GIAC Contracts in Berkshire

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing GIAC 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.76% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £340 - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £486 - -
90th Percentile £514 - -
South East median daily rate £413 - £825
% change year-on-year - - +17.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

GIAC 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 417 754 648
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.43% 43.94% 36.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 407 374
10th Percentile £327 £328 £280
25th Percentile £438 £459 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £608 £663 £622
90th Percentile £700 £738 £690
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 66 41
10th Percentile £26.43 £41.50 £24.50
25th Percentile £32.05 £56.66 £54.56
Median hourly rate £53.50 £63.29 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year -15.47% -2.14% +207.61%
75th Percentile £78.63 £85.97 £74.25
90th Percentile £88.87 £98.75 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% -4.42% +33.33%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing GIAC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in Berkshire

GIAC
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing GIAC

GIAC
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIAC in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GIAC in Berkshire

GIAC
DemandTrendContract 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 GIAC within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wokingham - 5 £380 - 2
Reading - 3 - -
Windsor - 1 £500 -
GIAC
South East

GIAC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Data Lake
General
1 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) SIEM Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Audit Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) JSON
1 1 (11.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cyber Security Posture
1 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (44.44%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) CSOC
3 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 9 (100.00%) SIEM
2 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (55.56%) Analytical Thinking
3 5 (55.56%) Security Operations
3 5 (55.56%) Threat Detection
4 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 4 (44.44%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (33.33%) Behavioural Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) Data Privacy
5 3 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 3 (33.33%) Task Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Advanced Persistent Threat
6 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 1 (11.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) PowerShell
1 7 (77.78%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) CISSP
2 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) CEH
3 4 (44.44%) GCIA
3 4 (44.44%) GCIH
3 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
4 3 (33.33%) CFCE
4 3 (33.33%) GCFA
5 1 (11.11%) CISA
5 1 (11.11%) CISM
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (11.11%) Degree
5 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) GDPR
1 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (44.44%) NIST
2 3 (33.33%) HIPAA
3 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
3 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
3 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) QRadar
2 3 (33.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (11.11%) Kibana
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Splunk
2 7 (77.78%) ArcSight
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 3 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (33.33%) LogRhythm
5 1 (11.11%) FireEye
5 1 (11.11%) Tanium