The first table below looks at the demand for GCED in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GCED over the 3 months to 17 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender (GCED)
Rank 827 - 857
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing GCED 3 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.003% - 0.002%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.011% - 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
Average salary £65,000 - £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 - £55,000
All Qualifications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
27737 31258 30275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 27.50% 27.52% 25.90%
Number of salaries quoted 22621 26761 25414
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
GCED
UK

GCED
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England GCED Jobs Demand Trend

GCED
Salary Trend

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

England GCED Salary Trend

GCED
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GCED across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England GCED Salary Histogram

GCED
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCED within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
London - 3 £65,000 -
South East - 2 £65,000 -
GCED
UK

GCED
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing GCED 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 GCED.

1 6 (85.71%) CISSP
2 5 (71.43%) CISM
2 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) GCFA
2 5 (71.43%) CEH
3 4 (57.14%) GCIH
3 4 (57.14%) SSCP
4 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
4 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
4 3 (42.86%) GCIA
5 2 (28.57%) GSEC
5 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (28.57%) Marketing
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) CSSLP
5 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
5 2 (28.57%) SIEM
5 2 (28.57%) Python
5 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
5 2 (28.57%) Finance
5 2 (28.57%) Service Management
5 2 (28.57%) CISA
5 2 (28.57%) Perl
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) UNIX
5 2 (28.57%) PhD
5 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
5 2 (28.57%) Cyber Security

GCED
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing GCED 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 GCED. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) GroupWise
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) LDAP
1 1 (14.29%) SMTP
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
1 1 (14.29%) SNMP
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) SSL
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
1 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Information Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Security Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Team Leader
1 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Information Security Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Head of Service Delivery
1 2 (28.57%) Operations Team Leader
1 2 (28.57%) Information Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Service Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
3 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) SIEM
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Security
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Security
4 1 (14.29%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) Benchmarking
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 1 (14.29%) Document Management
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Forensics
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Perl
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CISSP
2 5 (71.43%) CISM
2 5 (71.43%) GCFA
2 5 (71.43%) CEH
3 4 (57.14%) SSCP
3 4 (57.14%) GCIH
4 3 (42.86%) GCIA
4 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) CSSLP
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) PhD
5 2 (28.57%) GSEC
5 2 (28.57%) CISA
6 1 (14.29%) GIAC
6 1 (14.29%) GSNA
6 1 (14.29%) GPEN
6 1 (14.29%) GISP
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) HP
1 1 (14.29%) EMC
1 1 (14.29%) Novell
1 1 (14.29%) Symantec
1 1 (14.29%) Tripwire
1 1 (14.29%) ArcSight
1 1 (14.29%) LogLogic
1 1 (14.29%) Q1 Labs