CompTIA CySA+ Job Trends 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 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 565 540
Rank change year-on-year +295 -25 +191
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 284 14 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.68% 0.038% 0.026%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.00% 0.10% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 8
10th Percentile £39,375 - £45,025
25th Percentile £41,063 £37,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £40,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.13% -30.43% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £42,500 £70,000
90th Percentile - - £88,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £85,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -38.24% +36.00% +4.17%

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 14,216 13,876 9,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.81% 37.20% 31.60%
Number of salaries quoted 5,156 5,420 6,499
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,092 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

CompTIA CySA+
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

CompTIA CySA+ job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CompTIA CySA+
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CompTIA CySA+.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CompTIA CySA+

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 30 December 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 30 December 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 +91 76 £41,000 +2.50% 18
South East +78 56 £63,750 - 25
Midlands - 56 £42,500 - 20
Yorkshire - 46 £41,000 - 6
South West - 35 £70,000 - 10
East Midlands - 31 £42,500 - 12
West Midlands - 25 - - 7
East of England - 22 £39,750 - 13
North West +41 20 - - 10
Scotland - 20 - - 10
Wales - 15 - - 3
North East - 10 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 5 - - 2
CompTIA CySA+
UK

CompTIA CySA+
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 272 (95.77%) Azure
2 2 (0.70%) AWS
2 2 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.35%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.76%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 276 (97.18%) Social Skills
2 5 (1.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (0.70%) Law
4 1 (0.35%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 278 (97.89%) Analyst
2 277 (97.54%) Security Analyst
3 271 (95.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 270 (95.07%) Junior
4 270 (95.07%) Junior Analyst
4 270 (95.07%) Junior Security Analyst
5 4 (1.41%) Lead
6 3 (1.06%) IT Analyst
6 3 (1.06%) IT Security Analyst
7 2 (0.70%) Email Analyst
7 2 (0.70%) Firewall Analyst
7 2 (0.70%) Incident Analyst
7 2 (0.70%) Security Incident Analyst
7 2 (0.70%) Senior
7 2 (0.70%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (0.70%) SIEM Analyst
8 1 (0.35%) Operations Manager
8 1 (0.35%) Security Engineer
8 1 (0.35%) Security Manager
8 1 (0.35%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (1.76%) Security Posture
3 2 (0.70%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (0.35%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (98.24%) Cybersecurity
2 274 (96.48%) Mentoring
3 11 (3.87%) Incident Response
3 11 (3.87%) SIEM
4 8 (2.82%) Security Operations
5 7 (2.46%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (2.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (1.41%) Cyber Resilience
7 4 (1.41%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (1.41%) SOAR
7 4 (1.41%) Threat Analysis
7 4 (1.41%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (1.06%) Cloud Security
8 3 (1.06%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 2 (0.70%) Collaborative Culture
9 2 (0.70%) DevOps
9 2 (0.70%) Forensic Analysis
9 2 (0.70%) Line Management
9 2 (0.70%) Runbook
9 2 (0.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.76%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.41%) Python
3 2 (0.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 278 (97.89%) CompTIA Security+
2 270 (95.07%) Azure Certification
3 9 (3.17%) Degree
4 8 (2.82%) CEH
5 6 (2.11%) GCIH
6 5 (1.76%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.76%) Security Cleared
7 4 (1.41%) GCIA
8 3 (1.06%) GSEC
9 2 (0.70%) CISSP
10 1 (0.35%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.35%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.76%) NIST
2 4 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.35%) COBIT
4 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.35%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (0.35%) CASB
Vendors
1 273 (96.13%) Microsoft
2 270 (95.07%) ForeScout
3 2 (0.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.35%) Tenable