GCIH Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire with a requirement for GCIH qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GCIH 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.077% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £430 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 769 416 828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 59.02% 52.59% 61.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 325 402
10th Percentile £404 £360 £388
25th Percentile £500 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £580
Median % change year-on-year - -5.17% +0.87%
75th Percentile £650 £630 £675
90th Percentile £774 £700 £736
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 27 41
10th Percentile £13.95 £22.75 £27.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.00 £40.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £35.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.64% -41.67% -
75th Percentile £42.19 £62.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £54.13 £68.25 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £45.06 £60.00
% change year-on-year -44.19% -24.90% +33.33%

GCIH
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

GCIH job vacancy trend in Hampshire

GCIH
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing GCIH.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing GCIH

GCIH
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCIH within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Farnborough - 1 £425 -
GCIH
South East

GCIH
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GCIA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared