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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 831 918 1191
Rank change year-on-year +87 +273 -285
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 71 54 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.072% 0.053% 0.024%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.26% 0.16% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 52 50 37
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £47,375 £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 £87,500 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £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 27,444 33,124 42,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.69% 32.69% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17,288 14,907 18,785
10th Percentile £28,374 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +113 66 £62,500 -3.85% 8
London +123 46 £77,500 +14.81% 5
UK excluding London -1 21 £45,000 -30.77% 2
Work from Home +79 16 £71,250 +18.75% 3
South West -21 15 £45,000 -30.77% 2
Yorkshire +90 2 - -
North of England +53 2 - -
South East +1 2 - -
West Midlands +10 1 - -
Midlands -12 1 - -
Scotland -66 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 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.76%) AWS
2 16 (22.54%) Azure
3 8 (11.27%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.82%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.41%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 26 (36.62%) Firewall
2 20 (28.17%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (9.86%) TCP/IP
4 5 (7.04%) IPsec
4 5 (7.04%) SSL
5 4 (5.63%) Network Security
5 4 (5.63%) Wireless
6 2 (2.82%) 802.11
6 2 (2.82%) Bluetooth
6 2 (2.82%) DMZ
6 2 (2.82%) DNS
6 2 (2.82%) HTTP
6 2 (2.82%) Internet
6 2 (2.82%) SMTP
6 2 (2.82%) tcpdump
6 2 (2.82%) VoIP
6 2 (2.82%) VPN
6 2 (2.82%) Wireshark
6 2 (2.82%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Snyk
General
1 22 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 18 (25.35%) Legal
3 12 (16.90%) Law
4 10 (14.08%) Retail
5 7 (9.86%) Finance
6 6 (8.45%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.82%) Cyber-Physical System
8 2 (2.82%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.82%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.41%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 42 (59.15%) Analyst
2 40 (56.34%) Security Analyst
3 29 (40.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 11 (15.49%) IT Analyst
4 11 (15.49%) IT Security Analyst
4 11 (15.49%) Senior
5 10 (14.08%) Senior Analyst
5 10 (14.08%) Senior Security Analyst
6 8 (11.27%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 8 (11.27%) Senior IT Security Analyst
7 6 (8.45%) Lead
7 6 (8.45%) Security Engineer
8 5 (7.04%) CISSP Analyst
8 5 (7.04%) Risk Manager
8 5 (7.04%) SIEM Analyst
9 4 (5.63%) Monitoring Analyst
9 4 (5.63%) Security Monitoring Analyst
9 4 (5.63%) SOC Analyst
9 4 (5.63%) Trainee
10 3 (4.23%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) 802.1X
1 2 (2.82%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 21 (29.58%) Management Information System
2 12 (16.90%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (15.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 11 (15.49%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (12.68%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (9.86%) Cyberattack
6 6 (8.45%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (7.04%) Security Posture
8 2 (2.82%) CAN bus
8 2 (2.82%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.82%) IoT
8 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) Linux
1 2 (2.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (80.28%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (54.93%) Information Security
3 31 (43.66%) SIEM
4 30 (42.25%) Security Operations
5 26 (36.62%) Penetration Testing
6 20 (28.17%) Risk Assessment
7 17 (23.94%) Business Continuity
7 17 (23.94%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (23.94%) Incident Response
7 17 (23.94%) Risk Management
8 15 (21.13%) Cloud Security
8 15 (21.13%) Runbook
8 15 (21.13%) Security Monitoring
8 15 (21.13%) Vulnerability Management
9 14 (19.72%) Application Security
10 13 (18.31%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 12 (16.90%) Use Case
12 11 (15.49%) DDoS Mitigation
12 11 (15.49%) OWASP
12 11 (15.49%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 57 (80.28%) CISSP
2 52 (73.24%) CompTIA Security+
3 34 (47.89%) Degree
4 21 (29.58%) CISM
5 19 (26.76%) Network+ Certification
6 17 (23.94%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 16 (22.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 16 (22.54%) CCSP
7 16 (22.54%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (21.13%) CRISC
9 14 (19.72%) CISA
10 10 (14.08%) CEH
10 10 (14.08%) Master's Degree
11 6 (8.45%) CASP
11 6 (8.45%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (7.04%) GIAC
12 5 (7.04%) MCSA
13 2 (2.82%) GCIA
13 2 (2.82%) GCIH
13 2 (2.82%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (40.85%) NIST
2 21 (29.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (16.90%) SOC 2
4 10 (14.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (14.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (12.68%) GDPR
5 9 (12.68%) PCI DSS
6 5 (7.04%) NCSC
7 3 (4.23%) GRC
8 2 (2.82%) COBIT
8 2 (2.82%) ISO 31000
9 1 (1.41%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (12.68%) CASB
2 2 (2.82%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (2.82%) QRadar
Vendors
1 26 (36.62%) Microsoft
2 16 (22.54%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.82%) IBM
3 2 (2.82%) Palo Alto
3 2 (2.82%) Splunk
4 1 (1.41%) Citrix
4 1 (1.41%) ConnectWise
4 1 (1.41%) Rapid7