GIAC Contracts with Work from Home Options

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) 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 335 420 577
Rank change year-on-year +85 +157 -128
Contract jobs citing GIAC 6 48 38
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.19% 0.087%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% 0.75% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 28 27
10th Percentile £563 £486 £465
25th Percentile - £525 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £650
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +23.81%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £766
90th Percentile £695 - £772
UK median daily rate £600 £700 £650
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +10.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,100 6,366 8,706
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.20% 25.37% 19.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,587 4,286 6,114
10th Percentile £331 £381 £369
25th Percentile £440 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 275 222
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.25 £19.37
25th Percentile £25.13 £42.50 £35.63
Median hourly rate £43.00 £64.68 £48.79
Median % change year-on-year -33.51% +32.56% +21.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £65.44
90th Percentile £83.20 £83.40 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +11.55%

GIAC
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing GIAC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GIAC trend for jobs with a WFH option

GIAC
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GIAC.

GIAC daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

GIAC
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GIAC over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

GIAC daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GIAC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) IaaS
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
1 1 (16.67%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
1 3 (50.00%) Tester
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) AWS Architect
3 1 (16.67%) AWS Security Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Cloud Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Network Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (16.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Application Security
2 3 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Offensive Security
2 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Red Team
3 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (16.67%) SABSA
4 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C++
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) OSCP
2 3 (50.00%) CEH
2 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 3 (50.00%) GPEN
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (16.67%) CCSK
3 1 (16.67%) CCSP
3 1 (16.67%) CISA
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) CRISC
3 1 (16.67%) FFIEC
3 1 (16.67%) SANS
3 1 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (16.67%) GDPR
3 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Atlassian
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft