The first table below looks at the demand for GCED in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GCED 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender (GCED)
Rank 857 - 869
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing GCED 3 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.003% - 0.002%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.010% - 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
Average salary £65,000 - £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 - £55,000
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
30011 33620 31929
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.63% 27.74% 26.16%
Number of salaries quoted 24162 28614 26643
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%

GCED
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing GCED within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

GCED Jobs Demand Trend

GCED
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing GCED within the UK.

GCED Salary Trend

GCED
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GCED over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

GCED Salary Histogram

GCED
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCED within the UK 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
England - 3 £65,000 -
London - 3 £65,000 -
Berkshire - 2 £65,000 -
Reading - 2 £65,000 -
Hounslow - 2 £65,000 -
South East - 2 £65,000 -
City of London - 1 £120,000 -

GCED
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing GCED 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 GCED.

1 6 (85.71%) CISSP
2 5 (71.43%) CISM
2 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) GCFA
2 5 (71.43%) CEH
3 4 (57.14%) GCIH
3 4 (57.14%) SSCP
4 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
4 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
4 3 (42.86%) GCIA
5 2 (28.57%) GSEC
5 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (28.57%) Marketing
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) CSSLP
5 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
5 2 (28.57%) SIEM
5 2 (28.57%) Python
5 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
5 2 (28.57%) Finance
5 2 (28.57%) Service Management
5 2 (28.57%) CISA
5 2 (28.57%) Perl
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) UNIX
5 2 (28.57%) PhD
5 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
5 2 (28.57%) Cyber Security

GCED
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing GCED 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 GCED. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) GroupWise
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) SMTP
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
1 1 (14.29%) SNMP
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) SSL
1 1 (14.29%) LDAP
1 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 2 (28.57%) Marketing
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Team Leader
1 2 (28.57%) Information Security Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Head of Service Delivery
1 2 (28.57%) Operations Team Leader
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Information Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Security Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Information Security Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Service Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) SIEM
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Security
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Security
4 1 (14.29%) Benchmarking
4 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (14.29%) Network Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Document Management
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Forensics
4 1 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
4 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) Perl
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) CISSP
2 5 (71.43%) CISM
2 5 (71.43%) GCFA
2 5 (71.43%) CEH
3 4 (57.14%) GCIH
3 4 (57.14%) SSCP
4 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) GCIA
5 2 (28.57%) GSEC
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) CSSLP
5 2 (28.57%) CISA
5 2 (28.57%) PhD
6 1 (14.29%) GIAC
6 1 (14.29%) GPEN
6 1 (14.29%) GISP
6 1 (14.29%) GSNA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) HP
1 1 (14.29%) EMC
1 1 (14.29%) Novell
1 1 (14.29%) Symantec
1 1 (14.29%) Q1 Labs
1 1 (14.29%) ArcSight
1 1 (14.29%) LogLogic
1 1 (14.29%) Tripwire