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 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 126 151
Rank change year-on-year +12 +25 +36
Contract jobs citing GIAC 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% 0.095% 0.10%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.68% 0.39% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £646 - -
25th Percentile £705 £425 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £806 £450 £468
Median % change year-on-year +79.17% -3.74% -2.60%
75th Percentile £905 £475 £488
90th Percentile £962 - £495
Central London median daily rate £650 £450 £468
% change year-on-year +44.44% -3.74% -25.20%

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 439 507 607
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.04% 24.09% 20.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 310 363
10th Percentile £328 £363 £342
25th Percentile £448 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £556 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% +1.14% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £657 £691
90th Percentile £738 £763 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £22.28 £21.80 £16.89
25th Percentile £26.00 £23.75 £17.31
Median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% +50.00% -58.26%
75th Percentile £64.66 - £47.75
90th Percentile £79.34 - £65.60
Central London median hourly rate £34.48 £27.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +27.70% +50.00% -58.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing GIAC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in the City of London

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIAC in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GIAC in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
General
1 2 (66.67%) Law
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Information Security
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Principal Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) QA Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) QA Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Cybercrime
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) PKI
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Offensive Security
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Malware Reverse Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) People Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SANS
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) CISA
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (33.33%) CREST Certified
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) GREM
2 1 (33.33%) GSEC
2 1 (33.33%) ISACA
2 1 (33.33%) OSCP
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) QA