CompTIA CySA+ Job Trends in County Antrim

CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in County Antrim with a requirement for CompTIA CySA+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 22 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in County Antrim 3.36% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 14.01% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 - -
75th Percentile £44,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median annual salary £39,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 157 55 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim 24.01% 27.92% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 34 9 70
10th Percentile £25,850 £34,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,993 £56,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £75,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -38.00% +57.89% +11.76%
75th Percentile £63,125 £93,750 £62,200
90th Percentile £78,375 £103,000 £72,000
Northern Ireland median annual salary £48,500 £40,221 £45,000
% change year-on-year +20.58% -10.62% +5.88%

CompTIA CySA+
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

CompTIA CySA+ job vacancy trend in County Antrim

CompTIA CySA+
Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 1 May 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast - 22 £39,000 - 2
CompTIA CySA+
Northern Ireland

CompTIA CySA+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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 22 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Firewall
General
1 22 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (95.45%) Analyst
1 21 (95.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 21 (95.45%) Junior
1 21 (95.45%) Junior Analyst
1 21 (95.45%) Junior Security Analyst
1 21 (95.45%) Security Analyst
2 1 (4.55%) Consultant
2 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (4.55%) Security Consultant
2 1 (4.55%) Security Incident Consultant
2 1 (4.55%) SOC Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 22 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (4.55%) Blue Team
2 1 (4.55%) Cloud Security
2 1 (4.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (4.55%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (4.55%) Incident Response
2 1 (4.55%) Malware Analysis
2 1 (4.55%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (4.55%) Security Operations
2 1 (4.55%) SIEM
2 1 (4.55%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 22 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 22 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
2 1 (4.55%) CEH
2 1 (4.55%) ECIH
2 1 (4.55%) GCFA
2 1 (4.55%) GCIA
2 1 (4.55%) GCIH
2 1 (4.55%) GIAC
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) QRadar
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) ForeScout
1 21 (95.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (4.55%) Splunk