certification
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA
$404
exam fee · checked 2026-08
110 hrs
110 hours — about 11 weeks at 10 hrs/wk
3 yr
renewal cycle — this is a recurring cost
Where it is actually asked for
- Computer Network Support Specialist (national)31%5 of 16 postings
- Computer User Support Specialist in San Francisco15%3 of 20 postings
- Compliance Officer in San Francisco7%1 of 15 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Austin6%1 of 16 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager in Austin6%1 of 17 postings
- Computer User Support Specialist (national)6%5 of 87 postings
- Software Developer in Richmond5%1 of 19 postings
Where it barely came up
It appeared in these samples, but rarely. If one of these is the job you want, this credential is probably not the thing standing between you and it.
- Computer Systems Analyst (national)5%5 of 105 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Fresno4%3 of 80 postings
- Information Security Analyst (national)4%15 of 400 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Sacramento4%3 of 80 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Diego4%3 of 80 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Los Angeles4%3 of 81 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Jose4%3 of 82 postings
- Information Security Analyst in Washington, DC3%1 of 30 postings
- Computer Network Architect (national)3%5 of 161 postings
- Computer Network Architect in San Francisco3%1 of 36 postings
- Information Security Analyst in San Francisco2%3 of 134 postings
- Information Security Analyst in New York2%1 of 56 postings
- Compliance Officer (national)1%1 of 69 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator (national)1%5 of 363 postings
- Web Developer (national)1%1 of 73 postings
- Project Management Specialist in New York1%1 of 82 postings
- Database Architect in San Francisco1%1 of 115 postings
- Computer Systems Engineer/Architect (national)1%3 of 400 postings
- Database Architect (national)1%2 of 330 postings
- Computer and Information Systems Manager (national)1%2 of 400 postings
- Project Management Specialist (national)1%2 of 400 postings
- Computer Systems Engineer/Architect in Fresno0%1 of 239 postings
- Computer Systems Engineer/Architect in Los Angeles0%1 of 239 postings
- Computer Systems Engineer/Architect in Sacramento0%1 of 239 postings
- Computer Systems Engineer/Architect in San Diego0%1 of 239 postings
- Computer Systems Engineer/Architect in San Jose0%1 of 242 postings
- Computer Systems Engineer/Architect in San Francisco0%1 of 352 postings
- Software Developer (national)0%1 of 400 postings
These percentages describe the samples we read, listed above with their sizes and dates. They are not a statement about the whole labour market, and absence from this page means we have no evidence either way — not that the credential is worthless. How we know →