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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 811 919 1200
Rank change year-on-year +108 +281 -293
Permanent jobs citing CompTIA CySA+ 67 53 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.052% 0.023%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.16% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 49 49 36
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £47,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +6.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £68,750 £67,813
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 27,437 33,214 42,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.71% 32.81% 26.92%
Number of salaries quoted 17,257 15,028 18,993
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,563 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.34% +8.30% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,603 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.11% +3.21% +2.04%

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 13 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 13 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 +116 62 £61,250 -5.77% 8
London +129 44 £77,500 +14.81% 3
UK excluding London -15 19 £45,000 -30.77% 4
Work from Home +92 16 £71,250 +3.64% 4
South West -19 13 £45,000 -30.77% 2
Yorkshire +83 2 - -
North of England +49 2 - - 1
South East +14 2 - - 1
West Midlands +15 1 - -
Midlands -3 1 - -
Scotland -55 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 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (25.37%) AWS
2 16 (23.88%) Azure
3 8 (11.94%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.99%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.49%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (35.82%) Firewall
2 18 (26.87%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (10.45%) TCP/IP
4 5 (7.46%) IPsec
4 5 (7.46%) SSL
5 4 (5.97%) Network Security
5 4 (5.97%) Wireless
6 2 (2.99%) 802.11
6 2 (2.99%) Bluetooth
6 2 (2.99%) DMZ
6 2 (2.99%) DNS
6 2 (2.99%) HTTP
6 2 (2.99%) Internet
6 2 (2.99%) SMTP
6 2 (2.99%) tcpdump
6 2 (2.99%) VoIP
6 2 (2.99%) VPN
6 2 (2.99%) Wireshark
6 2 (2.99%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Snyk
General
1 20 (29.85%) Social Skills
2 16 (23.88%) Legal
3 12 (17.91%) Law
4 10 (14.93%) Retail
5 7 (10.45%) Finance
6 6 (8.96%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.99%) Cyber-Physical System
8 2 (2.99%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.49%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 40 (59.70%) Analyst
2 38 (56.72%) Security Analyst
3 27 (40.30%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 11 (16.42%) IT Analyst
4 11 (16.42%) IT Security Analyst
4 11 (16.42%) Senior
5 10 (14.93%) Senior Analyst
5 10 (14.93%) Senior Security Analyst
6 8 (11.94%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 8 (11.94%) Senior IT Security Analyst
7 6 (8.96%) Lead
7 6 (8.96%) Security Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) CISSP Analyst
8 5 (7.46%) SIEM Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Monitoring Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Security Monitoring Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) SOC Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Trainee
10 3 (4.48%) Risk Manager
10 3 (4.48%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) 802.1X
1 2 (2.99%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 19 (28.36%) Management Information System
2 11 (16.42%) Security Operations Centre
3 10 (14.93%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (13.43%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (13.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 7 (10.45%) Cyberattack
6 6 (8.96%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (7.46%) Security Posture
8 2 (2.99%) CAN bus
8 2 (2.99%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.99%) IoT
8 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.99%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.99%) Linux
1 2 (2.99%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (79.10%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (55.22%) Information Security
3 29 (43.28%) SIEM
4 28 (41.79%) Security Operations
5 24 (35.82%) Penetration Testing
6 18 (26.87%) Risk Assessment
7 17 (25.37%) Business Continuity
7 17 (25.37%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (25.37%) Incident Response
8 15 (22.39%) Cloud Security
8 15 (22.39%) Risk Management
8 15 (22.39%) Vulnerability Management
9 13 (19.40%) Runbook
9 13 (19.40%) Security Monitoring
9 13 (19.40%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 12 (17.91%) Application Security
11 11 (16.42%) Data Loss Prevention
11 11 (16.42%) OWASP
11 11 (16.42%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 10 (14.93%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 53 (79.10%) CISSP
2 48 (71.64%) CompTIA Security+
3 32 (47.76%) Degree
4 19 (28.36%) CISM
5 17 (25.37%) Network+ Certification
6 15 (22.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 14 (20.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 14 (20.90%) CCSP
7 14 (20.90%) CISA
7 14 (20.90%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (19.40%) CRISC
9 10 (14.93%) CEH
9 10 (14.93%) Master's Degree
10 6 (8.96%) CASP
10 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (7.46%) GIAC
11 5 (7.46%) MCSA
12 2 (2.99%) GCIA
12 2 (2.99%) GCIH
12 2 (2.99%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (40.30%) NIST
2 21 (31.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (14.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (14.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 10 (14.93%) SOC 2
4 9 (13.43%) GDPR
4 9 (13.43%) PCI DSS
5 5 (7.46%) NCSC
6 3 (4.48%) GRC
7 2 (2.99%) COBIT
7 2 (2.99%) ISO 31000
8 1 (1.49%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (13.43%) CASB
2 2 (2.99%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 2 (2.99%) QRadar
Vendors
1 26 (38.81%) Microsoft
2 14 (20.90%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.99%) IBM
3 2 (2.99%) Palo Alto
3 2 (2.99%) Splunk
4 1 (1.49%) Citrix
4 1 (1.49%) ConnectWise
4 1 (1.49%) Rapid7