GIAC Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 61 69
Rank change year-on-year -15 +8 -
Contract jobs citing GIAC 1 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.12% 0.48% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 1.86% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £603 £600
25th Percentile £613 £606 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £620 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £629 £600
90th Percentile - £634 £600
West Midlands median daily rate £625 £620 £600
% change year-on-year +0.81% +3.33% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham

GIAC falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 195 161 247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 23.87% 25.52% 32.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 111 137
10th Percentile £235 £160 £255
25th Percentile £400 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £541 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.94% +27.34% -11.46%
75th Percentile £575 £689 £563
90th Percentile £634 £700 £653
West Midlands median daily rate £507 £520 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +9.47% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 20
10th Percentile £15.62 £23.03 £21.55
25th Percentile £16.30 £26.42 £25.50
Median hourly rate £18.40 £39.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.42% -21.00% +233.33%
75th Percentile £18.87 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £23.58 £54.88 £67.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £26.13 £31.50
% change year-on-year -27.77% -17.06% +61.54%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GIAC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

GIAC job vacancy trend in Birmingham

GIAC
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing GIAC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing GIAC

GIAC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk