GCIH Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GCIH 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 0.36% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.66% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £350 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

GCIH 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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 151 274 368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 54.32% 60.49% 76.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 145 218
10th Percentile £220 £418 £415
25th Percentile £343 £513 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +3.37%
75th Percentile £675 £663 £700
90th Percentile £748 £745 £754
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 40
10th Percentile £26.00 - £34.88
25th Percentile £26.96 £15.75 £67.50
Median hourly rate £41.20 £23.25 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.18% -70.19% +41.82%
75th Percentile £70.56 £30.00 £79.13
90th Percentile £75.00 £43.00 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £70.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year -64.07% +11.11% +5.00%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing GCIH as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for GCIH in Gloucestershire

GCIH
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared