The first table below looks at the demand for GIAC in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIAC over the 3 months to 18 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Rank 799 867 872
Rank change year-on-year
+68 +5
Permanent jobs citing GIAC 72 34 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.065% 0.028% 0.018%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.237% 0.102% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 51 25 21
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -36.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £44,000 £35,400 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £83,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
30371 33289 33747
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.53% 27.70% 26.22%
Number of salaries quoted 24580 28417 28272
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.40%
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%

GIAC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

GIAC Jobs Demand Trend

GIAC
Salary Trend

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

GIAC Salary Trend

GIAC
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GIAC over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 within the UK.

GIAC Salary Histogram

GIAC
Top 25 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 UK over the 3 months to 18 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
England +68 68 £50,000 +25.00% 10
London +71 28 £55,000 -31.25% 2
South East +12 27 £50,000 +25.00% 5
Hampshire +18 19 £50,000 +25.00% 2
Southampton - 15 £50,000 -
Leeds - 10 £44,000 -
West Yorkshire - 10 £44,000 -
Yorkshire - 10 £44,000 -
City of London - 7 £45,000 -
Berkshire -2 4 £50,000 +25.00% 3
Surrey - 4 £53,750 -
Slough +3 3 £50,000 -
Fareham - 3 £50,000 -
Guildford - 3 £65,000 -
Edinburgh +3 2 £80,000 +146.15%
East of England -3 2 £51,250 +10.21% 2
Scotland -5 2 £80,000 +106.45% 1
South West +1 1 £52,500 +110.00%
Hertfordshire +1 1 £47,500 -
Welwyn Garden City -15 1 £47,500 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 £55,000 - 2
Reading - 1 - - 2
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 £45,000 -
Bristol - 1 £52,500 -
Cambridge - 1 £55,000 - 2

GIAC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 120 (60.00%) Information Security
2 118 (59.00%) CISSP
3 86 (43.00%) SIEM
4 74 (37.00%) Security Cleared
5 66 (33.00%) Degree
6 61 (30.50%) GCIA
7 59 (29.50%) Windows
8 58 (29.00%) Firewall
8 58 (29.00%) SC Cleared
8 58 (29.00%) DV Cleared
9 56 (28.00%) Penetration Testing
10 48 (24.00%) Internet
11 47 (23.50%) Incident Management
12 46 (23.00%) Management Information System
13 44 (22.00%) Linux
13 44 (22.00%) Computer Science
14 42 (21.00%) Security Testing
15 40 (20.00%) CEH
15 40 (20.00%) UNIX
15 40 (20.00%) Finance
16 39 (19.50%) CISM
17 36 (18.00%) TCP/IP
17 36 (18.00%) CESG
17 36 (18.00%) PCI DSS
18 35 (17.50%) CISA
19 34 (17.00%) JSP
19 34 (17.00%) JSP 440
20 33 (16.50%) Change Control
20 33 (16.50%) LAN
20 33 (16.50%) WAN

GIAC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 34 (17.00%) JSP
2 7 (3.500%) Spring
2 7 (3.500%) JSON
2 7 (3.500%) Spring Security
2 7 (3.500%) REST
3 2 (1.000%) .NET
4 1 (0.500%) J2EE
4 1 (0.500%) ASP
4 1 (0.500%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.500%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 9 (4.500%) MS Exchange
2 1 (0.500%) GroupWise
Applications
1 12 (6.000%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 58 (29.00%) Firewall
2 48 (24.00%) Internet
3 36 (18.00%) TCP/IP
4 33 (16.50%) LAN
4 33 (16.50%) WAN
5 32 (16.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 30 (15.00%) tcpdump
7 26 (13.00%) SMTP
8 25 (12.50%) HTTP
8 25 (12.50%) Wireshark
9 24 (12.00%) LDAP
10 23 (11.50%) FTP
11 20 (10.00%) Network Security
12 19 (9.500%) DNS
13 7 (3.500%) VPN
14 6 (3.000%) SSL
14 6 (3.000%) Wireless
15 5 (2.500%) SNMP
15 5 (2.500%) TACACS
16 4 (2.000%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.500%) NoSQL
2 6 (3.000%) MySQL
2 6 (3.000%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.000%) Data Mining
4 3 (1.500%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (1.500%) JIRA
General
1 40 (20.00%) Finance
2 7 (3.500%) Banking
2 7 (3.500%) Billing
3 5 (2.500%) Electronics
4 3 (1.500%) Telecoms
4 3 (1.500%) Manufacturing
4 3 (1.500%) Advertising
5 2 (1.000%) Games
5 2 (1.000%) Investment Banking
5 2 (1.000%) Retail
6 1 (0.500%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.500%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 56 (28.00%) Analyst
2 55 (27.50%) Security Analyst
3 33 (16.50%) Security Specialist
4 26 (13.00%) Security Manager
5 21 (10.50%) Security Engineer
6 19 (9.500%) Architect
6 19 (9.500%) Operations Manager
6 19 (9.500%) Security Operations Manager
7 17 (8.500%) Consultant
8 15 (7.500%) Security Architect
9 14 (7.000%) Security Consultant
9 14 (7.000%) Systems Analyst
10 11 (5.500%) Information Security Consultant
11 10 (5.000%) Operations Analyst
11 10 (5.000%) Security Operations Analyst
12 8 (4.000%) Information Security Engineer
13 7 (3.500%) IT Security Analyst
13 7 (3.500%) Senior Manager
14 6 (3.000%) Security Investigator
15 5 (2.500%) Forensic Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 46 (23.00%) Management Information System
2 44 (22.00%) Computer Science
3 36 (18.00%) CESG
4 24 (12.00%) Cryptography
4 24 (12.00%) Client/Server
5 10 (5.000%) Firmware
6 9 (4.500%) PKI
7 7 (3.500%) SaaS
8 6 (3.000%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (3.000%) SCADA
9 5 (2.500%) Mathematics
10 3 (1.500%) Open Source
11 1 (0.500%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.500%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 59 (29.50%) Windows
2 44 (22.00%) Linux
3 40 (20.00%) UNIX
4 23 (11.50%) Solaris
5 5 (2.500%) Windows XP
5 5 (2.500%) Mac OS X
5 5 (2.500%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.500%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (1.500%) Windows 2000 Server
6 3 (1.500%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (60.00%) Information Security
2 86 (43.00%) SIEM
3 56 (28.00%) Penetration Testing
4 47 (23.50%) Incident Management
5 42 (21.00%) Security Testing
6 33 (16.50%) Change Control
7 32 (16.00%) Information Assurance
8 26 (13.00%) Ethical Hacking
8 26 (13.00%) Security Management
9 24 (12.00%) Risk Management
10 22 (11.00%) Vulnerability Management
10 22 (11.00%) Cyber Security
11 19 (9.500%) Security Architecture
12 17 (8.500%) Performance Management
12 17 (8.500%) Change Management
12 17 (8.500%) ITIL
12 17 (8.500%) E-Commerce
13 16 (8.000%) Risk Assessment
13 16 (8.000%) Reverse Engineering
14 15 (7.500%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.000%) Java
2 11 (5.500%) SQL
3 10 (5.000%) C++
4 9 (4.500%) Perl
5 8 (4.000%) Python
5 8 (4.000%) Ruby
6 6 (3.000%) C#
7 5 (2.500%) PHP
8 3 (1.500%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.500%) C
9 1 (0.500%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.500%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 118 (59.00%) CISSP
2 74 (37.00%) Security Cleared
3 66 (33.00%) Degree
4 61 (30.50%) GCIA
5 58 (29.00%) SC Cleared
5 58 (29.00%) DV Cleared
6 40 (20.00%) CEH
7 39 (19.50%) CISM
8 35 (17.50%) CISA
9 25 (12.50%) GCIH
10 18 (9.000%) SSCP
11 11 (5.500%) GSEC
12 10 (5.000%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (3.500%) GCFA
14 6 (3.000%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (3.000%) MCP
14 6 (3.000%) CCSP
14 6 (3.000%) ISACA
15 4 (2.000%) MCSE
16 3 (1.500%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (18.00%) PCI DSS
2 34 (17.00%) JSP 440
3 30 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (5.000%) ISO/IEC 17799
5 9 (4.500%) COBIT
6 7 (3.500%) BS7799
7 3 (1.500%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.500%) HIPAA
8 2 (1.000%) COSO
9 1 (0.500%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.500%) SLA
9 1 (0.500%) QA
9 1 (0.500%) BS25999
System Software
1 22 (11.00%) Snort
2 6 (3.000%) Nmap
3 4 (2.000%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (4.500%) Nessus
2 5 (2.500%) McAfee ePO
3 4 (2.000%) Splunk
3 4 (2.000%) MIIS
4 3 (1.500%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 31 (15.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.000%) Sourcefire
3 7 (3.500%) Juniper
4 6 (3.000%) CheckPoint
4 6 (3.000%) Oracle
4 6 (3.000%) Cisco
5 5 (2.500%) Fortinet
5 5 (2.500%) McAfee
6 4 (2.000%) ArcSight
6 4 (2.000%) Q1 Labs
7 3 (1.500%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.500%) Qualys
7 3 (1.500%) Sybase
7 3 (1.500%) Sun
8 2 (1.000%) Citrix
8 2 (1.000%) Charles River
8 2 (1.000%) Apple
9 1 (0.500%) NETGEAR
Hampshire, South East
You will be working in an Information Security team and will be identifying, assessing and controlling the Information Security risks and also involved in the following duties:*Developing,...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £32000 - £46000 per annum + 5% Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hampshire
You will have an understanding of enterprise technologies including VPNs, firewalls and IDS/IPS. It is essential you hold information security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC or...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £32000 - £46000 per annum + 5% Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
I am currently looking for two Senior Security Architects to help design, develop, and implement technical security measures for a global FMCG client.Within this role you will...
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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Total max package = £103,200.Penetration Tester, Penetration Testing, IT Security, Information Security, Cyber Security, CISSP, CREST, GIAC, GPEN, CPTCornucopia is currently working with a leading company which...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £50000 - £80000 per annum + Car allowance + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 4 June 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
already hold or be happy to become SC and DV cleared... - Solid TCP/IP, SANS GIAC knowledge including Intrusion Analyst, Incident Handler, Ethical Hacking... - exposure to IT service...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum Corporate Benefits incl. Health, Pen
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Salary: From £45,000 to £65,000 per annum + 8% bonus + benefits eg pension, fa
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Salary: 55-65k
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