CompTIA CySA+ Contracts

CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for CompTIA CySA+ qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 696 847
Rank change year-on-year +112 +151 -
Contract jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 2 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.019% 0.012%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.016% 0.071% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 9
10th Percentile £445 - £500
25th Percentile £494 £413 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £430 £650
Median % change year-on-year +39.53% -33.85% -
75th Percentile £719 £493 £675
90th Percentile £775 £650 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £428 £650
% change year-on-year -0.58% -34.23% -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,805 15,431 19,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.96% 27.20% 21.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,996 10,294 12,712
10th Percentile £310 £335 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £631
90th Percentile £738 £740 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,072 753 777
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +27.14%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.56 £58.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.64 £67.35
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £51.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -20.50% +47.14% +9.38%

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+
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CompTIA CySA+ in the UK

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Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Work from Home +113 1 £425 -0.58% 3
England +97 1 £775 +14.81% 13
London +93 1 £775 -6.06% 9
UK excluding London +39 1 £425 -0.58% 8
Scotland +35 1 £425 -

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 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) IT Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Manager
1 1 (50.00%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) CCSK
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ForeScout
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft