GCIA Contracts in England

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 537 637
Rank change year-on-year +63 +100 +138
Contract jobs citing GCIA 11 5 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.045% 0.013% 0.032%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.043% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 12
10th Percentile £313 £408 £451
25th Percentile £319 £419 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -30.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £469 £813 £675
90th Percentile £510 £880 £806
UK median daily rate £425 £438 £613
% change year-on-year -2.86% -28.57% +6.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

GCIA 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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,629 11,624 13,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.33% 31.25% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,849 7,135 9,365
10th Percentile £290 £306 £330
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £629 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 435 985 748
10th Percentile £18.13 £14.00 £15.15
25th Percentile £22.39 £18.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%
75th Percentile £67.75 £62.50 £68.25
90th Percentile £81.74 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing GCIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GCIA in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCIA in England.

Daily rate trend for GCIA in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCIA in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCIA in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +41 8 £388 -11.43% 5
East of England - 2 - - 1
South East - 1 £500 - 3
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (18.18%) AWS
3 2 (18.18%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
2 5 (45.45%) TCP/IP
3 1 (9.09%) DNS
3 1 (9.09%) HTTP
3 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (9.09%) Network Security
3 1 (9.09%) SMTP
3 1 (9.09%) Wireless
General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Advertising
2 2 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (81.82%) Analyst
2 6 (54.55%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Security Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Junior
4 2 (18.18%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) Audit Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Consultant
5 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
5 1 (9.09%) Senior
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (9.09%) SOC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (45.45%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (27.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
5 1 (9.09%) Cyberattack
5 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Incident Response
1 9 (81.82%) Security Operations
1 9 (81.82%) SIEM
2 7 (63.64%) Threat Detection
3 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (54.55%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 4 (36.36%) Digital Forensics
4 4 (36.36%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (36.36%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (27.27%) SOAR
5 3 (27.27%) Threat Analysis
5 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (18.18%) Blue Team
6 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (18.18%) Cyber Intelligence
6 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 1 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
7 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
1 4 (36.36%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) CompTIA Security+
1 7 (63.64%) GCIH
2 5 (45.45%) GIAC
2 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) CISSP
4 3 (27.27%) GCFA
5 2 (18.18%) CCNA
5 2 (18.18%) CCSP
5 2 (18.18%) CEH
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (18.18%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (18.18%) OSCP
6 1 (9.09%) CASP
6 1 (9.09%) CISA
6 1 (9.09%) CISM
6 1 (9.09%) Degree
6 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) NIST 800
3 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
3 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) QRadar
2 1 (9.09%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Splunk
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) LogRhythm
4 1 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (9.09%) Google
4 1 (9.09%) Rapid7
4 1 (9.09%) Tenable