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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 543 647
Rank change year-on-year +74 +104 +117
Contract jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 4 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.017% 0.005% 0.014%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.053% 0.017% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 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 £650 £444
% change year-on-year -7.69% +46.56% -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 7,599 11,491 13,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.35% 31.19% 27.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,821 7,086 9,196
10th Percentile £289 £311 £335
25th Percentile £414 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £626 £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 440 981 727
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £22.27 £18.00 £20.11
Median hourly rate £40.55 £40.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.36% -23.81% +40.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.47 £68.41
90th Percentile £81.35 £77.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £38.27 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -4.33% -25.93% +27.81%

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 8 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 +52 4 £600 -15.79% 4
CompTIA CySA+
UK

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 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) GCP
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) HTTP
2 3 (75.00%) SMTP
3 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (75.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) Senior
4 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Digital Forensics
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) SOAR
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Runbook
4 1 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCNA
1 4 (100.00%) CCSP
1 4 (100.00%) CEH
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (100.00%) GCIH
1 4 (100.00%) OSCP
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (50.00%) CISSP
3 2 (50.00%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (75.00%) Google
2 2 (50.00%) Darktrace
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft