The first table below looks at the demand for GIAC in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIAC over the 3 months to 22 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Rank 90 91 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.184% 0.072% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.685% 0.222% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Average salary £80,000 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+146.15% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
All Qualifications
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
292 450 495
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 26.84% 32.49% 32.40%
Number of salaries quoted 166 339 358
Average salary £37,500 £39,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.84% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,500 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
GIAC
Scotland

GIAC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh GIAC Salary Trend

GIAC
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 2 (100.00%) SSCP
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) QiCA
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (100.00%) COBIT
1 2 (100.00%) COSO
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management

GIAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Security Officer
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Information Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SSCP
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) QiCA
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) COBIT
1 2 (100.00%) COSO