GCIA Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GCIA 11 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.87% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.36% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £458 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 - -
75th Percentile £580 - -
90th Percentile £675 - -
South East median daily rate £500 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

GCIA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 466 656 737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.93% 40.39% 41.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 356 436
10th Percentile £255 £291 £210
25th Percentile £400 £422 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £562 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.95% +6.95% -1.69%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £625
90th Percentile £635 £724 £681
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £537
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.14% +2.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 55 49
10th Percentile £20.43 £41.25 £37.55
25th Percentile £22.97 £55.87 £52.19
Median hourly rate £40.44 £61.60 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year -34.36% -2.67% +169.32%
75th Percentile £68.50 £75.13 £72.33
90th Percentile £88.87 £100.00 £75.76
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.49 £60.00
% change year-on-year -57.00% -2.52% +33.33%

GCIA
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GCIA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

GCIA job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GCIA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GCIA

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCIA in Berkshire over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCIA in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 10 £500 - 1
Slough - 1 £750 -
GCIA
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Network Security
General
1 6 (54.55%) Legal
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
1 8 (72.73%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (45.45%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
3 4 (36.36%) Security Posture
4 3 (27.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Linux
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 11 (100.00%) SIEM
1 11 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 10 (90.91%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 8 (72.73%) Forensic Analysis
3 8 (72.73%) Security Operations
4 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (63.64%) Malware Analysis
4 7 (63.64%) Risk Management
5 6 (54.55%) Behavioural Analysis
5 6 (54.55%) Data Privacy
6 5 (45.45%) Task Automation
7 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
8 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (27.27%) DevOps
8 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
8 3 (27.27%) SOAR
8 3 (27.27%) Technical Analysis
8 3 (27.27%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) Python
2 8 (72.73%) PowerShell
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) GCFA
1 10 (90.91%) GCIH
2 9 (81.82%) CISSP
3 7 (63.64%) CFCE
4 5 (45.45%) GIAC
5 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) CEH
6 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (18.18%) Degree
6 2 (18.18%) ECSA
7 1 (9.09%) CISM
7 1 (9.09%) GCED
7 1 (9.09%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (72.73%) NIST
2 7 (63.64%) GDPR
3 5 (45.45%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (9.09%) QRadar
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Splunk
2 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
3 7 (63.64%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (54.55%) ArcSight
4 6 (54.55%) LogRhythm
5 2 (18.18%) IBM
6 1 (9.09%) Intel