CompTIA CySA+ Contracts in the UK excluding London

CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 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 334 - 454
Rank change year-on-year - - +53
Contract jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 2 0 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% - 0.033%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.044% - 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £474 - -
25th Percentile £491 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - £428
Median % change year-on-year - - -34.23%
75th Percentile £591 - £457
90th Percentile £611 - £493
UK median daily rate £600 £713 £444
% change year-on-year -15.79% +60.65% -31.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,695 7,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.58% 37.05% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,785 4,411 5,360
10th Percentile £211 £263 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £533 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £723 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 405 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £19.92
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £62.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.39 £76.29 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

CompTIA CySA+
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CompTIA CySA+ as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA CySA+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA CySA+
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA CySA+
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South West - 1 £600 - 2
Scotland - 1 £475 - 1
CompTIA CySA+
UK

CompTIA CySA+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Management
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Compliance Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SIAM
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (50.00%) SANS
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CASB
1 1 (50.00%) OPNET
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Forcepoint
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft