The first table below looks at the demand for GCIH in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GCIH over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
Rank 533 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing GCIH 8 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.017% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.092% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
Average daily rate £130 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £130 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8728 9969 9842
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 17.18% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4650 5163 4803
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 491 522 685
Average hourly rate £22.13 £20.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.92% -8.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.28 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%

GCIH
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing GCIH within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

GCIH Jobs Demand Trend

GCIH
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing GCIH within the UK.

GCIH Daily Rate Trend

GCIH
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GCIH within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

GCIH Daily Rate Histogram

GCIH
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
London - 1 £450 -
England - 1 £450 - 1
Bristol - - - -
Leeds - - - -
Oxford - - - -
Reading - - - - 1
Southampton - - - -
Berkshire - - - - 1
Hampshire - - - -
Oxfordshire - - - -
West Yorkshire - - - -
Yorkshire - - - -
South East - - - - 1
South West - - - -

GCIH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing GCIH also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited GCIH.

1 12 (85.71%) Windows
1 12 (85.71%) SIEM
2 10 (71.43%) GIAC
3 9 (64.29%) Firewall
3 9 (64.29%) ArcSight
4 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 7 (50.00%) Information Security
4 7 (50.00%) Snort
4 7 (50.00%) Degree
4 7 (50.00%) Mathematics
4 7 (50.00%) Symantec
5 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (42.86%) Cyber Security
6 5 (35.71%) LogLogic
6 5 (35.71%) Service Management
6 5 (35.71%) MCSE
6 5 (35.71%) Java
6 5 (35.71%) .NET
6 5 (35.71%) UNIX
6 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
6 5 (35.71%) CEH
7 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
7 4 (28.57%) GSEC
7 4 (28.57%) ITSM
7 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
7 4 (28.57%) ITIL
7 4 (28.57%) Internet
7 4 (28.57%) SSCP
7 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
7 4 (28.57%) DV Cleared

GCIH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing GCIH also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited GCIH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (35.71%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 9 (64.29%) Firewall
2 4 (28.57%) Internet
3 2 (14.29%) Wireshark
3 2 (14.29%) Wireless
3 2 (14.29%) RIP
3 2 (14.29%) VPN
3 2 (14.29%) LDAP
3 2 (14.29%) OSPF
3 2 (14.29%) EIGRP
3 2 (14.29%) 802.11
4 1 (7.143%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) Data Mining
General
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Legal
2 1 (7.143%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Analyst
2 10 (71.43%) Security Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Security Operations Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Junior
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Security Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Operations Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Forensic Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Security Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Incident Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.143%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) UNIX
3 3 (21.43%) Linux
4 2 (14.29%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) SIEM
2 7 (50.00%) Information Security
3 6 (42.86%) Cyber Security
4 5 (35.71%) Service Management
4 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
5 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 4 (28.57%) ITSM
5 4 (28.57%) ITIL
6 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (14.29%) Digital Forensics
8 1 (7.143%) Analytics
8 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (7.143%) Service Desk Management
8 1 (7.143%) CMMI
8 1 (7.143%) Change Management
8 1 (7.143%) Computer Forensics
8 1 (7.143%) Problem Management
8 1 (7.143%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) Java
2 1 (7.143%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) GIAC
2 7 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (50.00%) Degree
3 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (35.71%) MCSE
4 5 (35.71%) CEH
5 4 (28.57%) GSEC
5 4 (28.57%) SSCP
5 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
5 4 (28.57%) DV Cleared
6 3 (21.43%) CCNA
6 3 (21.43%) CISSP
6 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (14.29%) GCIA
7 2 (14.29%) Security+ Certification
8 1 (7.143%) CISM
8 1 (7.143%) ACSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
2 2 (14.29%) COBIT
2 2 (14.29%) HIPAA
3 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Snort
2 2 (14.29%) Nmap
2 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) OpenView
1 1 (7.143%) OVSD
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) ArcSight
2 7 (50.00%) Symantec
3 5 (35.71%) LogLogic
4 4 (28.57%) Q1 Labs
5 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
5 3 (21.43%) Sourcefire
6 1 (7.143%) HP
6 1 (7.143%) Cisco
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