GSEC Contracts in England

GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GSEC qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 658 767
Rank change year-on-year +118 +109 -151
Contract jobs citing GSEC 8 10 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.021% 0.020% 0.018%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.068% 0.071% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 11
10th Percentile £456 £598 £425
25th Percentile £463 £613 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +4.00% +47.06%
75th Percentile £575 £748 £638
90th Percentile £600 £820 £650
UK median daily rate £488 £638 £625
% change year-on-year -23.53% +2.00% +31.58%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

GSEC is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,681 14,075 15,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.38% 27.75% 21.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,190 9,418 10,039
10th Percentile £300 £325 £315
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £632
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.84% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 974 766 695
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.00 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +40.00% -1.81%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.56 £55.80
90th Percentile £76.47 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.31% +31.25% +7.42%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GSEC in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for GSEC in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GSEC in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GSEC 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 GSEC within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +107 6 £475 -42.07% 3
Midlands - 2 £600 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £600 -
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UK

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Analyst
1 6 (75.00%) Security Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) SOC Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
3 2 (25.00%) Taxonomies
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 6 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (75.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 6 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) Change Control
4 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (25.00%) High Availability
4 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) Network Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Offensive Security
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) SIEM
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Data Management
5 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (12.50%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) CISSP
1 6 (75.00%) GREM
1 6 (75.00%) OSCP
2 2 (25.00%) BC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) CASP
2 2 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (25.00%) GCED
2 2 (25.00%) GIAC
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Citrix
1 2 (25.00%) Cybereason
1 2 (25.00%) LogRhythm
1 2 (25.00%) Palo Alto
1 2 (25.00%) TippingPoint
1 2 (25.00%) Trend Micro
2 1 (12.50%) Intel