GIAC Contracts in the City of London

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 167 196
Rank change year-on-year +46 +29 -52
Contract jobs citing GIAC 3 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.14% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.66% 0.99% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 2
10th Percentile - £605 £601
25th Percentile £419 £632 £618
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £738 £645
Median % change year-on-year -40.68% +14.34% +22.86%
75th Percentile £616 £803 £673
90th Percentile £711 £820 £689
Central London median daily rate £438 £738 £645
% change year-on-year -40.68% +14.34% +22.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

GIAC 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 advertised in the City of London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 454 710 811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.52% 19.45% 19.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 410 528
10th Percentile £373 £357 £363
25th Percentile £450 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £650 £720 £641
90th Percentile £775 £820 £725
Central London median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 17
10th Percentile £19.45 £18.42 £19.40
25th Percentile £20.22 £27.73 £36.25
Median hourly rate £20.82 £52.00 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.97% +14.29% +82.00%
75th Percentile £27.00 £59.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £55.05 £72.25 £68.15
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £52.00 £45.50
% change year-on-year -48.08% +14.29% +127.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing GIAC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIAC in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for GIAC in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIAC in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GIAC in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Remediation Plan
1 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) SABSA
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) GCIA
1 2 (66.67%) GCIH
2 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (33.33%) CCSK
2 1 (33.33%) CISA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) CRISC
2 1 (33.33%) FFIEC
2 1 (33.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) CSIRT
1 2 (66.67%) Nessus
1 2 (66.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) BeyondTrust
1 2 (66.67%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle