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 6 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 501 450
Rank change year-on-year +38 -51 +269
Contract jobs citing GIAC 52 21 151
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.19% 0.065% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.59% 0.22% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 17 87
10th Percentile £340 £270 £453
25th Percentile £510 £363 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £586
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -6.14% -2.33%
75th Percentile £723 £650 £719
90th Percentile £961 £764 £838
UK median daily rate £650 £618 £600
% change year-on-year +5.26% +2.92% -
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 8,863 9,590 12,023
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.93% 29.84% 28.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,630 5,811 7,777
10th Percentile £293 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £734 £742
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 737 527 692
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.62 £16.62
25th Percentile £18.87 £30.00 £23.43
Median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.77
Median % change year-on-year -52.10% -2.36% +19.48%
75th Percentile £43.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.79
% change year-on-year -47.05% -11.69% +19.52%

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 job vacancy trend 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 6 October 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 6 October 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 +17 23 £650 +2.36% 5
South East - 8 £380 - 3
Midlands -9 6 £875 -
North of England - 6 £688 - 2
Yorkshire - 5 £700 - 1
West Midlands - 5 £1,125 -
South West +13 2 £550 - 4
East of England +10 1 - - 4
East Midlands -7 1 £525 -
North West - 1 £675 - 1
GIAC
UK

GIAC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (26.92%) AWS
2 12 (23.08%) Azure
3 6 (11.54%) GCP
4 3 (5.77%) Akamai
4 3 (5.77%) Cloudflare
5 2 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (3.85%) OCI
6 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (23.08%) Firewall
2 11 (21.15%) Network Security
3 4 (7.69%) Internet
4 3 (5.77%) HTTP
4 3 (5.77%) HTTPS
5 2 (3.85%) DHCP
5 2 (3.85%) DNS
5 2 (3.85%) SSL
6 1 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.92%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.92%) LAN
6 1 (1.92%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.92%) VPN
6 1 (1.92%) WAN
6 1 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.92%) JIRA
1 1 (1.92%) Metasploit
General
1 21 (40.38%) Social Skills
2 16 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (13.46%) Legal
4 6 (11.54%) Public Sector
5 5 (9.62%) Law
6 4 (7.69%) Finance
7 3 (5.77%) Banking
7 3 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.92%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.92%) Military
8 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (34.62%) Analyst
2 10 (19.23%) Architect
3 9 (17.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 9 (17.31%) Security Analyst
3 9 (17.31%) Security Architect
4 7 (13.46%) SOC Analyst
5 5 (9.62%) SIEM Engineer
6 4 (7.69%) Consultant
6 4 (7.69%) Security Manager
6 4 (7.69%) Senior
7 3 (5.77%) Data Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Senior Architect
7 3 (5.77%) Senior Security Architect
8 2 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 2 (3.85%) Head of Information Security
8 2 (3.85%) Head of Security
8 2 (3.85%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (3.85%) Security Operations Analyst
8 2 (3.85%) Security Project Manager
8 2 (3.85%) Splunk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.69%) REST
2 3 (5.77%) JSON
2 3 (5.77%) XML
3 1 (1.92%) LDAP
3 1 (1.92%) OAuth
3 1 (1.92%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.15%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (19.23%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (15.38%) Management Information System
4 5 (9.62%) Cyber Security Posture
4 5 (9.62%) Cybercrime
4 5 (9.62%) Security Posture
5 3 (5.77%) Algorithms
5 3 (5.77%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (5.77%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.77%) PKI
6 2 (3.85%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (3.85%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (3.85%) Low-Code
6 2 (3.85%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.92%) CSOC
7 1 (1.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (1.92%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.46%) Linux
2 5 (9.62%) Windows
3 1 (1.92%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.92%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.92%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (55.77%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (48.08%) SIEM
3 22 (42.31%) Security Operations
4 21 (40.38%) Incident Response
5 13 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 12 (23.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 12 (23.08%) Threat Detection
6 12 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (21.15%) DevOps
8 10 (19.23%) Information Security
8 10 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (19.23%) Threat Modelling
9 8 (15.38%) Cloud Security
9 8 (15.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 8 (15.38%) Risk Management
10 7 (13.46%) Analytical Thinking
10 7 (13.46%) Offensive Security
11 6 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (11.54%) Malware Reverse Engineering
11 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 13 (25.00%) Python
2 4 (7.69%) SQL
3 2 (3.85%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (3.85%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (1.92%) Bash
4 1 (1.92%) R
Qualifications
1 35 (67.31%) CISSP
2 18 (34.62%) CEH
3 17 (32.69%) Security Cleared
4 13 (25.00%) CISM
5 10 (19.23%) SC Cleared
6 9 (17.31%) CISA
6 9 (17.31%) GCIA
6 9 (17.31%) GCIH
6 9 (17.31%) OSCP
7 8 (15.38%) CRISC
7 8 (15.38%) SANS
8 6 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (11.54%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (11.54%) GCFA
9 5 (9.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (9.62%) CompTIA CySA+
9 5 (9.62%) CREST Certified
9 5 (9.62%) GREM
10 4 (7.69%) CFCE
10 4 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (36.54%) NIST
3 9 (17.31%) GDPR
4 7 (13.46%) PCI DSS
5 5 (9.62%) HIPAA
5 5 (9.62%) NIST 800
5 5 (9.62%) QA
6 3 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (5.77%) NCSC
7 2 (3.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.92%) Data Quality
8 1 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.92%) SOC 1
System Software
1 4 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (17.31%) QRadar
2 5 (9.62%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 2 (3.85%) Nessus
3 2 (3.85%) SELinux
4 1 (1.92%) Ansible
4 1 (1.92%) Kibana
4 1 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (30.77%) Splunk
2 10 (19.23%) Microsoft
3 8 (15.38%) ArcSight
4 5 (9.62%) LogRhythm
5 4 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (5.77%) F5
6 3 (5.77%) Imperva
7 2 (3.85%) Cisco
7 2 (3.85%) Proofpoint
7 2 (3.85%) Qualys
7 2 (3.85%) Rapid7
7 2 (3.85%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.92%) BMC
8 1 (1.92%) FireEye
8 1 (1.92%) Google
8 1 (1.92%) IBM
8 1 (1.92%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.92%) Remedy
8 1 (1.92%) SAP
8 1 (1.92%) Workday