GSEC Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Knutsford with a requirement for GSEC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GSEC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 0.31% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.81% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £364 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £377 - -
75th Percentile £391 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £377 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Knutsford

GSEC 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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 124 27 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 38.27% 23.08% 22.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 25 26
10th Percentile £332 £341 £391
25th Percentile £358 £356 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £465 £519
Median % change year-on-year -3.87% -10.36% +17.90%
75th Percentile £544 £550 £636
90th Percentile £635 £600 £707
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £447 £475
% change year-on-year +0.67% -5.89% +6.74%

GSEC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST