GCIH Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GCIH 12 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.97% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £466 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile £780 - -
South East median daily rate £500 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

GCIH 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 453 653 733
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 36.47% 40.38% 41.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 352 437
10th Percentile £255 £283 £210
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £558 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.39% +6.29% -
75th Percentile £575 £650 £625
90th Percentile £638 £722 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 55 51
10th Percentile £20.43 £41.25 £40.69
25th Percentile £25.95 £55.87 £53.38
Median hourly rate £40.44 £61.60 £63.91
Median % change year-on-year -34.36% -3.61% +171.94%
75th Percentile £79.63 £75.13 £73.59
90th Percentile £88.87 £100.00 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -58.08% - +33.33%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

GCIH job vacancy trend in Berkshire

GCIH
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GCIH

GCIH
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCIH in Berkshire over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCIH in Berkshire

GCIH
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 GCIH within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 20 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 - 12 £513 - 1
GCIH
South East

GCIH
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Google Workspace
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 6 (50.00%) Legal
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Analyst
1 8 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Developer
2 2 (16.67%) Forensic Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (58.33%) Management Information System
2 5 (41.67%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (41.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (33.33%) Security Posture
4 2 (16.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (16.67%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Linux
1 9 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 2 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 10 (83.33%) SIEM
2 10 (83.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 9 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 8 (66.67%) Forensic Analysis
5 7 (58.33%) Malware Analysis
5 7 (58.33%) Security Operations
6 6 (50.00%) Behavioural Analysis
6 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (50.00%) Data Privacy
6 6 (50.00%) Risk Management
7 5 (41.67%) Task Automation
8 4 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
8 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
9 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (25.00%) DevOps
9 3 (25.00%) Information Security
9 3 (25.00%) Technical Analysis
9 3 (25.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) Python
2 8 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) GCFA
2 10 (83.33%) CISSP
2 10 (83.33%) GCIA
3 7 (58.33%) CFCE
4 5 (41.67%) GIAC
5 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (16.67%) CCSP
6 2 (16.67%) CEH
6 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (16.67%) CISM
6 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (16.67%) Degree
6 2 (16.67%) ECSA
6 2 (16.67%) GCFE
6 2 (16.67%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) GDPR
1 7 (58.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (58.33%) NIST
2 5 (41.67%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (16.67%) EnCase
2 2 (16.67%) FTK
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Splunk
2 9 (75.00%) CrowdStrike
2 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (50.00%) ArcSight
3 6 (50.00%) LogRhythm
4 2 (16.67%) Darktrace
4 2 (16.67%) IBM
5 1 (8.33%) Intel