing
9 1 (0.95%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 41 (39.05%) Windows
2 16 (15.24%) Windows Server
3 14 (13.33%) Linux
4 2 (1.90%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.90%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.90%) Unix
4 2 (1.90%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.90%) Windows 8
4 2 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (78.10%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (49.52%) SIEM
3 48 (45.71%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (39.05%) Security Operations
5 36 (34.29%) Incident Response
6 25 (23.81%) Computer Science
7 24 (22.86%) Information Security
8 22 (20.95%) Customer Service
9 18 (17.14%) ITIL
9 18 (17.14%) Risk Management
10 16 (15.24%) Vulnerability Management
11 14 (13.33%) Mentoring
12 10 (9.52%) Cloud Security
12 10 (9.52%) Service Delivery
13 9 (8.57%) Collaborative Working
13 9 (8.57%) Data Protection
13 9 (8.57%) Ethical Hacking
13 9 (8.57%) Penetration Testing
13 9 (8.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 8 (7.62%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.52%) PowerShell
2 9 (8.57%) Python
3 8 (7.62%) Bash
4 2 (1.90%) SQL
5 1 (0.95%) C++
5 1 (0.95%) Java
Qualifications
1 61 (58.10%) CISSP
2 55 (52.38%) Degree
3 27 (25.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (21.90%) Security Cleared
5 21 (20.00%) CEH
6 19 (18.10%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (17.14%) Network+ Certification
8 17 (16.19%) CISM
8 17 (16.19%) SSCP
9 14 (13.33%) SC Cleared
10 13 (12.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (11.43%) CCNA
12 11 (10.48%) GIAC
13 9 (8.57%) SANS
14 8 (7.62%) CISA
15 7 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (6.67%) A+ Certification
15 7 (6.67%) CCSP
15 7 (6.67%) CISMP
16 5 (4.76%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (17.14%) NIST
3 8 (7.62%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (4.76%) PCI DSS
4 5 (4.76%) SLA
5 4 (3.81%) GDPR
5 4 (3.81%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.90%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.90%) NCSC
6 2 (1.90%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.95%) GRC
System Software
1 17 (16.19%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.81%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.81%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.95%) Snort
Systems Management
1 14 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.76%) Nessus
3 2 (1.90%) CASB
3 2 (1.90%) CSIRT
3 2 (1.90%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.90%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.95%) Autotask
4 1 (0.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 58 (55.24%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.48%) Cisco
3 8 (7.62%) Sophos
3 8 (7.62%) VMware
4 7 (6.67%) Splunk
5 5 (4.76%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.90%) Aruba
6 2 (1.90%) Citrix
6 2 (1.90%) Oracle
6 2 (1.90%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.95%) iManage
7 1 (0.95%) Intel
7 1 (0.95%) Qualys