GIAC Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 121 122
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 +37
Contract jobs citing GIAC 2 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.085% 0.16% 0.097%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% 0.67% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £531 -
25th Percentile £425 £559 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £613 £450
Median % change year-on-year -26.53% +36.11% -45.12%
75th Percentile £475 £809 £475
90th Percentile - £924 -
Central London median daily rate £450 £650 £450
% change year-on-year -30.77% +44.44% -45.12%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 596 451 490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.44% 24.29% 23.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 304 311
10th Percentile £413 £334 £400
25th Percentile £463 £457 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year - -2.65% +2.73%
75th Percentile £644 £675 £673
90th Percentile £734 £763 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 4
10th Percentile £19.42 £22.28 £20.31
25th Percentile £21.88 £26.00 £20.43
Median hourly rate £31.03 £28.15 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% +17.29% +33.33%
75th Percentile £57.02 £64.66 £27.00
90th Percentile £70.88 £79.34 -
Central London median hourly rate £42.53 £31.78 £27.00
% change year-on-year +33.86% +17.69% +50.00%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

GIAC job vacancy trend in the City of London

GIAC
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing GIAC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing GIAC

GIAC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
GIAC jobs