CompTIA CySA+ Jobs

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 853 894 1224
Rank change year-on-year +41 +330 -299
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 54 53 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.056% 0.022%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.19% 0.17% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 36 49 36
10th Percentile - £41,250 £53,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +8.33% +6.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £68,750 £67,813
90th Percentile £91,250 £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 27,927 31,974 45,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.61% 33.78% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 17,249 14,434 19,201
10th Percentile £28,668 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,503 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,772 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -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+
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK

CompTIA CySA+
Top 10 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 1 June 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 +34 49 £52,500 -19.23% 8
London +119 33 £65,000 -3.70% 5
UK excluding London -41 16 £45,000 -30.77% 4
South West -29 11 £45,000 -32.08% 1
Work from Home +47 10 £71,250 +1.79% 2
Yorkshire +63 2 - - 1
North of England +32 2 - - 2
South East -6 2 - - 1
Midlands -15 1 - -
West Midlands -16 1 - -

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 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (27.78%) AWS
1 15 (27.78%) Azure
2 7 (12.96%) Power Platform
3 6 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (40.74%) Firewall
2 19 (35.19%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (12.96%) TCP/IP
3 7 (12.96%) VoIP
4 5 (9.26%) IPsec
4 5 (9.26%) SSL
4 5 (9.26%) Wireless
5 4 (7.41%) Network Security
6 2 (3.70%) 802.11
6 2 (3.70%) Bluetooth
6 2 (3.70%) DMZ
6 2 (3.70%) DNS
6 2 (3.70%) HTTP
6 2 (3.70%) Internet
6 2 (3.70%) SMTP
6 2 (3.70%) tcpdump
6 2 (3.70%) VPN
6 2 (3.70%) Wireshark
6 2 (3.70%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Snyk
General
1 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.52%) Finance
2 10 (18.52%) Law
3 9 (16.67%) Retail
4 7 (12.96%) Legal
5 6 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Cyber-Physical System
7 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.85%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 37 (68.52%) Analyst
2 34 (62.96%) Security Analyst
3 20 (37.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 16 (29.63%) Senior
5 15 (27.78%) Senior Analyst
5 15 (27.78%) Senior Security Analyst
6 10 (18.52%) IT Analyst
6 10 (18.52%) IT Security Analyst
7 8 (14.81%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 8 (14.81%) Senior IT Security Analyst
8 7 (12.96%) Operations Analyst
8 7 (12.96%) Security Operations Analyst
8 7 (12.96%) Senior Operations Analyst
9 6 (11.11%) Lead
9 6 (11.11%) Security Engineer
10 5 (9.26%) Trainee
11 4 (7.41%) SOC Analyst
12 3 (5.56%) Information Manager
12 3 (5.56%) Information Security Manager
12 3 (5.56%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) 802.1X
1 2 (3.70%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 15 (27.78%) Security Operations Centre
2 13 (24.07%) Management Information System
3 9 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (14.81%) Cyberattack
5 6 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (9.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (3.70%) CAN bus
8 2 (3.70%) IoT
8 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
8 2 (3.70%) SCADA
8 2 (3.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Linux
1 2 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (68.52%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (66.67%) Information Security
3 27 (50.00%) SIEM
4 26 (48.15%) Security Operations
5 21 (38.89%) Incident Response
6 17 (31.48%) Penetration Testing
7 16 (29.63%) Data Loss Prevention
8 15 (27.78%) Cloud Security
8 15 (27.78%) OWASP
9 14 (25.93%) Vulnerability Management
10 13 (24.07%) Business Continuity
10 13 (24.07%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 11 (20.37%) Malware Analysis
12 11 (20.37%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 10 (18.52%) Mentoring
14 9 (16.67%) Data Protection
14 9 (16.67%) E-Commerce
14 9 (16.67%) Incident Management
14 9 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 40 (74.07%) CISSP
2 30 (55.56%) CompTIA Security+
3 21 (38.89%) Degree
4 17 (31.48%) CISA
5 14 (25.93%) CISM
6 10 (18.52%) Master's Degree
6 10 (18.52%) Network+ Certification
7 8 (14.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 8 (14.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 8 (14.81%) CCSP
7 8 (14.81%) CEH
7 8 (14.81%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (12.96%) CASP
9 5 (9.26%) GIAC
9 5 (9.26%) MCSA
9 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (5.56%) CRISC
11 2 (3.70%) GCED
11 2 (3.70%) GPEN
11 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (37.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 20 (37.04%) NIST
2 9 (16.67%) GDPR
2 9 (16.67%) PCI DSS
3 8 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (9.26%) NCSC
5 3 (5.56%) GRC
5 3 (5.56%) SOC 2
6 2 (3.70%) COBIT
6 2 (3.70%) ISO 31000
7 1 (1.85%) SLA
Systems Management
1 9 (16.67%) CASB
2 2 (3.70%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (3.70%) QRadar
Vendors
1 31 (57.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.70%) IBM
3 2 (3.70%) Splunk
4 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto