CompTIA CySA+ Contracts

CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 514 580 706
Rank change year-on-year +66 +126 +139
Contract jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 6 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.005% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.067% 0.015% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 8
10th Percentile £485 £636 -
25th Percentile £519 £653 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £713 £444
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +60.65% -31.77%
75th Percentile £625 £778 £591
90th Percentile - £799 £803
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 - £428
% change year-on-year - - -34.23%
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 excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,993 13,316 16,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.72% 30.57% 27.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,686 8,190 10,861
10th Percentile £288 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £743 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £533 £530
% change year-on-year -6.10% +0.57% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 509 1,076 849
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.87 £15.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.20 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £49.57
% change year-on-year +3.81% -17.41% +53.14%

CompTIA CySA+
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK

CompTIA CySA+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK

CompTIA CySA+
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK

CompTIA CySA+
Top 6 Contract Locations

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 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
England +60 5 £600 -15.79% 28
London +40 4 £600 -15.79% 9
Work from Home - 2 £475 - 37
UK excluding London - 2 £538 - 21
Scotland - 1 £475 - 1
South West - 1 £600 - 2

CompTIA CySA+
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) GCP
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (50.00%) HTTP
2 3 (50.00%) SMTP
3 2 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
2 4 (66.67%) Security Analyst
3 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 5 (83.33%) Incident Response
3 4 (66.67%) SIEM
4 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
4 3 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 3 (50.00%) SOAR
5 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
5 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
5 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (33.33%) Threat Management
5 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (16.67%) Analytics
6 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
6 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (66.67%) CCNA
2 4 (66.67%) CCSP
2 4 (66.67%) CEH
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (66.67%) CISSP
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) GCIH
2 4 (66.67%) OSCP
3 2 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) GCIA
4 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
4 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (16.67%) SANS
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) NIST 800
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (16.67%) GDPR
3 1 (16.67%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) CSIRT
2 1 (16.67%) CASB
2 1 (16.67%) OPNET
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (50.00%) Google
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Darktrace
3 1 (16.67%) Forcepoint