CompTIA CySA+ Contracts in England

CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CompTIA CySA+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 540 646
Rank change year-on-year +60 +106 +125
Contract jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 5 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.021% 0.005% 0.014%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.066% 0.017% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile - £636 £573
25th Percentile £575 £653 £644
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £713 £775
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -8.06% +19.23%
75th Percentile £625 £778 £813
90th Percentile - £799 £828
UK median daily rate £600 £713 £444
% change year-on-year -15.79% +60.65% -31.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CompTIA CySA+
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA CySA+ in England

CompTIA CySA+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ in England.

Daily rate trend for CompTIA CySA+ in England

CompTIA CySA+
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +40 4 £600 -15.79% 9
South West - 1 £600 - 2
CompTIA CySA+
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CompTIA CySA+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) GCP
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) HTTP
2 3 (60.00%) SMTP
3 2 (40.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) Senior
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (60.00%) Digital Forensics
3 3 (60.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 3 (60.00%) SOAR
4 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) Threat Detection
5 1 (20.00%) Compliance Audit
5 1 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (20.00%) Inversion of Control
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (20.00%) Threat Management
5 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (80.00%) CCNA
2 4 (80.00%) CCSP
2 4 (80.00%) CEH
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (80.00%) GCIH
2 4 (80.00%) OSCP
3 3 (60.00%) CISSP
3 3 (60.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (40.00%) GCIA
5 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
5 1 (20.00%) CISM
5 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) SANS
5 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) NIST 800
3 1 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (20.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) CSIRT
2 1 (20.00%) OPNET
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (60.00%) Google
2 2 (40.00%) Darktrace
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft