CompTIA CySA+ Jobs

CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CompTIA CySA+ qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 694 855 911
Rank change year-on-year +161 +56 +285
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 20 56 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.056% 0.053%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.073% 0.20% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 20 42 48
10th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,125 £47,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% -12.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile - £90,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -30.77% +8.33%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,216 27,503 32,675
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 49.59% 27.51% 33.05%
Number of salaries quoted 11,001 17,216 14,699
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,500 £42,010
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,525 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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+
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CompTIA CySA+.

Salary trend for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK

CompTIA CySA+
Top 8 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +128 20 £50,000 -11.89% 30
UK excluding London +186 13 £50,000 +11.11% 24
South East +96 6 £49,500 - 7
North of England +56 6 £50,000 - 7
London +87 5 £47,000 -39.35% 9
North West - 4 £52,500 - 6
Yorkshire +67 2 £50,000 - 1
East of England - 1 £52,000 - 7

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 1 (5.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) Firewall
2 5 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (25.00%) IPsec
2 5 (25.00%) SSL
2 5 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.00%) LAN
3 1 (5.00%) NGFW
3 1 (5.00%) SAN
3 1 (5.00%) VoIP
3 1 (5.00%) VPN
3 1 (5.00%) WAN
3 1 (5.00%) Wireless
General
1 20 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Aviation
3 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) SOC Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Analyst
3 7 (35.00%) Incident Engineer
3 7 (35.00%) Incident Responder
3 7 (35.00%) Security Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Security Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) SIEM Engineer
4 4 (20.00%) Threat Hunter
5 3 (15.00%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (15.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (15.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (15.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (70.00%) SIEM
3 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (35.00%) Incident Response
5 5 (25.00%) Business Continuity
5 5 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
5 5 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (25.00%) Information Security
5 5 (25.00%) ITIL
5 5 (25.00%) Security Architecture
5 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 4 (20.00%) Incident Management
6 4 (20.00%) Use Case
7 3 (15.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (15.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 3 (15.00%) Forensic Analysis
7 3 (15.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 3 (15.00%) Security Operations
7 3 (15.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (15.00%) Bash
2 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (15.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (70.00%) Degree
2 12 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 11 (55.00%) SC Cleared
4 8 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (25.00%) GIAC
5 5 (25.00%) MCSA
5 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (15.00%) CEH
6 3 (15.00%) GCIH
7 1 (5.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (5.00%) CASP
7 1 (5.00%) CCSP
7 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (5.00%) CISM
7 1 (5.00%) CISMP
7 1 (5.00%) CISSP
7 1 (5.00%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
7 1 (5.00%) PMP
7 1 (5.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (55.00%) SLA
2 8 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (25.00%) NCSC
4 3 (15.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (35.00%) QRadar
2 1 (5.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 17 (85.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (55.00%) AlienVault
3 4 (20.00%) Splunk
4 1 (5.00%) Aruba
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco
4 1 (5.00%) Dell
4 1 (5.00%) EMC
4 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.00%) VMware