GIAC Contracts in London

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
England > London

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 366 440 573
Rank change year-on-year +74 +133 -136
Contract jobs citing GIAC 28 55 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.20% 0.080%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.65% 0.94% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 40 18
10th Percentile - £612 £443
25th Percentile £400 £700 £599
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £750 £725
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +3.45% +31.82%
75th Percentile £770 £813 £770
90th Percentile £798 £838 £783
England median daily rate £600 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -3.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,288 5,827 6,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.21% 21.52% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,898 3,938 4,559
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 81 150
10th Percentile £14.49 £20.00 £22.85
25th Percentile £20.50 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £26.00 £47.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.26% +6.74% +21.92%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £69.75 £82.50 £65.84
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -3.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for GIAC in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIAC in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GIAC in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Central London +36 4 £438 -40.68%
East London -12 1 £770 +2.67%
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Confluence
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) IaaS
1 5 (17.86%) SaaS
2 2 (7.14%) AWS
2 2 (7.14%) Azure
3 1 (3.57%) AWS IoT
3 1 (3.57%) GCP
3 1 (3.57%) PaaS
3 1 (3.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (28.57%) Firewall
2 6 (21.43%) Wireless
3 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
4 2 (7.14%) HTTP
4 2 (7.14%) Network Security
5 1 (3.57%) DHCP
5 1 (3.57%) DNS
5 1 (3.57%) FTP
5 1 (3.57%) HTTPS
5 1 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.57%) Kerberos
5 1 (3.57%) tcpdump
5 1 (3.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) MySQL
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
1 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) Architect
1 12 (42.86%) Security Architect
2 10 (35.71%) Senior
3 9 (32.14%) Senior Architect
3 9 (32.14%) Senior Security Architect
4 4 (14.29%) Consultant
5 3 (10.71%) Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) IT Architect
5 3 (10.71%) IT Security Architect
5 3 (10.71%) Penetration Tester
5 3 (10.71%) Security Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Tester
6 2 (7.14%) Firewall Architect
6 2 (7.14%) Information Officer
6 2 (7.14%) Information Security Officer
6 2 (7.14%) Junior
6 2 (7.14%) Junior Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Security Officer
6 2 (7.14%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) JSON
1 1 (3.57%) RESTful
1 1 (3.57%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 7 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 5 (17.86%) IoT
3 4 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (14.29%) Security Posture
4 3 (10.71%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (7.14%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (7.14%) Virtual Team
6 1 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (3.57%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (3.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) Linux
1 9 (32.14%) Windows
2 1 (3.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (46.43%) Information Security
3 11 (39.29%) SABSA
4 9 (32.14%) Computer Science
4 9 (32.14%) Security Operations
4 9 (32.14%) SIEM
5 8 (28.57%) Cloud Security
5 8 (28.57%) Offensive Security
5 8 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
5 8 (28.57%) Security Architecture
5 8 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 7 (25.00%) Risk Management
7 6 (21.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 6 (21.43%) OWASP
7 6 (21.43%) Red Team
7 6 (21.43%) Social Engineering
8 5 (17.86%) Data Loss Prevention
8 5 (17.86%) Incident Response
8 5 (17.86%) Security Monitoring
8 5 (17.86%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (28.57%) Python
2 6 (21.43%) C#
2 6 (21.43%) Go
3 1 (3.57%) Perl
3 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (67.86%) CISSP
2 13 (46.43%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (35.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 10 (35.71%) CCSK
3 10 (35.71%) CISA
3 10 (35.71%) CRISC
4 9 (32.14%) Degree
4 9 (32.14%) OSCP
5 8 (28.57%) SANS
6 7 (25.00%) CREST Certified
7 6 (21.43%) CHECK Team Leader
8 5 (17.86%) CEH
8 5 (17.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (14.29%) FFIEC
9 4 (14.29%) GCIA
9 4 (14.29%) GCIH
9 4 (14.29%) GPEN
10 2 (7.14%) CCNA
10 2 (7.14%) CCNP
10 2 (7.14%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (53.57%) NIST
2 7 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (25.00%) NIST 800
3 4 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (7.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) CSIRT
2 2 (7.14%) Nessus
2 2 (7.14%) QRadar
3 1 (3.57%) Ansible
3 1 (3.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (7.14%) Cisco
2 2 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle
3 1 (3.57%) Atlassian