CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CompTIA CySA+ qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 836 943 1174
Rank change year-on-year +107 +231 -276
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 75 56 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.076% 0.054% 0.025%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.27% 0.17% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 54 51 38
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,625 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £86,875 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -30.77% +8.33% +4.35%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CompTIA CySA+ is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,375 33,735 42,105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.79% 32.58% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 17,286 15,174 19,044
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.47% +7.27% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +0.41%

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+
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK

CompTIA CySA+
Top 11 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 4 May 2024. 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 +106 70 £62,500 -3.85% 7
London +141 50 £77,500 +14.81% 4
UK excluding London -15 21 £45,000 -30.77% 2
Work from Home +88 18 £71,250 +18.75% 2
South West -20 15 £45,000 -30.77% 2
Yorkshire +89 2 - -
North of England +33 2 - -
South East +16 2 - -
Midlands +15 1 - -
West Midlands +14 1 - -
Scotland -65 1 £50,000 +81.82%

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:

Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (28.00%) AWS
2 16 (21.33%) Azure
3 8 (10.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.67%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 28 (37.33%) Firewall
2 21 (28.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (9.33%) TCP/IP
4 5 (6.67%) IPsec
4 5 (6.67%) SSL
5 4 (5.33%) Network Security
5 4 (5.33%) Wireless
6 2 (2.67%) 802.11
6 2 (2.67%) Bluetooth
6 2 (2.67%) DMZ
6 2 (2.67%) DNS
6 2 (2.67%) HTTP
6 2 (2.67%) Internet
6 2 (2.67%) SMTP
6 2 (2.67%) tcpdump
6 2 (2.67%) VoIP
6 2 (2.67%) VPN
6 2 (2.67%) Wireshark
6 2 (2.67%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Snyk
General
1 23 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 19 (25.33%) Legal
3 12 (16.00%) Law
4 10 (13.33%) Retail
5 7 (9.33%) Finance
6 6 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.67%) Cyber-Physical System
8 2 (2.67%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.67%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 44 (58.67%) Analyst
2 42 (56.00%) Security Analyst
3 31 (41.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 11 (14.67%) IT Analyst
4 11 (14.67%) IT Security Analyst
4 11 (14.67%) Senior
5 10 (13.33%) Senior Analyst
5 10 (13.33%) Senior Security Analyst
6 8 (10.67%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 8 (10.67%) Senior IT Security Analyst
7 6 (8.00%) CISSP Analyst
7 6 (8.00%) Lead
7 6 (8.00%) Security Engineer
7 6 (8.00%) SIEM Analyst
8 5 (6.67%) Monitoring Analyst
8 5 (6.67%) Risk Manager
8 5 (6.67%) Security Monitoring Analyst
9 4 (5.33%) SOC Analyst
9 4 (5.33%) Trainee
10 3 (4.00%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.67%) 802.1X
1 2 (2.67%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 23 (30.67%) Management Information System
2 14 (18.67%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (16.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 11 (14.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (12.00%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (9.33%) Cyberattack
7 6 (8.00%) Security Posture
7 6 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.67%) CAN bus
8 2 (2.67%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.67%) IoT
8 2 (2.67%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.67%) Linux
1 2 (2.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (81.33%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (53.33%) Information Security
3 33 (44.00%) SIEM
4 32 (42.67%) Security Operations
5 28 (37.33%) Penetration Testing
6 22 (29.33%) Risk Assessment
7 19 (25.33%) Risk Management
8 18 (24.00%) Business Continuity
8 18 (24.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (22.67%) Incident Response
9 17 (22.67%) Runbook
9 17 (22.67%) Security Monitoring
10 16 (21.33%) Application Security
11 15 (20.00%) Cloud Security
11 15 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
12 14 (18.67%) Use Case
13 13 (17.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 12 (16.00%) DDoS Mitigation
15 11 (14.67%) OWASP
15 11 (14.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 61 (81.33%) CISSP
2 56 (74.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 36 (48.00%) Degree
4 23 (30.67%) CISM
5 21 (28.00%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (25.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 18 (24.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 18 (24.00%) CCSP
7 18 (24.00%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (22.67%) CRISC
9 14 (18.67%) CISA
10 10 (13.33%) CEH
10 10 (13.33%) Master's Degree
11 6 (8.00%) CASP
11 6 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (6.67%) GIAC
12 5 (6.67%) MCSA
13 2 (2.67%) GCIA
13 2 (2.67%) GCIH
13 2 (2.67%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (41.33%) NIST
2 21 (28.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (18.67%) SOC 2
4 10 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 9 (12.00%) GDPR
5 9 (12.00%) PCI DSS
6 5 (6.67%) NCSC
7 3 (4.00%) GRC
8 2 (2.67%) COBIT
8 2 (2.67%) ISO 31000
9 1 (1.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (12.00%) CASB
2 2 (2.67%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (2.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 26 (34.67%) Microsoft
2 18 (24.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.67%) IBM
3 2 (2.67%) Palo Alto
3 2 (2.67%) Splunk
4 1 (1.33%) Citrix
4 1 (1.33%) ConnectWise
4 1 (1.33%) Rapid7