GIAC Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GIAC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.13% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £625 £550 -
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 340 347 469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 43.42% 41.51% 45.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 153 277
10th Percentile £205 £215 £329
25th Percentile £410 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.40% -16.67% +11.63%
75th Percentile £644 £601 £675
90th Percentile £775 £750 £730
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 71 80
10th Percentile £18.36 £50.00 £33.00
25th Percentile £22.55 £61.00 £56.25
Median hourly rate £33.50 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -52.14% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £80.00
90th Percentile £75.63 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% -3.10%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

GIAC job vacancy trend in Bristol

GIAC
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing GIAC

GIAC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Swift