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No security certification is demanded more often in hiring, and it is routinely listed as a hard requirement rather than a preference. Its status as a US DoD 8140 baseline underwrites permanent demand.
Early-career security staff, government contractors and IT generalists broadening into security. Security+ is the gate most people walk through on the way into the profession.
Its pay premium fell 30% to 55% over the 24 months to April 1, 2026, and the verdict moves down one notch to DIVERSIFY. The DoD 8140 compliance moat keeps the demand floor intact, so jobs still ask for it; employers have stopped paying extra for it. Hold it for what it is, an entry asset, and treat a cloud security cert or the CISSP track as the next rung.
Gateway certs inflate as more people pass through them. The moat protects demand for the certificate, not the pay of the person holding it. Anyone parked at Security+ for years is quietly falling behind a rising baseline.
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Bottom half of the CertBueno Top 100.
This certification pays 31% below the Top 100 median.
One of 5 CompTIA certifications in the Top 100 — ranked 3rd among them.
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