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 citing GIAC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	593	474	497
Rank change year-on-year	-119	+23	-64
Contract jobs citing GIAC	55	62	18
As % of all contract jobs in England	0.12%	0.21%	0.058%
As % of the Qualifications category	0.36%	0.65%	0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted	33	38	14
10^th Percentile	£463	£362	£249
25^th Percentile	£523	£461	£378
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£568	£638	£568
Median % change year-on-year	-10.98%	+12.33%	+3.18%
75^th Percentile	£625	£720	£650
90^th Percentile	£715	£954	£734
UK median daily rate	£568	£625	£618
% change year-on-year	-9.20%	+1.21%	+12.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	1	0
10^th Percentile	£71.63	-	-
25^th Percentile	£72.19	£100.50	-
Median hourly rate	£73.75	£103.00	-
Median % change year-on-year	-28.40%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£74.69	£105.50	-
90^th Percentile	£74.88	-	-
UK median hourly rate	£73.75	£103.00	-
% change year-on-year	-28.40%	-	-

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	15,354	9,544	9,260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England	33.13%	32.72%	29.73%
Number of daily rates quoted	10,105	6,134	5,678
10^th Percentile	£358	£300	£313
25^th Percentile	£450	£413	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£538	£525	£528
Median % change year-on-year	+2.38%	-0.47%	-4.09%
75^th Percentile	£638	£625	£638
90^th Percentile	£725	£713	£728
UK median daily rate	£535	£525	£525
% change year-on-year	+1.90%	-	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1,474	816	416
10^th Percentile	£17.00	£17.69	£20.06
25^th Percentile	£25.75	£18.87	£30.00
Median hourly rate	£48.26	£25.15	£52.50
Median % change year-on-year	+91.87%	-52.10%	-
75^th Percentile	£75.00	£43.75	£68.32
90^th Percentile	£90.00	£72.50	£75.00
UK median hourly rate	£43.96	£25.15	£47.50
% change year-on-year	+74.79%	-47.05%	-9.52%

GIAC Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GIAC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

GIAC Daily Rate Trend in England

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 1 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GIAC in England

GIAC Hourly Rate Trend in England

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 1 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
London	-79	33	£571	-12.95%	35
South East	-65	13	£567	+38.38%	17
North of England	-70	8	£550	-20.00%	13
Yorkshire	-42	5	£558	-20.36%	3
North West	-34	3	£500	-25.93%	8
South West	-37	1	-	-	5
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GIAC Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing GIAC also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region citing GIAC.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	89.1%	49
2	Cybersecurity	87.3%	48
3	Azure	58.2%	32
4	NIST	56.4%	31
5	SIEM	54.5%	30
6	ISO/IEC 27001	52.7%	29
7	CISM	49.1%	27
7	Security Cleared	49.1%	27
9	Security Operations	45.5%	25
10	AWS	43.6%	24
10	Incident Response	43.6%	24
12	Cyber Threat Intelligence	40.0%	22
12	SC Cleared	40.0%	22
12	Security Architecture	40.0%	22
12	Threat Intelligence	40.0%	22
16	Microsoft	38.2%	21
17	SABSA	34.5%	19
18	DevOps	32.7%	18
19	Problem-Solving	30.9%	17
20	Continuous Improvement	29.1%	16
20	MITRE ATT&CK	29.1%	16
22	CEH	27.3%	15
22	CI/CD	27.3%	15
22	Cloud Security	27.3%	15
22	GCP	27.3%	15
22	Vulnerability Management	27.3%	15
27	Python	25.5%	14
28	Risk Management	23.6%	13
28	Security Monitoring	23.6%	13
28	Splunk	23.6%	13

GIAC Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CISSP	89.1%	49
2	CISM	49.1%	27
2	Security Cleared	49.1%	27
4	SC Cleared	40.0%	22
5	CEH	27.3%	15
6	Cisco Certification	21.8%	12
7	(ISC)2 CCSP	20.0%	11
7	CompTIA Security+	20.0%	11
7	GCIA	20.0%	11
7	GCIH	20.0%	11
11	DV Cleared	16.4%	9
12	AWS Certification	14.5%	8
12	CRISC	14.5%	8
12	Degree	14.5%	8
15	OSCP	12.7%	7
15	SANS	12.7%	7
17	CISA	10.9%	6
17	CompTIA CySA+	10.9%	6
19	Azure Certification	9.1%	5
19	CCSP	9.1%	5