GIAC Contracts 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 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 119 159
Rank change year-on-year +1 +40 +39
Contract jobs citing GIAC 3 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.16% 0.19% 0.056%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.67% 0.86% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £483 - -
25th Percentile £494 £419 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £444 £820
Median % change year-on-year +18.31% -45.88% +23.77%
75th Percentile £578 £475 -
90th Percentile £603 - -
Central London median daily rate £613 £444 £820
% change year-on-year +38.03% -45.88% +26.15%

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 447 466 719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 24.53% 21.92% 20.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 297 424
10th Percentile £359 £384 £383
25th Percentile £463 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £763 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £21.41 - £17.31
25th Percentile £26.16 £20.22 £18.56
Median hourly rate £45.33 £21.00 £36.10
Median % change year-on-year +115.83% -41.83% -17.01%
75th Percentile £65.12 £27.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £82.79 - £68.75
Central London median hourly rate £34.48 £24.00 £36.10
% change year-on-year +43.67% -33.52% -17.01%

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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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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GIAC in the City of London.

Daily rate trend 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%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) SSL
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) QA Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Principal Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) QA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Offensive Security
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
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 Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) ISMS
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CASP
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CREST Certified
1 1 (33.33%) GCIA
1 1 (33.33%) GCIH
1 1 (33.33%) GPEN
1 1 (33.33%) GXPN
1 1 (33.33%) OSCP
1 1 (33.33%) SANS
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) LogRhythm
1 1 (33.33%) Rapid7
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk
1 1 (33.33%) Tenable
3 GIAC jobs in Central London