The first table below looks at the demand for GIAC in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIAC 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
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Rank 730 823 828
Rank change year-on-year
+93 +5
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 100 40 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.099% 0.035% 0.027%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.361% 0.128% 0.102%
Number of salaries quoted 80 32 26
Average salary £50,000 £48,250 £58,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.62% -17.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £38,650 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -
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%
GIAC
UK

GIAC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England GIAC Salary Trend

GIAC
Salary Histogram

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

England GIAC Salary Histogram

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 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
South East +46 57 £50,000 +25.00%
London +48 26 £50,000 -23.07%
Yorkshire - 9 £37,750 -
East of England -5 3 £47,500 -1.55%
East Midlands +3 2 £55,000 +10.00%
North West - 2 £52,500 -
South West +5 1 £52,500 +110.00%
GIAC
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GIAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 123 (63.40%) Information Security
2 121 (62.37%) CISSP
3 81 (41.75%) SIEM
4 67 (34.54%) Security Cleared
5 60 (30.93%) Degree
6 59 (30.41%) Penetration Testing
7 56 (28.87%) GCIA
8 54 (27.84%) SC Cleared
9 53 (27.32%) DV Cleared
10 48 (24.74%) Firewall
10 48 (24.74%) Internet
11 47 (24.23%) Windows
12 46 (23.71%) PCI DSS
13 43 (22.16%) Incident Management
13 43 (22.16%) Security Testing
14 42 (21.65%) Management Information System
15 41 (21.13%) Computer Science
16 39 (20.10%) Finance
17 37 (19.07%) Linux
18 35 (18.04%) CISA
19 34 (17.53%) CESG
20 33 (17.01%) JSP 440
20 33 (17.01%) CISM
20 33 (17.01%) JSP
21 32 (16.49%) TCP/IP
22 31 (15.98%) UNIX
22 31 (15.98%) Change Control
22 31 (15.98%) CEH
23 30 (15.46%) Information Assurance
24 28 (14.43%) tcpdump

GIAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 33 (17.01%) JSP
2 10 (5.155%) Spring
2 10 (5.155%) JSON
2 10 (5.155%) Spring Security
2 10 (5.155%) REST
3 5 (2.577%) J2EE
4 1 (0.515%) ASP
4 1 (0.515%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 9 (4.639%) MS Exchange
2 1 (0.515%) GroupWise
Applications
1 12 (6.186%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.093%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 48 (24.74%) Internet
1 48 (24.74%) Firewall
2 32 (16.49%) TCP/IP
3 28 (14.43%) LAN
3 28 (14.43%) WAN
3 28 (14.43%) tcpdump
4 25 (12.89%) Intrusion Detection
5 24 (12.37%) SMTP
6 22 (11.34%) LDAP
6 22 (11.34%) HTTP
7 21 (10.82%) FTP
7 21 (10.82%) Wireshark
8 18 (9.278%) Network Security
9 17 (8.763%) DNS
10 9 (4.639%) SSL
11 7 (3.608%) Kerberos
12 5 (2.577%) TACACS
12 5 (2.577%) NetScaler
13 4 (2.062%) Wireless
13 4 (2.062%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.155%) NoSQL
2 6 (3.093%) MySQL
2 6 (3.093%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.062%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (1.031%) JIRA
General
1 39 (20.10%) Finance
2 10 (5.155%) Billing
3 6 (3.093%) Publishing
3 6 (3.093%) Retail
4 5 (2.577%) Games
4 5 (2.577%) Banking
5 3 (1.546%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.546%) Advertising
5 3 (1.546%) Electronics
5 3 (1.546%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.515%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 57 (29.38%) Analyst
2 55 (28.35%) Security Analyst
3 35 (18.04%) Security Specialist
4 24 (12.37%) Security Manager
5 22 (11.34%) Consultant
6 19 (9.794%) Operations Manager
6 19 (9.794%) Security Operations Manager
7 18 (9.278%) Security Engineer
8 17 (8.763%) Security Consultant
8 17 (8.763%) Architect
9 14 (7.216%) Systems Analyst
9 14 (7.216%) Information Security Consultant
10 13 (6.701%) Security Architect
11 11 (5.670%) Operations Analyst
11 11 (5.670%) Security Operations Analyst
12 8 (4.124%) Information Analyst
12 8 (4.124%) Information Security Analyst
13 7 (3.608%) IT Security Analyst
13 7 (3.608%) Information Security Engineer
14 6 (3.093%) IT Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 42 (21.65%) Management Information System
2 41 (21.13%) Computer Science
3 34 (17.53%) CESG
4 23 (11.86%) Client/Server
5 20 (10.31%) Cryptography
6 10 (5.155%) Firmware
6 10 (5.155%) SaaS
7 8 (4.124%) PKI
8 5 (2.577%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (2.062%) SCADA
9 4 (2.062%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (2.062%) Open Source
10 3 (1.546%) Mathematics
11 1 (0.515%) CESG CLAS
11 1 (0.515%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.515%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 47 (24.23%) Windows
2 37 (19.07%) Linux
3 31 (15.98%) UNIX
4 21 (10.82%) Solaris
5 5 (2.577%) Windows XP
5 5 (2.577%) Mac OS X
5 5 (2.577%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (63.40%) Information Security
2 81 (41.75%) SIEM
3 59 (30.41%) Penetration Testing
4 43 (22.16%) Incident Management
4 43 (22.16%) Security Testing
5 31 (15.98%) Change Control
6 30 (15.46%) Information Assurance
7 28 (14.43%) Vulnerability Management
8 27 (13.92%) Ethical Hacking
9 23 (11.86%) Security Management
10 21 (10.82%) Risk Management
11 20 (10.31%) Cyber Security
12 18 (9.278%) Security Architecture
12 18 (9.278%) Risk Assessment
13 17 (8.763%) E-Commerce
14 16 (8.247%) Change Management
14 16 (8.247%) Performance Management
15 15 (7.732%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 14 (7.216%) Service Management
17 13 (6.701%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.247%) Java
2 12 (6.186%) Perl
3 11 (5.670%) SQL
3 11 (5.670%) Ruby
4 10 (5.155%) C++
5 7 (3.608%) PHP
6 6 (3.093%) Python
6 6 (3.093%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.062%) C#
8 1 (0.515%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.515%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 121 (62.37%) CISSP
2 67 (34.54%) Security Cleared
3 60 (30.93%) Degree
4 56 (28.87%) GCIA
5 54 (27.84%) SC Cleared
6 53 (27.32%) DV Cleared
7 35 (18.04%) CISA
8 33 (17.01%) CISM
9 31 (15.98%) CEH
10 21 (10.82%) GCIH
11 19 (9.794%) SSCP
12 11 (5.670%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (3.608%) GSEC
13 7 (3.608%) MCSE
14 6 (3.093%) GCFA
14 6 (3.093%) ISACA
15 5 (2.577%) Citrix Certification
15 5 (2.577%) CCEA
15 5 (2.577%) CCIA
16 4 (2.062%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (23.71%) PCI DSS
2 33 (17.01%) JSP 440
3 27 (13.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (5.155%) COBIT
5 9 (4.639%) BS7799
6 2 (1.031%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.031%) ISO/IEC 17799
7 1 (0.515%) SLA
7 1 (0.515%) QA
7 1 (0.515%) BS25999
System Software
1 18 (9.278%) Snort
2 5 (2.577%) Nmap
2 5 (2.577%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (6.186%) Nessus
2 5 (2.577%) McAfee ePO
3 4 (2.062%) Splunk
3 4 (2.062%) MIIS
Vendors
1 27 (13.92%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.124%) Juniper
3 6 (3.093%) CheckPoint
3 6 (3.093%) Oracle
3 6 (3.093%) Sourcefire
4 5 (2.577%) Fortinet
4 5 (2.577%) Qualys
4 5 (2.577%) Cisco
4 5 (2.577%) McAfee
5 4 (2.062%) ArcSight
5 4 (2.062%) Q1 Labs
6 3 (1.546%) Sun
6 3 (1.546%) Citrix
7 2 (1.031%) Charles River
7 2 (1.031%) Apple
7 2 (1.031%) Atlassian
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Knowledge and understanding of legislation affecting security, privacy and systems assurance and standards such as PCI-DSS, ISO 17799, 27001. -Comprehensive knowledge of IT and information security subject...
William Hill
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 April 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Previous experience working in a Security Architect role (or similar) - Good understanding of systems in general as well a broad spectrum of security technologies - Ability to explain technical...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
This position will Act as a Security Technical Design Authority, providing direction and advice for projects and will be responsible for the following: To provide design, planning and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £1 per annum + Salary Negotiable+Company Benefits
Posted: 8 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Security Architect willcome from an extensive Security background, ideally holding SABSA, CISSP, CISM,GIAC or CEH certifications, and will possess in depth knowledge of a broadspectrum...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
vulnerability management... Assisting in the development, implementation, maintenance and testing of our disaster recovery and business continuity plans... To meet the challenge, you’ll need: A degree or...
Action for Blind People
Salary: From £27,504 to £33,128 per annum (plus £3,200 central office allowanc
Posted: 2 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Key Experience Required: - Deep Understanding of Security Technologies for Networks, Operating Systems and Applications - Technical Security Architecture Principles - Excellent Knowledge of Security Strategy, Policies and Standards (ISO27001, 1779...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: £Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
South West London
You will have previously worked as an Information Security Manager within a financial software environment, trained internal auditor for ISO27001, and achieved related certifications such as CISA, CISSP,...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
Technically you should have expertise with SIEM, IDS/IPS, SNORT, TCPDUMP or WIRESHARK, Unix, Linux and Windows to admin level. In addition you need to have strong TCP/...
Fenwick Ryan
Salary: £35000 - £65000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
Technically you should have expertise with SIEM, IDS/IPS, SNORT, TCPDUMP or WIRESHARK, Unix, Linux and Windows to admin level. In addition you need to have strong TCP/...
Fenwick Ryan
Salary: £35000 - £65000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Experience of end-to-end PCI-DSS certification process... *Good working knowledge of Cisco ASA Firewalls... *Site to site VPN tunnels... *Network monitoring protocols such as Syslog and...
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013