CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CompTIA CySA+ qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 813 906 1191
Rank change year-on-year +93 +285 -297
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 83 64 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.061% 0.027%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.30% 0.19% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 60 54 40
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £56,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +8.33% +6.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -30.77% +8.33% +4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CompTIA CySA+ 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 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

CompTIA CySA+
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CompTIA CySA+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK

CompTIA CySA+
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CompTIA CySA+.

Salary trend for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK

CompTIA CySA+
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK

CompTIA CySA+
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +129 78 £62,500 -5.66% 12
London +158 58 £75,000 +11.11% 5
Work from Home +103 22 £71,250 -10.94% 2
UK excluding London +3 21 £45,000 -30.77% 7
South West -1 15 £45,000 -30.77% 2
Yorkshire +92 2 - - 1
North of England +44 2 - - 3
South East +31 2 - - 1
West Midlands +24 1 - - 1
Midlands +6 1 - - 1
Scotland -64 1 £50,000 +81.82%

CompTIA CySA+
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:

Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (27.71%) AWS
2 16 (19.28%) Azure
3 8 (9.64%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.20%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 30 (36.14%) Firewall
2 22 (26.51%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (8.43%) TCP/IP
4 5 (6.02%) IPsec
4 5 (6.02%) SSL
5 4 (4.82%) Network Security
5 4 (4.82%) Wireless
6 2 (2.41%) 802.11
6 2 (2.41%) Bluetooth
6 2 (2.41%) DMZ
6 2 (2.41%) DNS
6 2 (2.41%) HTTP
6 2 (2.41%) Internet
6 2 (2.41%) SMTP
6 2 (2.41%) tcpdump
6 2 (2.41%) VoIP
6 2 (2.41%) VPN
6 2 (2.41%) Wireshark
6 2 (2.41%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Snyk
General
1 24 (28.92%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.30%) Legal
3 15 (18.07%) Law
4 12 (14.46%) Retail
5 9 (10.84%) Finance
6 6 (7.23%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Cyber-Physical System
8 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.41%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.20%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 49 (59.04%) Analyst
2 47 (56.63%) Security Analyst
3 33 (39.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 11 (13.25%) IT Analyst
4 11 (13.25%) IT Security Analyst
4 11 (13.25%) Senior
5 10 (12.05%) Senior Analyst
5 10 (12.05%) Senior Security Analyst
6 9 (10.84%) CISSP Analyst
7 8 (9.64%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 8 (9.64%) Senior IT Security Analyst
8 7 (8.43%) SIEM Analyst
9 6 (7.23%) Lead
9 6 (7.23%) Monitoring Analyst
9 6 (7.23%) Risk Manager
9 6 (7.23%) Security Engineer
9 6 (7.23%) Security Monitoring Analyst
10 4 (4.82%) Information Analyst
10 4 (4.82%) Information Security Analyst
10 4 (4.82%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.41%) 802.1X
1 2 (2.41%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 26 (31.33%) Management Information System
2 16 (19.28%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (15.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 11 (13.25%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (10.84%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (10.84%) Security Posture
6 7 (8.43%) Cyberattack
7 6 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.41%) CAN bus
8 2 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.41%) IoT
8 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.41%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.41%) Linux
1 2 (2.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (80.72%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (53.01%) Information Security
3 35 (42.17%) SIEM
4 34 (40.96%) Security Operations
5 32 (38.55%) Penetration Testing
6 25 (30.12%) Risk Assessment
7 22 (26.51%) Risk Management
8 20 (24.10%) Business Continuity
8 20 (24.10%) Disaster Recovery
9 19 (22.89%) Runbook
9 19 (22.89%) Security Monitoring
10 18 (21.69%) Application Security
11 17 (20.48%) Incident Response
12 16 (19.28%) Use Case
12 16 (19.28%) Vulnerability Management
13 15 (18.07%) Cloud Security
13 15 (18.07%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 13 (15.66%) DDoS Mitigation
15 11 (13.25%) OWASP
15 11 (13.25%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 69 (83.13%) CISSP
2 64 (77.11%) CompTIA Security+
3 40 (48.19%) Degree
4 26 (31.33%) CISM
5 23 (27.71%) Network+ Certification
6 21 (25.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 20 (24.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 20 (24.10%) CCSP
7 20 (24.10%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (24.10%) CRISC
8 17 (20.48%) CISA
9 13 (15.66%) CEH
10 10 (12.05%) Master's Degree
11 6 (7.23%) CASP
11 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (6.02%) GIAC
12 5 (6.02%) MCSA
13 2 (2.41%) GCIA
13 2 (2.41%) GCIH
13 2 (2.41%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (39.76%) NIST
2 24 (28.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (19.28%) SOC 2
4 13 (15.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (15.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (10.84%) GDPR
5 9 (10.84%) PCI DSS
6 5 (6.02%) NCSC
7 3 (3.61%) GRC
8 2 (2.41%) COBIT
8 2 (2.41%) ISO 31000
9 1 (1.20%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.20%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (10.84%) CASB
2 2 (2.41%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (2.41%) QRadar
Vendors
1 26 (31.33%) Microsoft
2 23 (27.71%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.41%) IBM
3 2 (2.41%) Palo Alto
3 2 (2.41%) Splunk
4 1 (1.20%) Citrix
4 1 (1.20%) ConnectWise
4 1 (1.20%) Rapid7