The first table below looks at the demand for GCIH in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GCIH over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
Rank 195 215 -
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -
Permanent jobs citing GCIH 18 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.330% 0.019% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.277% 0.080% -
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
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1410 1246 1142
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 25.85% 24.00% 22.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1049 1033 946
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
GCIH
England

GCIH
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire GCIH Salary Trend

GCIH
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GCIH across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
West Yorkshire +14 18 £30,250 +37.50%
GCIH
England

GCIH
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 21 (91.30%) CEH
2 18 (78.26%) Firewall
3 17 (73.91%) CISSP
3 17 (73.91%) Degree
4 16 (69.57%) CISM
5 15 (65.22%) Wireless
5 15 (65.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 13 (56.52%) Penetration Testing
6 13 (56.52%) Network Design
6 13 (56.52%) Data Protection
6 13 (56.52%) Computer Science
6 13 (56.52%) Security Testing
6 13 (56.52%) HIPAA
6 13 (56.52%) Reverse Engineering
6 13 (56.52%) Digital Forensics
6 13 (56.52%) Open Source
6 13 (56.52%) GWAPT
6 13 (56.52%) CISA
6 13 (56.52%) GPEN
6 13 (56.52%) OSCP
6 13 (56.52%) OSCE
6 13 (56.52%) Vulnerability Management
7 8 (34.78%) SIEM
8 7 (30.43%) SSCP
8 7 (30.43%) UNIX
8 7 (30.43%) Windows
9 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
10 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
11 4 (17.39%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (17.39%) GCED

GCIH
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 18 (78.26%) Firewall
2 15 (65.22%) Wireless
3 4 (17.39%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (8.696%) Marketing
1 2 (8.696%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Security Tester
1 13 (56.52%) Penetration Tester
1 13 (56.52%) Tester
2 6 (26.09%) Analyst
2 6 (26.09%) Security Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) IT Operations Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Head of Service Delivery
3 2 (8.696%) Operations Team Leader
3 2 (8.696%) Security Operations Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Team Leader
4 1 (4.348%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Service Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Service Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (4.348%) IT Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (56.52%) Computer Science
1 13 (56.52%) Open Source
2 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
3 2 (8.696%) Cryptography
4 1 (4.348%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) UNIX
1 7 (30.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 13 (56.52%) Penetration Testing
2 13 (56.52%) Network Design
2 13 (56.52%) Data Protection
2 13 (56.52%) Security Testing
2 13 (56.52%) Reverse Engineering
2 13 (56.52%) Digital Forensics
2 13 (56.52%) Vulnerability Management
3 8 (34.78%) SIEM
4 3 (13.04%) Information Security
4 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.696%) Performance Management
5 2 (8.696%) Service Management
5 2 (8.696%) ITIL
5 2 (8.696%) Cyber Security
6 1 (4.348%) Computer Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.696%) Perl
1 2 (8.696%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (91.30%) CEH
2 17 (73.91%) CISSP
2 17 (73.91%) Degree
3 16 (69.57%) CISM
4 13 (56.52%) GWAPT
4 13 (56.52%) CISA
4 13 (56.52%) GPEN
4 13 (56.52%) OSCP
4 13 (56.52%) OSCE
5 7 (30.43%) SSCP
6 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
7 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
8 4 (17.39%) GCED
8 4 (17.39%) GCFA
9 3 (13.04%) GCIA
10 2 (8.696%) PhD
10 2 (8.696%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (56.52%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (4.348%) Tripwire
1 1 (4.348%) HP
1 1 (4.348%) EMC
1 1 (4.348%) Novell
1 1 (4.348%) Symantec
1 1 (4.348%) Q1 Labs
1 1 (4.348%) ArcSight
1 1 (4.348%) LogLogic