GIAC Contracts in the UK excluding London

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 387 486
Rank change year-on-year +3 +99 -66
Contract jobs citing GIAC 12 60 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.059% 0.26% 0.086%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.16% 0.78% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 39 10
10th Percentile £550 £486 £547
25th Percentile £575 £528 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £613
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +14.29% -10.91%
75th Percentile £650 £769 £675
90th Percentile - £838 £733
UK median daily rate £600 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +10.64%

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

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,550 7,726 7,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 36.86% 32.93% 26.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,354 5,173 5,169
10th Percentile £270 £287 £255
25th Percentile £425 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +6.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £635 £600
90th Percentile £725 £712 £675
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 932 644 522
10th Percentile £13.52 £13.94 £13.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £16.52
Median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £31.89
Median % change year-on-year -18.12% +56.79% -7.67%
75th Percentile £63.29 £65.75 £55.96
90th Percentile £77.50 £78.00 £65.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for GIAC in the UK excluding London

GIAC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIAC in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GIAC in the UK excluding London

GIAC
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England +7 7 £650 +33.74% 3
Yorkshire +22 4 £650 - 2
Midlands +37 3 £600 -
West Midlands +24 3 £600 -
South West - 2 £550 - 4
North East - 2 £625 -
North West -12 1 £600 +23.46% 1
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UK

GIAC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Wireless
2 3 (25.00%) Firewall
3 2 (16.67%) Network Security
4 1 (8.33%) IPv4
4 1 (8.33%) OSPF
4 1 (8.33%) VLAN
4 1 (8.33%) VPN
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Legal
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Penetration Tester
1 5 (41.67%) Tester
2 4 (33.33%) SOC Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Lead DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) Lead DevOps Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Test Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 6 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (16.67%) Taxonomies
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Linux
2 6 (50.00%) Windows
3 1 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (66.67%) Offensive Security
3 7 (58.33%) Red Team
4 6 (50.00%) Application Security
4 6 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
4 6 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (25.00%) SIEM
7 2 (16.67%) Change Control
7 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
7 2 (16.67%) High Availability
7 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
7 2 (16.67%) ITIL
7 2 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 2 (16.67%) Network Architecture
8 1 (8.33%) Containerisation
8 1 (8.33%) Incident Response
8 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
8 1 (8.33%) SOAR
8 1 (8.33%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) Python
2 6 (50.00%) C++
2 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.33%) Bash
3 1 (8.33%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 9 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (58.33%) CEH
4 6 (50.00%) CREST Certified
4 6 (50.00%) GPEN
4 6 (50.00%) OSCP
5 2 (16.67%) BC Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) CASP
5 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (16.67%) GCED
5 2 (16.67%) GSEC
6 1 (8.33%) CISSP
6 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (8.33%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) Docker
2 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Ansible
1 1 (8.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) LogRhythm
1 3 (25.00%) TippingPoint
2 2 (16.67%) Citrix
2 2 (16.67%) Palo Alto
2 2 (16.67%) Trend Micro
3 1 (8.33%) Carbon Black
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle
3 1 (8.33%) Red Hat
3 1 (8.33%) VMware