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 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 524 584 682
Rank change year-on-year +60 +98 +177
Contract jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 5 3 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.007% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.056% 0.023% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 8
10th Percentile - £455 -
25th Percentile £575 £519 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £444
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +46.56% -31.77%
75th Percentile £625 £744 £591
90th Percentile - £785 £803
UK excluding London median daily rate - £425 £428
% change year-on-year - -0.58% -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 8,979 13,143 16,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.84% 30.47% 27.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,652 8,114 10,678
10th Percentile £285 £300 £330
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 £704 £745 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £535 £530
% change year-on-year -6.54% +0.94% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 512 1,071 828
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.85 £15.25
25th Percentile £21.49 £17.80 £20.22
Median hourly rate £38.27 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.33% -25.93% +27.81%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.55 £68.33
90th Percentile £79.87 £75.25 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £40.94 £49.94
% change year-on-year -2.30% -18.02% +53.97%

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+
Top 5 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 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
England +74 4 £600 -15.79% 27
London +52 4 £600 -15.79% 4
UK excluding London +54 1 - - 24
Work from Home +42 1 - - 35
Scotland +17 1 - - 3

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 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) GCP
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) 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 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (40.00%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) Senior
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (60.00%) Digital Forensics
4 2 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) SOAR
4 2 (40.00%) Threat Detection
5 1 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Runbook
5 1 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
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%) GCIH
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%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 4 (80.00%) OSCP
3 3 (60.00%) CISSP
3 3 (60.00%) GCIA
4 2 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (20.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (60.00%) Google
2 2 (40.00%) Darktrace
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) ArcSight