CompTIA CySA+ Contract Job Trends in the City of London

CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for CompTIA CySA+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.17% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £400 - -
25th Percentile £400 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £401 - -
90th Percentile £401 - -
Central London median daily rate £400 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

CompTIA CySA+ falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 459 535 568
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 26.67% 25.37% 20.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 317 341
10th Percentile £325 £352 £350
25th Percentile £428 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -0.88% -3.20%
75th Percentile £664 £658 £688
90th Percentile £738 £768 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile £20.55 £23.10 £18.28
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.00 £18.70
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £45.72
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -28.91% +5.72%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £74.69
90th Percentile £51.14 - £76.38
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £39.47
% change year-on-year -15.38% -17.65% -8.73%

CompTIA CySA+
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CompTIA CySA+ relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

CompTIA CySA+ job vacancy trend in the City of London

CompTIA CySA+
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CompTIA CySA+.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CompTIA CySA+

CompTIA CySA+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Cybercrime
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (33.33%) Malware Reverse Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
3 1 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISMP
1 2 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) GIAC
2 1 (33.33%) GREM
2 1 (33.33%) OSCP
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NCSC
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) CyberArk
1 2 (66.67%) LogRhythm
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft