CompTIA CySA+ Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CompTIA CySA+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 559 749 710
Rank change year-on-year +190 -39 +136
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 18 16 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.045% 0.020% 0.045%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.088% 0.078% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 25
10th Percentile £44,275 - £35,250
25th Percentile £47,500 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -30.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £59,813 - £68,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -23.08% +8.33%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 20,437 20,643 20,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 51.51% 25.67% 38.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,416 12,343 7,914
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +7.42%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

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+
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA CySA+
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK excluding London

CompTIA CySA+
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +67 8 £50,000 - 10
South East +104 7 £50,000 - 11
Yorkshire +64 4 £44,250 - 2
North West - 4 £52,500 - 5
Midlands +81 2 £55,750 - 1
West Midlands +65 2 £55,750 -
East of England - 1 £52,000 -
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 (5.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Firewall
2 2 (11.11%) Network Security
3 1 (5.56%) LAN
3 1 (5.56%) NGFW
3 1 (5.56%) SAN
3 1 (5.56%) VoIP
3 1 (5.56%) VPN
3 1 (5.56%) WAN
3 1 (5.56%) Wireless
General
1 16 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Aviation
4 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) SOC Engineer
2 8 (44.44%) Analyst
3 7 (38.89%) Security Analyst
4 5 (27.78%) Incident Engineer
4 5 (27.78%) Incident Responder
5 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (22.22%) Security Engineer
5 4 (22.22%) SIEM Engineer
5 4 (22.22%) Threat Hunter
6 3 (16.67%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (11.11%) IT Analyst
7 2 (11.11%) IT Security Analyst
8 1 (5.56%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 2 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (5.56%) Cyberattack
4 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (83.33%) SIEM
3 9 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (27.78%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 5 (27.78%) Security Operations
5 5 (27.78%) Threat Intelligence
5 5 (27.78%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (22.22%) Incident Management
6 4 (22.22%) Use Case
7 3 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (16.67%) Forensic Analysis
7 3 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 2 (11.11%) Cloud Security
8 2 (11.11%) DevOps
8 2 (11.11%) Line Management
8 2 (11.11%) Project Management
8 2 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
8 2 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 1 (5.56%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (16.67%) Bash
2 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 3 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) Degree
2 12 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 11 (61.11%) SC Cleared
4 6 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (22.22%) CEH
5 4 (22.22%) CISSP
6 3 (16.67%) GCIH
7 2 (11.11%) GSEC
8 1 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (5.56%) CASP
8 1 (5.56%) CCSP
8 1 (5.56%) CISA
8 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (5.56%) CISM
8 1 (5.56%) CISMP
8 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (5.56%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (5.56%) PMI Certification
8 1 (5.56%) PMP
8 1 (5.56%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (50.00%) SLA
2 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) QRadar
2 1 (5.56%) CASB
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (50.00%) AlienVault
3 6 (33.33%) Splunk
4 2 (11.11%) LogRhythm
5 1 (5.56%) Aruba
5 1 (5.56%) Cisco
5 1 (5.56%) Dell
5 1 (5.56%) EMC
5 1 (5.56%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.56%) VMware