GCIH Contracts in England

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GCIH 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 464 537 635
Rank change year-on-year +73 +98 +133
Contract jobs citing GCIH 21 5 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.086% 0.013% 0.036%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.28% 0.043% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 12
10th Percentile £316 £408 £392
25th Percentile £384 £419 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £613
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -28.57% +11.36%
75th Percentile £644 £813 £675
90th Percentile £850 £880 £806
UK median daily rate £500 £438 £550
% change year-on-year +14.29% -20.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 - £39.25
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £40.50
75th Percentile £63.25 - £41.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £54.50 - £40.50

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

GCIH 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%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GCIH in England

GCIH
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for GCIH in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for GCIH in England

GCIH
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 GCIH 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 +49 16 £550 +25.71% 11
South East - 3 £500 - 6
East of England - 1 - - 4
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GCIH
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 12 (57.14%) Azure
2 9 (42.86%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (14.29%) GCP
4 2 (9.52%) AWS
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) Network Security
2 5 (23.81%) Firewall
2 5 (23.81%) TCP/IP
3 3 (14.29%) DNS
3 3 (14.29%) HTTP
3 3 (14.29%) SMTP
4 2 (9.52%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (4.76%) Wireless
General
1 9 (42.86%) Finance
2 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Financial Institution
4 2 (9.52%) French Language
5 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) IT Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) IT Security Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Security Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Security Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Lead
4 3 (14.29%) Security Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Senior
5 2 (9.52%) Consultant
5 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Operational Security Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Operations Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Security Operations Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) SOC Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Audit Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Cyber Defence Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Security Compliance Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Security Posture
2 7 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (28.57%) Management Information System
4 3 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (9.52%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (85.71%) SIEM
2 17 (80.95%) Security Operations
3 14 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (52.38%) Incident Response
5 10 (47.62%) SOAR
5 10 (47.62%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (42.86%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 9 (42.86%) Threat Intelligence
7 8 (38.10%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 8 (38.10%) Threat Detection
8 7 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 6 (28.57%) Cloud Security
9 6 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
9 6 (28.57%) Digital Forensics
9 6 (28.57%) Due Diligence
9 6 (28.57%) Information Security
9 6 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
9 6 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
9 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (28.57%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) Python
2 8 (38.10%) PowerShell
3 3 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (4.76%) Bash
4 1 (4.76%) PHP
4 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (76.19%) CISSP
2 10 (47.62%) CCSP
2 10 (47.62%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (38.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 8 (38.10%) Degree
4 7 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 7 (33.33%) GCIA
4 7 (33.33%) GIAC
5 4 (19.05%) CCNA
5 4 (19.05%) CEH
5 4 (19.05%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (19.05%) GCFA
5 4 (19.05%) OSCP
6 3 (14.29%) CISM
6 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
7 2 (9.52%) CISA
7 2 (9.52%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (4.76%) GSEC
8 1 (4.76%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (47.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (47.62%) NIST
2 7 (33.33%) SLA
3 3 (14.29%) GDPR
4 2 (9.52%) NIST 800
4 2 (9.52%) PCI DSS
5 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (4.76%) HIPAA
5 1 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (4.76%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) CSIRT
2 2 (9.52%) QRadar
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Splunk
3 3 (14.29%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (14.29%) Google
4 2 (9.52%) Darktrace
4 2 (9.52%) LogRhythm
4 2 (9.52%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.76%) Tenable