GCIA Contracts in London

GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst (GCIA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for GCIA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 345 386 489
Rank change year-on-year +41 +103 +108
Contract jobs citing GCIA 8 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.064% 0.028% 0.015%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.12% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 4
10th Percentile £313 £408 £362
25th Percentile £316 £419 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £438 £648
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% -32.43% -
75th Percentile £438 £813 £820
90th Percentile £481 £880 -
England median daily rate £425 £438 £625
% change year-on-year -2.86% -30.00% +8.70%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

GCIA 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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,210 4,292 5,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.58% 24.07% 21.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 2,903 3,919
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £754 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 111 80
10th Percentile £19.20 £14.25 £19.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £20.74 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £26.00 £45.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.81% -42.54% +1.69%
75th Percentile £55.50 £43.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.72 £68.75 £82.55
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing GCIA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for GCIA in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCIA in London.

Daily rate trend for GCIA in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCIA in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCIA in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCIA within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Central London +3 1 £500 +14.29%
GCIA
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (25.00%) AWS
3 2 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Firewall
2 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
3 1 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) HTTP
3 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (12.50%) Network Security
3 1 (12.50%) SMTP
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 2 (25.00%) Advertising
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Analyst
2 4 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Security Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (37.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (12.50%) Cyberattack
4 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (75.00%) Security Operations
1 6 (75.00%) SIEM
2 5 (62.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
3 4 (50.00%) Threat Detection
4 3 (37.50%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (25.00%) Blue Team
5 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (25.00%) SOAR
5 2 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 1 (12.50%) Case Management
6 1 (12.50%) Cyber Intelligence
6 1 (12.50%) Line Management
6 1 (12.50%) Log Aggregation
6 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) GCIH
2 5 (62.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (50.00%) GIAC
4 3 (37.50%) GCFA
4 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) CCNA
5 2 (25.00%) CCSP
5 2 (25.00%) CEH
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (25.00%) OSCP
6 1 (12.50%) CASP
6 1 (12.50%) CISSP
6 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) HIPAA
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) CSIRT
1 1 (12.50%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) Splunk
2 2 (25.00%) LogRhythm
3 1 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) Rapid7
3 1 (12.50%) Tenable