The first table below looks at the demand for GIAC in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIAC over the 3 months to 20 May 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 for the East of England region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Rank 262 267 261
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -6
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 3 11 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.037% 0.126% 0.064%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.125% 0.410% 0.200%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 6
Average salary £47,500 £48,250 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.55% +7.22%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
All Qualifications
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2407 2686 3006
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 29.36% 30.76% 32.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1992 2215 2642
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
GIAC
England

GIAC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing GIAC across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

East of England GIAC Jobs Demand Trend

GIAC
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing GIAC across the East of England region.

East of England GIAC Salary Trend

GIAC
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIAC within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hertfordshire -1 2 £48,750 -11.36%
East Anglia - 1 £47,500 -
GIAC
England

GIAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing GIAC 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 IT job ads sampled that cited GIAC.

1 19 (100.00%) Information Security
2 18 (94.74%) CISSP
3 14 (73.68%) PCI DSS
4 12 (63.16%) CEH
5 10 (52.63%) Nessus
5 10 (52.63%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (42.11%) COBIT
6 8 (42.11%) CISA
6 8 (42.11%) CISM
6 8 (42.11%) Security Management
6 8 (42.11%) Risk Management
7 6 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (31.58%) Publishing
8 5 (26.32%) Games
8 5 (26.32%) Finance
8 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
8 5 (26.32%) Firewall
8 5 (26.32%) J2EE
8 5 (26.32%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (26.32%) Nmap
8 5 (26.32%) Penetration Testing
8 5 (26.32%) Retail
8 5 (26.32%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (26.32%) Qualys
8 5 (26.32%) Data Protection
9 4 (21.05%) UNIX
9 4 (21.05%) Windows
10 3 (15.79%) Data Security
10 3 (15.79%) Degree
10 3 (15.79%) Computer Science

GIAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing GIAC also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited GIAC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (26.32%) J2EE
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Firewall
2 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (31.58%) Publishing
2 5 (26.32%) Games
2 5 (26.32%) Retail
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Analyst
1 12 (63.16%) Security Analyst
2 7 (36.84%) Security Specialist
3 5 (26.32%) Information Security Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) Information Analyst
4 4 (21.05%) Operations Analyst
4 4 (21.05%) IT Operations Analyst
4 4 (21.05%) IT Security Specialist
4 4 (21.05%) Security Operations Analyst
5 3 (15.79%) Senior Security Analyst
5 3 (15.79%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Management Information System
1 5 (26.32%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) UNIX
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Information Security
2 10 (52.63%) Vulnerability Management
3 8 (42.11%) Security Management
3 8 (42.11%) Risk Management
4 5 (26.32%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 5 (26.32%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (26.32%) Data Protection
5 3 (15.79%) Data Security
6 1 (5.263%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 18 (94.74%) CISSP
2 12 (63.16%) CEH
3 8 (42.11%) CISA
3 8 (42.11%) CISM
4 3 (15.79%) Degree
5 1 (5.263%) GCIA
5 1 (5.263%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (73.68%) PCI DSS
2 8 (42.11%) COBIT
3 6 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 10 (52.63%) Nessus
2 1 (5.263%) Splunk
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Qualys
2 1 (5.263%) ArcSight
2 1 (5.263%) Q1 Labs