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 19 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 113 123
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 +52
Contract jobs citing GIAC 6 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.31% 0.11% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.10% 0.42% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile £421 - -
25th Percentile £425 £475 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £468
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +6.95% -29.96%
75th Percentile £481 £525 £500
90th Percentile £520 - £665
Central London median daily rate £450 £500 £468
% change year-on-year -10.00% +6.95% -29.96%

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 546 481 455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.97% 26.39% 19.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 282 304
10th Percentile £384 £359 £354
25th Percentile £426 £456 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% -2.05% -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £679
90th Percentile £738 £757 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -8.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £20.65 £24.78 £19.32
25th Percentile £25.77 £28.94 £19.90
Median hourly rate £28.00 £72.25 £46.66
Median % change year-on-year -61.25% +54.85% +13.11%
75th Percentile £52.16 £112.00 £74.69
90th Percentile £59.86 - £76.38
Central London median hourly rate £25.62 £72.25 £42.49
% change year-on-year -64.54% +70.06% +2.99%

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 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Applications Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Information Assurance Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Information Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Information Assurance Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Project Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Project Assurance Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 3 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (33.33%) Application Security
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Runbook
4 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Detection
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) ISACA
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) CISSP
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (16.67%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cribl.io
1 2 (33.33%) Splunk
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft