GIAC Contracts 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 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 446 476 566
Rank change year-on-year +30 +90 +155
Contract jobs citing GIAC 39 66 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.18% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.51% 0.57% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 25 52
10th Percentile £320 £400 £526
25th Percentile £450 £425 £611
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £750
90th Percentile £643 £755 £836
UK median daily rate £524 £600 £700
% change year-on-year -12.67% -14.29% +7.69%

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 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%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for GIAC in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for GIAC in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GIAC in England.

Hourly rate trend for GIAC 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 GIAC 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 +33 20 £448 +0.85% 43
South East +28 9 £523 - 10
Midlands +27 8 £620 +3.33% 6
West Midlands +16 5 £620 +3.33% 2
East Midlands - 3 - - 3
East of England - 1 - - 7
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.64%) Azure
2 5 (12.82%) Azure Sentinel
2 5 (12.82%) IaaS
2 5 (12.82%) PaaS
2 5 (12.82%) SaaS
3 2 (5.13%) Akamai
3 2 (5.13%) AWS
3 2 (5.13%) Cloudflare
3 2 (5.13%) GCP
4 1 (2.56%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (33.33%) Firewall
2 7 (17.95%) Network Security
3 2 (5.13%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (2.56%) DHCP
4 1 (2.56%) DNS
4 1 (2.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.56%) VPN
4 1 (2.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.38%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 19 (48.72%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (23.08%) Legal
2 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.95%) Finance
4 3 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.13%) Banking
5 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (28.21%) Senior
2 8 (20.51%) Architect
3 6 (15.38%) Analyst
3 6 (15.38%) Security Architect
3 6 (15.38%) SIEM Engineer
4 5 (12.82%) Senior Tester
4 5 (12.82%) Tester
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Architect
5 4 (10.26%) Senior Security Architect
5 4 (10.26%) SOC Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Information Assurance Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Information Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Service Delivery Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Service Manager
8 1 (2.56%) Business Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Desktop Support
8 1 (2.56%) Security Consultant
8 1 (2.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) JSON
1 6 (15.38%) REST
2 5 (12.82%) CSS
2 5 (12.82%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (17.95%) Cyber Defence
2 7 (17.95%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (15.38%) CSOC
3 6 (15.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 6 (15.38%) Onboarding
4 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
4 4 (10.26%) Security Posture
5 3 (7.69%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (5.13%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.56%) CMDB
7 1 (2.56%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (2.56%) Insider Threat
7 1 (2.56%) PKI
7 1 (2.56%) Replication
7 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.38%) Windows
2 4 (10.26%) Linux
3 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (64.10%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (46.15%) SIEM
3 17 (43.59%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (35.90%) Incident Response
4 14 (35.90%) Security Operations
5 13 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 12 (30.77%) Information Security
7 11 (28.21%) Risk Management
8 8 (20.51%) Computer Science
8 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (20.51%) SABSA
9 7 (17.95%) Application Security
9 7 (17.95%) OWASP
9 7 (17.95%) Penetration Testing
9 7 (17.95%) Security Architecture
9 7 (17.95%) Threat Detection
9 7 (17.95%) Threat Intelligence
9 7 (17.95%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 6 (15.38%) Ethical Hacking
10 6 (15.38%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.21%) Python
2 7 (17.95%) SQL
3 6 (15.38%) PowerShell
4 5 (12.82%) JavaScript
4 5 (12.82%) PHP
4 5 (12.82%) Ruby
5 1 (2.56%) Bash
Qualifications
1 24 (61.54%) CISSP
2 12 (30.77%) CEH
2 12 (30.77%) Degree
3 11 (28.21%) CISA
3 11 (28.21%) SANS
4 9 (23.08%) CISM
5 7 (17.95%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (17.95%) GCIH
5 7 (17.95%) OSCP
6 6 (15.38%) CCSK
6 6 (15.38%) CRISC
6 6 (15.38%) GPEN
6 6 (15.38%) Security Cleared
7 5 (12.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (12.82%) CCSAS
7 5 (12.82%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (12.82%) CREST Certified
7 5 (12.82%) GCIA
7 5 (12.82%) GWAPT
7 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (35.90%) NIST
2 12 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (25.64%) NIST 800
4 6 (15.38%) Data Quality
5 5 (12.82%) PCI DSS
6 4 (10.26%) GDPR
7 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (2.56%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (2.56%) QA
8 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) QRadar
2 2 (5.13%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.56%) CASB
3 1 (2.56%) Nessus
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.82%) Splunk
3 4 (10.26%) Tenable
4 2 (5.13%) Cisco
4 2 (5.13%) F5
4 2 (5.13%) Imperva
4 2 (5.13%) LogRhythm
5 1 (2.56%) BMC
5 1 (2.56%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.56%) Forcepoint
5 1 (2.56%) Google
5 1 (2.56%) IBM
5 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.56%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.56%) Remedy
5 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow