GIAC Contract Job Trends in England

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 466 507 454
Rank change year-on-year +41 -53 +262
Contract jobs citing GIAC 55 27 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.082% 0.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% 0.28% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 23 93
10th Percentile £327 £301 £454
25th Percentile £486 £425 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £635 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -
75th Percentile £723 £650 £713
90th Percentile £961 £738 £838
UK median daily rate £650 £643 £600
% change year-on-year +1.17% +7.08% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £100.50 - -
Median hourly rate £103.00 - -
75th Percentile £105.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £103.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,775 9,784 12,173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.59% 29.71% 28.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,588 6,019 7,854
10th Percentile £303 £325 £325
25th Percentile £415 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £715 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 691 570 680
10th Percentile £17.96 £17.46 £16.52
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £24.04
Median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.43% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £45.00 £69.94 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £78.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £49.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year -48.67% -9.26% +20.00%

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GIAC in England

GIAC
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GIAC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GIAC

GIAC
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GIAC in England over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GIAC in England

GIAC
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GIAC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GIAC

GIAC
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 GIAC within the England region over the 6 months to 20 September 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 +23 26 £650 +2.36% 15
South East - 9 £380 - 11
Midlands -11 6 £875 - 2
West Midlands - 5 £1,125 - 2
North of England -31 4 £688 +5.77% 3
Yorkshire -13 3 £700 +7.69% 2
South West +27 2 £550 - 7
East Midlands -2 1 £525 -
North West - 1 £675 - 1
East of England - 1 - - 3
GIAC
UK

GIAC
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (25.45%) Azure
2 13 (23.64%) AWS
3 6 (10.91%) GCP
4 4 (7.27%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.64%) Akamai
5 2 (3.64%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.82%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.82%) OCI
6 1 (1.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (21.82%) Network Security
2 11 (20.00%) Firewall
3 4 (7.27%) Internet
4 2 (3.64%) DHCP
4 2 (3.64%) DNS
4 2 (3.64%) HTTP
4 2 (3.64%) HTTPS
4 2 (3.64%) SSL
5 1 (1.82%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.82%) LAN
5 1 (1.82%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.82%) VPN
5 1 (1.82%) WAN
5 1 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.82%) JIRA
1 1 (1.82%) Metasploit
General
1 21 (38.18%) Social Skills
2 17 (30.91%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (12.73%) Legal
4 6 (10.91%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.09%) Law
6 4 (7.27%) Finance
7 3 (5.45%) Banking
7 3 (5.45%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.82%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.82%) Military
8 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.82%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (32.73%) Analyst
2 12 (21.82%) Architect
3 11 (20.00%) Security Architect
4 8 (14.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 8 (14.55%) Security Analyst
4 8 (14.55%) SOC Analyst
5 5 (9.09%) Consultant
5 5 (9.09%) Senior
5 5 (9.09%) SIEM Engineer
6 4 (7.27%) Security Manager
6 4 (7.27%) Senior Architect
6 4 (7.27%) Senior Security Architect
7 3 (5.45%) Data Analyst
8 2 (3.64%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 2 (3.64%) Head of Security
8 2 (3.64%) Project Manager
8 2 (3.64%) Security Consultant
8 2 (3.64%) Security Project Manager
8 2 (3.64%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (3.64%) Splunk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.45%) REST
2 2 (3.64%) JSON
2 2 (3.64%) XML
3 1 (1.82%) LDAP
3 1 (1.82%) OAuth
3 1 (1.82%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.64%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (21.82%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (14.55%) Management Information System
4 6 (10.91%) Security Posture
5 5 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (9.09%) Cybercrime
6 3 (5.45%) Algorithms
6 3 (5.45%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (5.45%) Onboarding
6 3 (5.45%) Operational Technology
6 3 (5.45%) PKI
7 2 (3.64%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (3.64%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (3.64%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.82%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.82%) CMDB
8 1 (1.82%) CSOC
8 1 (1.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.82%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.55%) Linux
2 6 (10.91%) Windows
3 1 (1.82%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.82%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (52.73%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (49.09%) SIEM
3 22 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 22 (40.00%) Security Operations
4 15 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence
5 14 (25.45%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 14 (25.45%) Threat Detection
6 13 (23.64%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (20.00%) DevOps
7 11 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (18.18%) Information Security
9 9 (16.36%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 9 (16.36%) Risk Management
9 9 (16.36%) Threat Modelling
10 8 (14.55%) Cloud Security
11 7 (12.73%) Offensive Security
11 7 (12.73%) SABSA
11 7 (12.73%) Security Architecture
12 6 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (10.91%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.45%) PowerShell
1 14 (25.45%) Python
2 3 (5.45%) SQL
3 2 (3.64%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (3.64%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (1.82%) Bash
4 1 (1.82%) R
Qualifications
1 39 (70.91%) CISSP
2 18 (32.73%) CEH
2 18 (32.73%) Security Cleared
3 14 (25.45%) CISM
4 11 (20.00%) CISA
4 11 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 10 (18.18%) GCIA
5 10 (18.18%) GCIH
6 9 (16.36%) CRISC
6 9 (16.36%) OSCP
6 9 (16.36%) SANS
7 7 (12.73%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (12.73%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (12.73%) GCFA
8 6 (10.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
9 5 (9.09%) CREST Certified
9 5 (9.09%) GREM
10 4 (7.27%) CFCE
10 4 (7.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (41.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (40.00%) NIST
3 10 (18.18%) GDPR
4 8 (14.55%) PCI DSS
5 7 (12.73%) NIST 800
6 5 (9.09%) HIPAA
6 5 (9.09%) QA
7 3 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (5.45%) NCSC
8 2 (3.64%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (3.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (1.82%) Data Quality
9 1 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (1.82%) SOC 1
System Software
1 4 (7.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (18.18%) QRadar
2 5 (9.09%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 3 (5.45%) Nessus
4 2 (3.64%) SELinux
5 1 (1.82%) Ansible
5 1 (1.82%) Kibana
5 1 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (30.91%) Splunk
2 11 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (14.55%) ArcSight
4 5 (9.09%) LogRhythm
5 4 (7.27%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (3.64%) Cisco
6 2 (3.64%) F5
6 2 (3.64%) Imperva
6 2 (3.64%) Proofpoint
6 2 (3.64%) Qualys
6 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.64%) Tenable
7 1 (1.82%) BMC
7 1 (1.82%) FireEye
7 1 (1.82%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.82%) Google
7 1 (1.82%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.82%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.82%) Remedy
7 1 (1.82%) Workday