CompTIA CySA+ Job Trends in Birmingham

CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for CompTIA CySA+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 - 138
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 17 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.74% - 0.043%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.15% - 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £33,100 - -
25th Percentile £34,750 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +47.06%
75th Percentile £42,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £40,000 - £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +47.06%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 410 520 538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 17.78% 35.14% 22.88%
Number of salaries quoted 206 199 434
10th Percentile - £32,250 £26,700
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £54,850
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.39% -2.89%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £69,914
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,875
West Midlands median annual salary £43,772 £53,844 £48,500
% change year-on-year -18.71% +11.02% -4.90%

CompTIA CySA+
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

CompTIA CySA+ job vacancy trend in Birmingham

CompTIA CySA+
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing CompTIA CySA+.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing CompTIA CySA+

CompTIA CySA+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 15 (88.24%) Azure
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 14 (82.35%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 15 (88.24%) Analyst
1 15 (88.24%) Security Analyst
2 14 (82.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 14 (82.35%) Junior
2 14 (82.35%) Junior Analyst
2 14 (82.35%) Junior Security Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Trainee
4 1 (5.88%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (94.12%) Mentoring
3 2 (11.76%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (11.76%) Line Management
4 1 (5.88%) Analytics
4 1 (5.88%) Incident Response
4 1 (5.88%) Security Analytics
4 1 (5.88%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (5.88%) Security Operations
4 1 (5.88%) SIEM
4 1 (5.88%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 16 (94.12%) CompTIA Security+
2 14 (82.35%) Azure Certification
3 2 (11.76%) CEH
4 1 (5.88%) CCNA
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 15 (88.24%) Microsoft
2 14 (82.35%) ForeScout
3 1 (5.88%) Rapid7