The first table below looks at the demand for GCIH in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GCIH 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
Rank 155 171 -
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 18 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.487% 0.031% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.991% 0.124% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
Average salary £30,250 £22,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £27,500 -
% change year-on-year
+63.63% -
All Qualifications
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
904 804 639
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 24.47% 24.93% 21.63%
Number of salaries quoted 679 656 538
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
GCIH
Yorkshire

GCIH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire GCIH Jobs Demand Trend

GCIH
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing GCIH across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire GCIH Salary Trend

GCIH
Salary Histogram

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

West Yorkshire GCIH Salary Histogram

GCIH
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds -13 6 £30,250 +37.50%
GCIH
Yorkshire

GCIH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing GCIH 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 GCIH.

1 20 (90.91%) CEH
2 17 (77.27%) Firewall
3 16 (72.73%) CISSP
3 16 (72.73%) Degree
4 15 (68.18%) CISM
5 14 (63.64%) Wireless
5 14 (63.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 12 (54.55%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (54.55%) Network Design
6 12 (54.55%) Data Protection
6 12 (54.55%) Computer Science
6 12 (54.55%) Security Testing
6 12 (54.55%) HIPAA
6 12 (54.55%) Reverse Engineering
6 12 (54.55%) Digital Forensics
6 12 (54.55%) Open Source
6 12 (54.55%) GWAPT
6 12 (54.55%) CISA
6 12 (54.55%) GPEN
6 12 (54.55%) OSCP
6 12 (54.55%) OSCE
6 12 (54.55%) Vulnerability Management
7 8 (36.36%) SIEM
8 7 (31.82%) SSCP
8 7 (31.82%) UNIX
8 7 (31.82%) Windows
9 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
10 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
11 4 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (18.18%) GCED

GCIH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing GCIH 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 GCIH. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 17 (77.27%) Firewall
2 14 (63.64%) Wireless
3 4 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (9.091%) Finance
1 2 (9.091%) Marketing
2 1 (4.545%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Tester
1 12 (54.55%) Penetration Tester
1 12 (54.55%) Security Tester
2 6 (27.27%) Security Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) Team Leader
3 2 (9.091%) Head of Service Delivery
3 2 (9.091%) Operations Team Leader
3 2 (9.091%) Security Operations Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) IT Operations Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.545%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Service Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Service Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Services Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) Computer Science
1 12 (54.55%) Open Source
2 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 2 (9.091%) Cryptography
4 1 (4.545%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) UNIX
1 7 (31.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 12 (54.55%) Penetration Testing
2 12 (54.55%) Security Testing
2 12 (54.55%) Data Protection
2 12 (54.55%) Reverse Engineering
2 12 (54.55%) Digital Forensics
2 12 (54.55%) Vulnerability Management
2 12 (54.55%) Network Design
3 8 (36.36%) SIEM
4 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery
4 3 (13.64%) Information Security
5 2 (9.091%) ITIL
5 2 (9.091%) Service Management
5 2 (9.091%) Performance Management
5 2 (9.091%) Cyber Security
6 1 (4.545%) Computer Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.091%) Perl
1 2 (9.091%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (90.91%) CEH
2 16 (72.73%) Degree
2 16 (72.73%) CISSP
3 15 (68.18%) CISM
4 12 (54.55%) CISA
4 12 (54.55%) GWAPT
4 12 (54.55%) GPEN
4 12 (54.55%) OSCP
4 12 (54.55%) OSCE
5 7 (31.82%) SSCP
6 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
7 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
8 4 (18.18%) GCED
8 4 (18.18%) GCFA
9 3 (13.64%) GCIA
10 2 (9.091%) GIAC
10 2 (9.091%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (54.55%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 2 (9.091%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (4.545%) HP
1 1 (4.545%) EMC
1 1 (4.545%) Novell
1 1 (4.545%) Symantec
1 1 (4.545%) Tripwire
1 1 (4.545%) ArcSight
1 1 (4.545%) LogLogic
1 1 (4.545%) Q1 Labs
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The Junior IT Security Analyst role includes monitoring and analysing Intrusion detection systems, firewall event logs and SIEM Security Incident and Event Management logs... Requirements: Experience in operational...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: From £19,000 to £25,000 per annum + shift allowance+ benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013