The first table below looks at the demand for GCIH in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GCIH over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
Rank 811 851 861
Rank change year-on-year
+40 +10
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 33 18 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.032% 0.016% 0.001%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.118% 0.058% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 17 18 1
Average salary £50,000 £27,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+81.81% -42.10%
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £27,500 -
% change year-on-year
+61.81% -
All Qualifications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
27929 31153 31609
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 27.43% 27.49% 26.02%
Number of salaries quoted 22863 26848 26740
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%
GCIH
UK

GCIH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England GCIH Jobs Demand Trend

GCIH
Salary Trend

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

England GCIH Salary Trend

GCIH
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GCIH across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England GCIH Salary Histogram

GCIH
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the England region over the 3 months to 19 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
Yorkshire +23 16 £22,500 +3.44%
South East +21 9 £47,500 -5.00% 1
London +44 7 £60,000 +9.09%
South West -10 1 £57,500 +109.09%
GCIH
UK

GCIH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing GCIH 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 GCIH.

1 44 (75.86%) Firewall
2 35 (60.34%) CEH
3 34 (58.62%) SIEM
4 32 (55.17%) Penetration Testing
5 30 (51.72%) Security Testing
5 30 (51.72%) GCIA
6 26 (44.83%) Windows
6 26 (44.83%) Security Cleared
7 25 (43.10%) GIAC
8 24 (41.38%) Reverse Engineering
9 23 (39.66%) Information Security
10 22 (37.93%) CISM
10 22 (37.93%) TCP/IP
10 22 (37.93%) CISSP
10 22 (37.93%) Degree
10 22 (37.93%) Intrusion Detection
11 20 (34.48%) SC Cleared
11 20 (34.48%) Wireless
12 19 (32.76%) Computer Science
12 19 (32.76%) Wireshark
12 19 (32.76%) Digital Forensics
12 19 (32.76%) GPEN
12 19 (32.76%) OSCP
12 19 (32.76%) Vulnerability Management
13 18 (31.03%) OSCE
13 18 (31.03%) GWAPT
13 18 (31.03%) Open Source
13 18 (31.03%) HIPAA
13 18 (31.03%) Incident Management
13 18 (31.03%) Snort

GCIH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing GCIH 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 GCIH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (12.07%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 8 (13.79%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (12.07%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 44 (75.86%) Firewall
2 22 (37.93%) TCP/IP
2 22 (37.93%) Intrusion Detection
3 20 (34.48%) Wireless
4 19 (32.76%) Wireshark
5 14 (24.14%) tcpdump
6 13 (22.41%) LAN
6 13 (22.41%) WAN
6 13 (22.41%) DNS
6 13 (22.41%) HTTP
7 12 (20.69%) FTP
7 12 (20.69%) SMTP
7 12 (20.69%) LDAP
8 11 (18.97%) Internet
9 5 (8.621%) Network Security
10 2 (3.448%) IPsec
11 1 (1.724%) SSL
11 1 (1.724%) RIP
11 1 (1.724%) OSPF
11 1 (1.724%) EIGRP
General
1 2 (3.448%) Finance
2 1 (1.724%) Banking
2 1 (1.724%) Law
2 1 (1.724%) Legal
2 1 (1.724%) Advertising
2 1 (1.724%) Games
2 1 (1.724%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 29 (50.00%) Analyst
2 27 (46.55%) Security Analyst
3 18 (31.03%) Security Tester
3 18 (31.03%) Tester
3 18 (31.03%) Penetration Tester
4 7 (12.07%) Operations Analyst
4 7 (12.07%) Security Operations Analyst
5 4 (6.897%) IT Security Analyst
6 3 (5.172%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (5.172%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (5.172%) Forensic Analyst
7 2 (3.448%) Junior Analyst
7 2 (3.448%) Junior
7 2 (3.448%) Senior Security Analyst
7 2 (3.448%) IT Operations Analyst
8 1 (1.724%) Network Analyst
8 1 (1.724%) Security Specialist
8 1 (1.724%) Network Security Analyst
8 1 (1.724%) Information Security Specialist
8 1 (1.724%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 19 (32.76%) Computer Science
2 18 (31.03%) Open Source
3 16 (27.59%) Management Information System
4 9 (15.52%) CESG
5 8 (13.79%) Client/Server
6 7 (12.07%) Firmware
7 4 (6.897%) Cryptography
8 2 (3.448%) Kindle
9 1 (1.724%) PKI
9 1 (1.724%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (44.83%) Windows
2 17 (29.31%) Linux
3 12 (20.69%) Solaris
3 12 (20.69%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (58.62%) SIEM
2 32 (55.17%) Penetration Testing
3 30 (51.72%) Security Testing
4 24 (41.38%) Reverse Engineering
5 23 (39.66%) Information Security
6 19 (32.76%) Digital Forensics
6 19 (32.76%) Vulnerability Management
7 18 (31.03%) Incident Management
7 18 (31.03%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 18 (31.03%) Network Design
8 14 (24.14%) Data Protection
9 12 (20.69%) Ethical Hacking
10 11 (18.97%) Change Control
10 11 (18.97%) Information Assurance
11 7 (12.07%) Cyber Security
11 7 (12.07%) Computer Security
12 5 (8.621%) Service Delivery
12 5 (8.621%) Computer Forensics
13 2 (3.448%) Performance Management
13 2 (3.448%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.448%) PowerShell
1 2 (3.448%) Python
1 2 (3.448%) Perl
2 1 (1.724%) SQL
2 1 (1.724%) C
Qualifications
1 35 (60.34%) CEH
2 30 (51.72%) GCIA
3 26 (44.83%) Security Cleared
4 25 (43.10%) GIAC
5 22 (37.93%) CISM
5 22 (37.93%) CISSP
5 22 (37.93%) Degree
6 20 (34.48%) SC Cleared
7 19 (32.76%) GPEN
7 19 (32.76%) OSCP
8 18 (31.03%) OSCE
8 18 (31.03%) GWAPT
8 18 (31.03%) CISA
9 15 (25.86%) DV Cleared
10 6 (10.34%) SSCP
10 6 (10.34%) GCFA
11 2 (3.448%) GCED
11 2 (3.448%) EnCE
12 1 (1.724%) CFCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (31.03%) HIPAA
2 7 (12.07%) JSP 440
3 3 (5.172%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.448%) SLA
4 2 (3.448%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.724%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (31.03%) Snort
Systems Management
1 5 (8.621%) Splunk
2 2 (3.448%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.07%) Sourcefire
3 5 (8.621%) ArcSight
4 4 (6.897%) Q1 Labs
5 3 (5.172%) Sun
6 2 (3.448%) F5
6 2 (3.448%) Juniper
6 2 (3.448%) Symantec
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