CompTIA CySA+ Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for CompTIA CySA+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.096% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £368 - -
25th Percentile £415 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 - -
75th Percentile £583 - -
90th Percentile £626 - -
South East median daily rate £425 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 852 779 1,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.77% 38.56% 41.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 473 657
10th Percentile £255 £257 £205
25th Percentile £374 £400 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £501
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +4.79% +0.20%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £619
90th Percentile £625 £702 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £540 £537
% change year-on-year -7.45% +0.70% +0.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 37 64
10th Percentile £18.56 £21.22 £24.48
25th Percentile £20.50 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £25.15 £61.50 £60.07
Median % change year-on-year -59.10% +2.37% +186.05%
75th Percentile £70.25 £64.73 £67.97
90th Percentile £95.00 £75.08 £75.54
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £60.00
% change year-on-year -55.68% -5.43% +33.33%

CompTIA CySA+
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

CompTIA CySA+ job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

CompTIA CySA+
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA CySA+ in the Thames Valley

CompTIA CySA+
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Berkshire - 1 £351 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 1 £655 - 3
CompTIA CySA+
South East

CompTIA CySA+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Splunk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Blue Team
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (50.00%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) GCFA
1 1 (50.00%) GCIA
1 1 (50.00%) GCIH
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk
2 1 (50.00%) ArcSight
2 1 (50.00%) Carbon Black
2 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft