GSEC Jobs in the North of England

GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for GSEC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 429 449
Rank change year-on-year +35 +20 -
Permanent jobs citing GSEC 2 2 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.012% 0.011% 0.061%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.051% 0.038% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 11
10th Percentile - £67,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £70,000 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £75,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £38,750 £80,000 £68,125
90th Percentile - £83,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £85,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.28% +48.70% -20.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

GSEC is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,885 5,211 5,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.46% 29.80% 28.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,661 1,763 2,483
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £53,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +11.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% -

GSEC
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing GSEC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for GSEC in the North of England

GSEC
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GSEC in the North of England.

Salary trend for GSEC in the North of England

GSEC
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GSEC within the North of England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +10 1 - - 1
North East - 1 £37,500 -
GSEC
England

GSEC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) tcpdump
2 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CSOC
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Security
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (50.00%) Document Management
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) GCIA
2 1 (50.00%) GCIH
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Snort
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (50.00%) iManage
1 1 (50.00%) Intel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft