The first table below looks at the demand for GIAC in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIAC over the 3 months to 21 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Rank 580 629 605
Rank change year-on-year
+49 -24
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 27 9 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.061% 0.017% 0.033%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.243% 0.070% 0.142%
Number of salaries quoted 21 9 14
Average salary £50,000 £65,000 £82,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.07% -21.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £54,000 £60,750
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
All Qualifications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
11114 12832 13359
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 25.28% 23.82% 23.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9042 11048 11038
Average salary £50,000 £48,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.09% -3.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
GIAC
England

GIAC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London GIAC Salary Trend

GIAC
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GIAC across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 21 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
City of London +13 8 £45,000 -25.00%
Kingston Upon Thames +4 1 £45,000 -30.76%
GIAC
England

GIAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 46 (83.64%) CISSP
2 44 (80.00%) Information Security
3 26 (47.27%) SIEM
4 20 (36.36%) PCI DSS
5 19 (34.55%) Degree
6 18 (32.73%) Penetration Testing
6 18 (32.73%) Firewall
7 17 (30.91%) Cyber Security
8 16 (29.09%) E-Commerce
8 16 (29.09%) Java
9 15 (27.27%) Security Architecture
10 14 (25.45%) Internet
10 14 (25.45%) SSCP
11 13 (23.64%) Finance
11 13 (23.64%) UNIX
11 13 (23.64%) Risk Management
12 12 (21.82%) CISA
13 11 (20.00%) Perl
13 11 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
14 10 (18.18%) SaaS
14 10 (18.18%) NoSQL
14 10 (18.18%) REST
14 10 (18.18%) SQL
14 10 (18.18%) OOP
14 10 (18.18%) OO
14 10 (18.18%) SOA
14 10 (18.18%) CISM
14 10 (18.18%) Identity Management
14 10 (18.18%) Billing
14 10 (18.18%) Cryptography

GIAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 10 (18.18%) REST
1 10 (18.18%) Spring
1 10 (18.18%) JSON
1 10 (18.18%) Spring Security
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.818%) GroupWise
Applications
1 6 (10.91%) MS Office
2 4 (7.273%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (32.73%) Firewall
2 14 (25.45%) Internet
3 8 (14.55%) SSL
3 8 (14.55%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (12.73%) Kerberos
5 4 (7.273%) Network Security
6 3 (5.455%) Wireshark
6 3 (5.455%) SMTP
6 3 (5.455%) TCP/IP
6 3 (5.455%) DNS
7 2 (3.636%) Wireless
7 2 (3.636%) IPv4
7 2 (3.636%) IPv6
8 1 (1.818%) LDAP
8 1 (1.818%) VPN
8 1 (1.818%) SNMP
8 1 (1.818%) DHCP
8 1 (1.818%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.18%) NoSQL
2 6 (10.91%) MySQL
2 6 (10.91%) SQL Server
3 4 (7.273%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (3.636%) JIRA
General
1 13 (23.64%) Finance
2 10 (18.18%) Billing
3 3 (5.455%) Advertising
4 2 (3.636%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.818%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.818%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (18.18%) Architect
1 10 (18.18%) Security Architect
2 9 (16.36%) Security Analyst
2 9 (16.36%) Analyst
3 8 (14.55%) Security Engineer
3 8 (14.55%) Information Security Engineer
4 7 (12.73%) Security Consultant
4 7 (12.73%) Consultant
5 5 (9.091%) Information Security Consultant
6 4 (7.273%) Senior Manager
7 3 (5.455%) IT Security Analyst
7 3 (5.455%) Security Manager
7 3 (5.455%) Information Manager
7 3 (5.455%) Information Analyst
7 3 (5.455%) Information Security Manager
7 3 (5.455%) Information Security Analyst
8 2 (3.636%) Sales Consultant
8 2 (3.636%) Pre Sales Consultant
9 1 (1.818%) Information Risk Manager
9 1 (1.818%) Information Security Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) SaaS
1 10 (18.18%) Cryptography
2 8 (14.55%) PKI
3 5 (9.091%) Computer Science
4 4 (7.273%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.818%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (1.818%) CESG
5 1 (1.818%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 13 (23.64%) UNIX
2 9 (16.36%) Windows
3 4 (7.273%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (80.00%) Information Security
2 26 (47.27%) SIEM
3 18 (32.73%) Penetration Testing
4 17 (30.91%) Cyber Security
5 16 (29.09%) E-Commerce
6 15 (27.27%) Security Architecture
7 13 (23.64%) Risk Management
8 11 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 10 (18.18%) OOP
9 10 (18.18%) OO
9 10 (18.18%) SOA
9 10 (18.18%) Identity Management
9 10 (18.18%) Software Engineering
9 10 (18.18%) Security Testing
10 8 (14.55%) Network Design
10 8 (14.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 8 (14.55%) Risk Analysis
10 8 (14.55%) Reverse Engineering
10 8 (14.55%) Network Architecture
11 6 (10.91%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 16 (29.09%) Java
2 11 (20.00%) Perl
3 10 (18.18%) SQL
3 10 (18.18%) Ruby
4 6 (10.91%) C++
4 6 (10.91%) PHP
4 6 (10.91%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.818%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.818%) Python
5 1 (1.818%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (83.64%) CISSP
2 19 (34.55%) Degree
3 14 (25.45%) SSCP
4 12 (21.82%) CISA
5 10 (18.18%) CISM
6 9 (16.36%) Security Cleared
7 8 (14.55%) GSEC
8 6 (10.91%) GCIH
8 6 (10.91%) GCIA
9 5 (9.091%) DV Cleared
10 4 (7.273%) CEH
10 4 (7.273%) GCFA
11 3 (5.455%) SC Cleared
12 2 (3.636%) Check Point Certification
12 2 (3.636%) GPEN
13 1 (1.818%) GISP
13 1 (1.818%) GCED
13 1 (1.818%) EnCE
13 1 (1.818%) PCI QSA
13 1 (1.818%) GSNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (36.36%) PCI DSS
2 4 (7.273%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.636%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (3.636%) COBIT
System Software
1 5 (9.091%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.455%) Snort
Systems Management
1 4 (7.273%) MIIS
2 3 (5.455%) Splunk
Vendors
1 9 (16.36%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.91%) Oracle
3 3 (5.455%) Q1 Labs
3 3 (5.455%) ArcSight
3 3 (5.455%) CheckPoint
4 2 (3.636%) Charles River
4 2 (3.636%) Cisco
4 2 (3.636%) Juniper
4 2 (3.636%) Apple
4 2 (3.636%) Atlassian
4 2 (3.636%) Fortinet
London
Information Security/Consultancy/CISM/CRISC/SANS/GIAC/London... Ideally you will also have backed your extensive experience with a formal information security qualification such as CISM, CRISC, SANS...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 20 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: 20 May 2013