GIAC Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

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

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GIAC 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.29% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.97% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £510 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - -
75th Percentile £530 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £520 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 206 166 180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 29.90% 24.92% 17.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 128 135
10th Percentile £363 £288 £324
25th Percentile £416 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +6.80%
75th Percentile £553 £550 £650
90th Percentile £644 £600 £720
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% +4.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £34.50 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £40.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -

GIAC
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

GIAC job vacancy trend in Leeds

GIAC
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing GIAC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing GIAC

GIAC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) SOAR
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) GCIA
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Rapid7