The first table below looks at the demand for GCIA in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GCIA over the 3 months to 18 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 for the England region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
Rank 823 868 878
Rank change year-on-year
+45 +10
Permanent jobs citing GCIA 28 15 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.027% 0.013% 0.001%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.099% 0.048% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 25 15 1
Average salary £50,000 £27,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+81.81% -42.10%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £27,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
+81.81% -42.10%
All Qualifications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
28279 30999 31714
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 27.42% 27.44% 26.05%
Number of salaries quoted 23171 26668 26803
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £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 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
GCIA
UK

GCIA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England GCIA Jobs Demand Trend

GCIA
Salary Trend

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

England GCIA Salary Trend

GCIA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GCIA across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England GCIA Salary Histogram

GCIA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the England region over the 3 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
South East +17 19 £50,000 - 1
London - 7 £60,000 -
South West -10 1 £57,500 +109.09%
East of England - 1 £47,500 -
GCIA
UK

GCIA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing GCIA 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 GCIA.

1 65 (90.28%) SIEM
2 61 (84.72%) GIAC
3 58 (80.56%) Security Cleared
4 53 (73.61%) SC Cleared
5 52 (72.22%) Information Security
6 46 (63.89%) DV Cleared
6 46 (63.89%) Incident Management
7 36 (50.00%) Firewall
7 36 (50.00%) TCP/IP
8 34 (47.22%) Management Information System
8 34 (47.22%) CESG
9 33 (45.83%) JSP 440
9 33 (45.83%) JSP
10 32 (44.44%) Internet
11 31 (43.06%) GCIH
11 31 (43.06%) Change Control
12 30 (41.67%) tcpdump
12 30 (41.67%) Security Testing
13 29 (40.28%) Information Assurance
14 27 (37.50%) Windows
14 27 (37.50%) Linux
14 27 (37.50%) LAN
14 27 (37.50%) WAN
15 25 (34.72%) Wireshark
15 25 (34.72%) Ethical Hacking
16 23 (31.94%) SMTP
16 23 (31.94%) LDAP
16 23 (31.94%) Solaris
16 23 (31.94%) Client/Server
16 23 (31.94%) FTP

GCIA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing GCIA 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 GCIA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 33 (45.83%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 9 (12.50%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 36 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 36 (50.00%) Firewall
2 32 (44.44%) Internet
3 30 (41.67%) tcpdump
4 27 (37.50%) LAN
4 27 (37.50%) WAN
5 25 (34.72%) Wireshark
6 23 (31.94%) LDAP
6 23 (31.94%) SMTP
6 23 (31.94%) FTP
6 23 (31.94%) HTTP
7 19 (26.39%) Intrusion Detection
8 17 (23.61%) DNS
9 5 (6.944%) Network Security
10 2 (2.778%) IPsec
11 1 (1.389%) SSL
11 1 (1.389%) OSPF
11 1 (1.389%) EIGRP
11 1 (1.389%) RIP
General
1 15 (20.83%) Finance
2 3 (4.167%) Manufacturing
3 2 (2.778%) Marketing
4 1 (1.389%) Law
4 1 (1.389%) Legal
4 1 (1.389%) Advertising
4 1 (1.389%) Games
4 1 (1.389%) Banking
Job Titles
1 40 (55.56%) Analyst
2 38 (52.78%) Security Analyst
3 20 (27.78%) Security Manager
4 19 (26.39%) Security Operations Manager
4 19 (26.39%) Operations Manager
5 14 (19.44%) Systems Analyst
6 7 (9.722%) Security Engineer
7 6 (8.333%) Forensic Analyst
8 5 (6.944%) Security Operations Analyst
8 5 (6.944%) Operations Analyst
8 5 (6.944%) Systems Engineer
9 3 (4.167%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (4.167%) Consultant
9 3 (4.167%) IT Security Analyst
10 2 (2.778%) Senior Security Analyst
10 2 (2.778%) Senior Consultant
10 2 (2.778%) Head of Service Delivery
11 1 (1.389%) Information Specialist
11 1 (1.389%) Senior Service Manager
11 1 (1.389%) Network Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 34 (47.22%) Management Information System
1 34 (47.22%) CESG
2 23 (31.94%) Client/Server
3 10 (13.89%) Firmware
4 5 (6.944%) Cryptography
5 2 (2.778%) Kindle
6 1 (1.389%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.389%) PKI
6 1 (1.389%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 27 (37.50%) Windows
1 27 (37.50%) Linux
2 23 (31.94%) Solaris
3 6 (8.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (90.28%) SIEM
2 52 (72.22%) Information Security
3 46 (63.89%) Incident Management
4 31 (43.06%) Change Control
5 30 (41.67%) Security Testing
6 29 (40.28%) Information Assurance
7 25 (34.72%) Ethical Hacking
8 22 (30.56%) Penetration Testing
9 16 (22.22%) Service Management
10 15 (20.83%) Service Delivery
10 15 (20.83%) Change Management
10 15 (20.83%) Performance Management
11 8 (11.11%) Cyber Security
12 6 (8.333%) Reverse Engineering
13 5 (6.944%) Computer Forensics
13 5 (6.944%) Computer Security
14 3 (4.167%) Project Management
14 3 (4.167%) ITIL
15 1 (1.389%) E-Commerce
15 1 (1.389%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.778%) Perl
1 2 (2.778%) Python
1 2 (2.778%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.389%) SQL
2 1 (1.389%) C
Qualifications
1 61 (84.72%) GIAC
2 58 (80.56%) Security Cleared
3 53 (73.61%) SC Cleared
4 46 (63.89%) DV Cleared
5 31 (43.06%) GCIH
6 12 (16.67%) CEH
7 7 (9.722%) GCFA
8 6 (8.333%) CISSP
9 3 (4.167%) PMP
9 3 (4.167%) PMI Certification
9 3 (4.167%) ACSA
9 3 (4.167%) GCED
9 3 (4.167%) CISM
10 2 (2.778%) Degree
10 2 (2.778%) EnCE
10 2 (2.778%) SSCP
11 1 (1.389%) GPEN
11 1 (1.389%) CFCE
11 1 (1.389%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (45.83%) JSP 440
2 3 (4.167%) PCI DSS
2 3 (4.167%) SLA
3 2 (2.778%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.389%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (30.56%) Snort
Systems Management
1 5 (6.944%) Splunk
Vendors
1 10 (13.89%) Microsoft
1 10 (13.89%) Sourcefire
2 8 (11.11%) ArcSight
3 4 (5.556%) Q1 Labs
4 3 (4.167%) Sun
4 3 (4.167%) HP
5 2 (2.778%) Juniper
5 2 (2.778%) Symantec
5 2 (2.778%) F5
Reading, Thames Valley
Strong conceptual understanding of SIEM technology and threat analysis tools such as Maltego, CIF, Splunk,etc... Knowledge of networking protocols and infrastructure designs; including routing, firewall functionality, host...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013